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what hand held scanner
Posted: Mon Feb 08, 2016 10:58 pm
by rayyzfr1
Hi all, just like to introduce myself as a newbie, i have a 2000 1.2 16v sxi, i use this for round town driving
Would anyone be able to recommend a hand held scanner that will work with this car, i know about the op com, but do not
have access to a laptop very often, so really needing a hand held scanner for the problem it has
Thanks in advance for any help you can give me
Re: what hand held scanner
Posted: Tue Feb 09, 2016 1:28 am
by johnny
I'd highly recommend you buy a cheap netbook, I got a second hand one years back for 60 plus 20 for opcom is cheaper than any decent hand held thing, there also hard to come by now cheap for obd1
Re: what hand held scanner
Posted: Tue Feb 09, 2016 1:31 am
by johnny
This is the price your roughly looking at for a half decent cheap scanner
http://pages.ebay.com/motors/link/?nav= ... 35&alt=web
Re: what hand held scanner
Posted: Wed Feb 10, 2016 1:52 am
by rayyzfr1
Many thanks. I will look into a note book and op com. How much space would it need to have
Re: what hand held scanner
Posted: Wed Feb 10, 2016 1:54 am
by johnny
Not alot cheapest Chinese knock off laptop will run opcom as long as it a genuine version of windows
Re: what hand held scanner
Posted: Wed Feb 10, 2016 2:03 am
by rayyzfr1
THANK YOU, SO REALLY AS LONG AS IT IS A GENUINE VERSION OF WINDOWS IT SHOULD BE OK, would it not run on a copy version
Re: what hand held scanner
Posted: Wed Feb 10, 2016 2:46 am
by stanc3w0rks
Just pirate windows 7 and you get a free upgrade to win10 and guess what, you now have a LEGIT version on win10
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Re: what hand held scanner
Posted: Wed Feb 10, 2016 1:16 pm
by rayyzfr1
Brilliant thank you. Can you suggest a good seller for the op com. Don't want to buy a dodgy one plus my computer skills are next to zero so a seller who maybe prepared to help with set up
Re: what hand held scanner
Posted: Wed Feb 10, 2016 2:12 pm
by stanc3w0rks
What about the Bluetooth opcoms that connect to your phone? Or was that a dream? Lol
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Re: what hand held scanner
Posted: Wed Feb 10, 2016 2:59 pm
by johnny
That's torque your thinking of, I use it a fair bit but it's only for obd2
Think bluetooth obd1 plugs are like 50 or 60
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Re: what hand held scanner
Posted: Wed Feb 10, 2016 6:48 pm
by rayyzfr1
Bluetooth no good as i have an iphone and their only for android i think
Re: what hand held scanner
Posted: Wed Feb 10, 2016 11:19 pm
by johnny
Torque is android only I think but I think there is an iPhone app but don't think it's very good
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Re: what hand held scanner
Posted: Thu Feb 11, 2016 12:17 am
by rayyzfr1
Thanks all, looks like i will have to buy a cheap laptop and buy the op com, i was just concerned about installing it as my computer skills are terrible
Re: what hand held scanner
Posted: Thu Feb 11, 2016 12:41 am
by johnny
http://op-com.weebly.com/
This is the best crowd to buy opcom from, they offer full after sale support and can even do a remote install and set up for abit extea
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Re: what hand held scanner
Posted: Thu Feb 11, 2016 1:33 am
by rayyzfr1
That's brilliant Jonathan. Many thanks