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Model specific boards => Golf mk7 => Topic started by: Mutley75 on 08 January 2020, 21:40
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For those who are interested, I have noted down each available customisation option on the Mk 7.5 GTI. I've only listed the top level menus and not all of the options/sub-menus as there are quite a lot, but you get the general idea. Bare in mind, some of these options are already enabled by default for the GTI. The app can configure lesser model Golfs which may not have these options on the dash display.
Chassis & Engines
- Disable auto start/stop system
- Soundaktor volume
- Power steering default mode
- Throttle response behaviour
- ESC/ASR
Dings & Warnings
- Seat belt warning
- Speed warning at 75mph
- Ding when key left in ignition
Driver Assist
- Dynamic start assist
- Hill start disengagement
Heater & A/C
- Remember recirculating air state
- Show A/C blower speed when in Auto
- Temperature adjustment for hot countries
Instruments: Display & Nav
- Gauge needle sweep at startup
- Developer menu in MMI holding Menu button for 10 seconds (Discover Pro only)
- Start screen logo (infotainment)
- Start screen logo (instrument cluster)
- Microphone sensitivity
- Driver information system (DIS) display
- Allow enabling oil temperature display via MMI
- Oil temperature display
- Efficiency program display
- Refuel quantity in MFD
- Telephone menu display
- Battery charge display
- Navigation compass display
- Compass display position
- Ambient temperature display
- Allow 'Car' settings in MMI while car is in motion
- Allow 'Tuner' settings in MMI while car is in motion
- Allow 'Media' settings in MMI while car is in motion
- Allow 'Phone' settings in MMI while car is in motion
- Show 'Follow traffic regulations' disclaimer in infotainment
Instruments: Language & Units
- Time display format
- Date display format
- Temperature display units
- Distance display units
- Speed display units
- Consumption display units
- Pressure display units
- Volume display units
Lights: Coming/Leaving Home
- Coming home lights
- Coming home lights mode
- Coming home lights use...
- Coming home lights duration
- Leaving home lights step 1/2
- Leaving home lights step 2/2
- Leaving home lights duration
Lights: Daytime Running Lights (DRL)
- Daytime running lights
- Allow configuring DRLs via dash display
- Scandinavian DRL (activate taillights and parking lights)
- Turn off DRLs when parking brake is on
- Parking light activates DRLs
- DRLs on only when switch is set to Auto
Lights: Exterior
- Lane change turn signal auto-flasher
- Lane change turn signal auto-flasher count
- Auto headlights activation threshold
- Turn off front fog lights when high beams are on
- Flash rear fogs along with flash-to-pass when headlights are on
- Flash rear fogs along with flash-to-pass when headlights are off
- Flash brake lights in emergency stopping
- Flash brake lights in emergency stopping phase 2
- Flash hazard lights in emergency stopping
- Puddle lights driver side
- Puddle lights passenger side
- Puddle lights while driver-side mirror is folding
- Puddle lights while passenger-side mirror is folding
- Left cornering light (using front fog)
- Right cornering light (using front fog)
- Cornering lights activation
Locking: Automatic
- Auto-lock doors when moving
- Auto-unlock doors when key is taken out of ignition
- Auto-unlock doors when shifting into park
- Car lock and trunk lid close (and lock) via easy close button
Locking: Beep & Blink
- Allow configuring beep when locking/unlocking
- Beep when locking with remote
- Beep when unlocking with remote
- Menu for configuring beep when locking/unlocking
- Beep when locking/unlocking doors comes from the... (choose from Alarm or Horn)
Locking: Smart Key (KESSY)
- Auto-lock when doors are closed and smart key is outside vehicle (step 1/2)
- Auto-lock when doors are closed and smart key is outside vehicle (step 2/2)
Mirrors
- Allow auto-folding mirrors
- Auto fold side-view mirrors
- Allow configuring auto-folding mirrors on dash
- Auto-fold mirror via...
- Allow lowering passenger-side mirror when in reverse gear
- Lower passenger-side mirror when in reverse gear
- Menu for lowering passenger-side mirror when in reverse gear
- Synchronous mirror adjustment menu on dash
Parking Sensors
- Park distance visualisation
- Beep when parking sensor activated
- Rear parking sensor beep volume
- Rear parking sensor beep tone
- Front parking sensor beep volume
- Front parking sensor beep tone
Seats & Steering Wheel
- Auto-activate steering wheel heater
- Remember driver-side seat heater level
- Remember passenger-side seat heater level
Trunk
- Pop trunk via remote
Windows & Sunroof
- Enable setting for opening/closing windows and sunroof
- Allow configuring open/close windows with remove via dash menu
- Open windows via long-press on remote (step 1/2)
- Open windows via long-press on remote (step 2/2)
- Close windows via long-press on remote (step 1/2)
- Close windows via long-press on remote (step 2/2)
- Open sunroof via long-press on remote
- Close sunroof via long-press on remote
- Sunroof action when opening via remote
- Blink turn signals when done closing windows via remote
- Allow power window operation after ignition is turned off
Wipers & Washer
- Speed dependent windshield wiper speed
- Headlight washer activation delay
- Activate headlight washers once every x times the windshield washer is used
Other
- Windshield heater runs for duration of x minutes
- Rear window heater runs for duration of x minutes
- Enable remote control buttons when ignition is on
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Seems like a bargain, as you said in your other post. Is it easy to use and does it seem reliable, given that a major screwup of the car's system would be very easy.
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Yes, you just plug it into the ODB port located under the dash above the pedals. Then you open the Carista app on your phone which automatically pairs with the dongle via Bluetooth. As soon as it’s connected you’re given a simple menu to select your options & simply click save to apply. If something doesn’t work as expected, simply change it back again.
Here’s a short clip showing one option being set:
https://youtu.be/hVEbry6MXfw
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Is there anything Carly can do coding wise that Carista can’t? Thanks
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Thanks Mutley, all good then. Have all your changes been successful?
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They have indeed! Re Carly - I’m not familiar with that so can’t compare the two I’m afraid.
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I’ve just activated the chirp when locking my car, it said I need to activate it in my infotainment menu but I can’t find it ?
Thanks
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You need to enable the option to display on the car menu - that’s a Carista mod found in the same section.
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You need to enable the option to display on the car menu - that’s a Carista mod found in the same section.
Done it thanks
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I’m struggling to find out what ‘ Dynamic start assist’ is ? Is it worth playing with ?
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Thanks for the list Mutley - really useful.
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I’ve been playing with dynamic start assist and can’t tell any difference between early, normal and late.
I presume it’s got to do something with auto hold ? Google doesn’t bring anything up.
Has anyone tried this setting ?
Thanks
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It is the delay on Auto Hold release.
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It is the delay on Auto Hold release.
Thanks for the reply. I can’t feel it’s any different. I’ll keep playing !
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Er, if it ain't broke, don’t fix it! 😬
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Er, if it ain't broke, don’t fix it! 😬
That’s true but I would like the brake to release quicker as I pull away. Being dsg it can be quite a jolt with a few revs. If that makes sense.
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Er, if it ain't broke, don’t fix it! 😬
That’s true but I would like the brake to release quicker as I pull away. Being dsg it can be quite a jolt with a few revs. If that makes sense.
Understood. There does seem to be a degree of luck with how these things are set up. My first Mk7 was a GTD manual, which was set up to release a little early. I totally lost faith in it and used the manual switch, especially in queues on hills! My two GTIs, both DSGs, have been just about perfect in this repect, except that the current Performance car has become a bit sticky first thing, when the first couple of releases can be jolty and a little noisey. I don’t think any adjustment would help though, as it’s then perfect again.
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I'd never given the automatic handbrake much thought. I always leave Auto Hold on. And there's a final set of traffic lights when leaving the city where I work, which leads directly onto a dual carriageway, so as soon as they go green, if I'm at the front I always floor it like I've sat on a wasp. I've never noticed the brake not releasing fast enough, although I likely wouldn't hear it over my music. There doesn't seem to be any grab so I assume the computer releases it instantly???
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Yes, if it’s set up right, as my two GTIs have been, it is instantaneous and seamless.
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Having a session with my newly purchased Carista tomorrow. Has anyone tried “Throttle response behaviour”, or know what it does?
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See here - https://blog.caristaapp.com/throttle-response-behavior-for-mk7-based-cars-mqb-platform-a6631cbfca68
I tried it, but it didn’t seem to make much difference imo. It felt slightly different but not in the way I was expecting or hoping so I just put it back to default.
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OK, thanks. Won’t bother then.
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Carista is a great little device! I’ve been wanting to make a few changes to the car, but I’m all Apple, so getting OBD11 involved extra costs, and I’d just put it off. For £15.99 I’ve done all the changes I wanted - as long as I remember to cancel my subscription before 21st of February!
What I did today was:
1. Soundaktor volume down to zero. (Seems to make a big improvement to in car refinement.)
2. Show A/C blower speed when in AUTO.
3. Scandinavian DRL: daytime running lights also activate taillights. (Never saw the sense of just fronts!)
4. Lane-change turn signal auto-flasher count set from 3 to 5.
5. Puddle lights while driver-side mirror is folding.
6. Puddle lights while passenger-side mirror is folding.
7. Configured beep when locking/unlocking and enabled menu in car settings.
8. Headlight washer activation delay set to maximum 2.5 seconds and frequency to every screen wash.
The only problem I had was that to change the number of lane change flashes you need to reset the lights to factory settings. There is a note in the app about this, which I failed to follow for a few frustrating attempts. Once I did that the change to 5 happened. Altogether very satisfying and great value for money.
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You can cancel the sub immediately without losing your free month. No need to remember nearer the time then.
Rear DRLs - I thought about this. But doesn’t it make the brake lights more difficult to notice for blithering idiots that come hurtling up behind you?
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Ah, good tip on the sub cancellation - thanks!
Pros and cons on the rear drl’s I think, but I’ve always thought that blithering idiots were more likely to run into your rear, in bad light, than your front. The led brake lights are pretty bright anyway! Idiot proof? I’ll let you know! 😬
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You can cancel the sub immediately without losing your free month. No need to remember nearer the time then.
Rear DRLs - I thought about this. But doesn’t it make the brake lights more difficult to notice for blithering idiots that come hurtling up behind you?
I’ve always assumed that when DRL’s are activated in Scandinavian mode, the intensity of the rears is the same as when the lights are switched on. If so, then the brake lights should be no more difficult to see on a car with DRL’s in Scandinavian mode than they would be on a car without Scandinavian mode DRL’s but with just the normal lights switched on.
The DRL’s on newer versions of the current Seat Leon are in Scandinavian mode by default from the factory.
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You can cancel the sub immediately without losing your free month. No need to remember nearer the time then.
Rear DRLs - I thought about this. But doesn’t it make the brake lights more difficult to notice for blithering idiots that come hurtling up behind you?
I’ve always assumed that when DRL’s are activated in Scandinavian mode, the intensity of the rears is the same as when the lights are switched on. If so, then the brake lights should be no more difficult to see on a car with DRL’s in Scandinavian mode than they would be on a car without Scandinavian mode DRL’s but with just the normal lights switched on.
The DRL’s on newer versions of the current Seat Leon are in Scandinavian mode by default from the factory.
Yes, the Scandinavian DRL setting has just turned on the normal tail lights so, as you say, the contrast is the same.
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Hi, I can’t see how to set the front fog lights to come on with the high beam headlights. How do you do that?
Thanks.
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Hi, I can’t see how to set the front fog lights to come on with the high beam headlights. How do you do that?
Thanks.
I emailed Carista - very helpful people - the foglights on with high beam mod is difficult they say.
The beta version has three times as many options so its worth signing up for that.
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Hi, I can’t see how to set the front fog lights to come on with the high beam headlights. How do you do that?
Thanks.
The beta version has three times as many options so its worth signing up for that.
Do you/or anyone have the full list of available extra mods in the beta version?. I've on the fence for buying one of these but so far the only use would be to disable the silly fake engine sound :grin:
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I have the beta but it took me hours to list all the options on the paid version! So far as I can tell it’s just variations of existing settings. The one I really want is to toggle Stop/Start so that it’s off by default but apparently VW doesn’t support this. You can only hack it to stop it ever kicking in, which I also don’t want as I do use it very occasionally.
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Dv52 and others make a control board (yes I know it’s just a homemade one) that switches the stop start off at startup, wires in to the switch, I did think of a arduno to make it memory but never got round to fitting it
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Carista is a great little device! I’ve been wanting to make a few changes to the car, but I’m all Apple, so getting OBD11 involved extra costs, and I’d just put it off. For £15.99 I’ve done all the changes I wanted - as long as I remember to cancel my subscription before 21st of February!
What I did today was:
1. Soundaktor volume down to zero. (Seems to make a big improvement to in car refinement.)
2. Show A/C blower speed when in AUTO.
3. Scandinavian DRL: daytime running lights also activate taillights. (Never saw the sense of just fronts!)
4. Lane-change turn signal auto-flasher count set from 3 to 5.
5. Puddle lights while driver-side mirror is folding.
6. Puddle lights while passenger-side mirror is folding.
7. Configured beep when locking/unlocking and enabled menu in car settings.
8. Headlight washer activation delay set to maximum 2.5 seconds and frequency to every screen wash.
The only problem I had was that to change the number of lane change flashes you need to reset the lights to factory settings. There is a note in the app about this, which I failed to follow for a few frustrating attempts. Once I did that the change to 5 happened. Altogether very satisfying and great value for money.
Is there a way to stop the DRL's dimming when the headlights are on?
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Is there a way to stop the DRL's dimming when the headlights are on?
I don’t recall that option being there, just sidelights operate DRLs, so they are not dimmed with sidelights on. Just checked mine, and the DRLs dim with headlights on. I seem to recall that VCDS will alter the %age of dimming. OBD11 may also have this option. Don’t see the need myself.
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as far as I’m aware it depends on what headlights you have, the newer u headlights don’t support this
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I have enabled the alarm chirp beep bit on locking and unlocking et cetera. In the vehicle settings on the infotainment section there is a bit that says “acoustic confirmation of central locking or similar” ? Is that the menu option that you can use on the infotainment system to turn it on or off or am I missing the on off menu option? Cheers
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That’ll be it, “acoustic confirmation on central locking”on mine
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That’s the one!
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For those who are interested, I have noted down each available customisation option on the Mk 7.5 GTI. I've only listed the top level menus and not all of the options/sub-menus as there are quite a lot, but you get the general idea. Bare in mind, some of these options are already enabled by default for the GTI. The app can configure lesser model Golfs which may not have these options on the dash display.
Chassis & Engines
- Disable auto start/stop system
- Soundaktor volume
- Power steering default mode
- Throttle response behaviour
can u change the colours of the digital dash like with obd 11 as thats the main one im wanting?
- ESC/ASR
Dings & Warnings
- Seat belt warning
- Speed warning at 75mph
- Ding when key left in ignition
Driver Assist
- Dynamic start assist
- Hill start disengagement
Heater & A/C
- Remember recirculating air state
- Show A/C blower speed when in Auto
- Temperature adjustment for hot countries
Instruments: Display & Nav
- Gauge needle sweep at startup
- Developer menu in MMI holding Menu button for 10 seconds (Discover Pro only)
- Start screen logo (infotainment)
- Start screen logo (instrument cluster)
- Microphone sensitivity
- Driver information system (DIS) display
- Allow enabling oil temperature display via MMI
- Oil temperature display
- Efficiency program display
- Refuel quantity in MFD
- Telephone menu display
- Battery charge display
- Navigation compass display
- Compass display position
- Ambient temperature display
- Allow 'Car' settings in MMI while car is in motion
- Allow 'Tuner' settings in MMI while car is in motion
- Allow 'Media' settings in MMI while car is in motion
- Allow 'Phone' settings in MMI while car is in motion
- Show 'Follow traffic regulations' disclaimer in infotainment
Instruments: Language & Units
- Time display format
- Date display format
- Temperature display units
- Distance display units
- Speed display units
- Consumption display units
- Pressure display units
- Volume display units
Lights: Coming/Leaving Home
- Coming home lights
- Coming home lights mode
- Coming home lights use...
- Coming home lights duration
- Leaving home lights step 1/2
- Leaving home lights step 2/2
- Leaving home lights duration
Lights: Daytime Running Lights (DRL)
- Daytime running lights
- Allow configuring DRLs via dash display
- Scandinavian DRL (activate taillights and parking lights)
- Turn off DRLs when parking brake is on
- Parking light activates DRLs
- DRLs on only when switch is set to Auto
Lights: Exterior
- Lane change turn signal auto-flasher
- Lane change turn signal auto-flasher count
- Auto headlights activation threshold
- Turn off front fog lights when high beams are on
- Flash rear fogs along with flash-to-pass when headlights are on
- Flash rear fogs along with flash-to-pass when headlights are off
- Flash brake lights in emergency stopping
- Flash brake lights in emergency stopping phase 2
- Flash hazard lights in emergency stopping
- Puddle lights driver side
- Puddle lights passenger side
- Puddle lights while driver-side mirror is folding
- Puddle lights while passenger-side mirror is folding
- Left cornering light (using front fog)
- Right cornering light (using front fog)
- Cornering lights activation
Locking: Automatic
- Auto-lock doors when moving
- Auto-unlock doors when key is taken out of ignition
- Auto-unlock doors when shifting into park
- Car lock and trunk lid close (and lock) via easy close button
Locking: Beep & Blink
- Allow configuring beep when locking/unlocking
- Beep when locking with remote
- Beep when unlocking with remote
- Menu for configuring beep when locking/unlocking
- Beep when locking/unlocking doors comes from the... (choose from Alarm or Horn)
Locking: Smart Key (KESSY)
- Auto-lock when doors are closed and smart key is outside vehicle (step 1/2)
- Auto-lock when doors are closed and smart key is outside vehicle (step 2/2)
Mirrors
- Allow auto-folding mirrors
- Auto fold side-view mirrors
- Allow configuring auto-folding mirrors on dash
- Auto-fold mirror via...
- Allow lowering passenger-side mirror when in reverse gear
- Lower passenger-side mirror when in reverse gear
- Menu for lowering passenger-side mirror when in reverse gear
- Synchronous mirror adjustment menu on dash
Parking Sensors
- Park distance visualisation
- Beep when parking sensor activated
- Rear parking sensor beep volume
- Rear parking sensor beep tone
- Front parking sensor beep volume
- Front parking sensor beep tone
Seats & Steering Wheel
- Auto-activate steering wheel heater
- Remember driver-side seat heater level
- Remember passenger-side seat heater level
Trunk
- Pop trunk via remote
Windows & Sunroof
- Enable setting for opening/closing windows and sunroof
- Allow configuring open/close windows with remove via dash menu
- Open windows via long-press on remote (step 1/2)
- Open windows via long-press on remote (step 2/2)
- Close windows via long-press on remote (step 1/2)
- Close windows via long-press on remote (step 2/2)
- Open sunroof via long-press on remote
- Close sunroof via long-press on remote
- Sunroof action when opening via remote
- Blink turn signals when done closing windows via remote
- Allow power window operation after ignition is turned off
Wipers & Washer
- Speed dependent windshield wiper speed
- Headlight washer activation delay
- Activate headlight washers once every x times the windshield washer is used
Other
- Windshield heater runs for duration of x minutes
- Rear window heater runs for duration of x minutes
- Enable remote control buttons when ignition is on
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Carista have just launched a new ‘Low Power Mode’ for the battery if your car isn’t being used much. This basically just enables the manufacturers Transport Mode to conserve power. As soon as you start the engine, it reverts to normal power mode. You need the beta version to take advantage of this option. Full details and other useful tips can be found here ... https://blog.caristaapp.com/preserve-your-car-battery-with-a-low-power-state-enabled-with-carista-70e7f7354522
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You need to enable the option to display on the car menu - that’s a Carista mod found in the same section.
I have the beep on alarm but it never put a menu in my infotainment to alter settings of it?
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I think there's some inconsistency between cars. For example a mate's car shows the yellow air flow lights on the temperature dial even when the aircon is set to Auto, whereas mine was off. Both were 2019 factory orders, so not all GTIs appear to come with exactly the same settings from the factory....
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I think there's some inconsistency between cars. For example a mate's car shows the yellow air flow lights on the temperature dial even when the aircon is set to Auto, whereas mine was off. Both were 2019 factory orders, so not all GTIs appear to come with exactly the same settings from the factory....
that would explain it then, I have the beta testing n tried loads of times to get the colour changing on digital dash n info unit n the menu just would appear at all even if I reset the unit!!
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That’s why I prefer obdeleven as you can see what your changing, I liked the colour change but people were complaining that you couldn’t have independent brightness control, luckily I had access to a car that did and found the difference, then went in and changed it and got the job done, I dunno if Carissa you can do this tho
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Yes you can. And you can see what you’re changing.
For example - https://images.app.goo.gl/cPidCioKAKNX4cDV8
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No that’s just what script you’ve set/unset, something like the 10 colour mod has 15 different switches to change via coding inside the actual module, plus another 4 if you want independent brightness, the screen you posted is just like a list of apps from obdeleven, it doesn’t show the actual switches your changing, if you get my drift
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Yes you can. And you can see what you’re changing.
For example - https://images.app.goo.gl/cPidCioKAKNX4cDV8
im on beta n my menus don't have half of them options in some of them pics!!
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Yes you can. And you can see what you’re changing.
For example - https://images.app.goo.gl/cPidCioKAKNX4cDV8
im on beta n my menus don't have half of them options in some of them pics!!
It was a sample picture from Google Images to show what the Carista screen looks like. Those menus were for a different variety of car brands. Refer to the first page of this thread for all available options.
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Hi guys. Anyone know if you can code out the “apply park brake when you open driver door” using Carista (Mk7.5)? I’m pretty certain it’s not listed anywhere, but I’m hoping I’m missing it and you can…..
Really drives me mad when I’m parking, sometimes need to open my door to check alignment of the car, and the parking brake then applies itself….. :angry:
Thanks!
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I don’t think you can. But if you turn off the Auto Hold (the button behind the parking brake) it won’t do it.
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Above is of interest to us as wifey has to do this as she has to reverse slightly uphill and is a shortarse so needs the door open - however all she does is take off the parking brake once it activates (leaving the autohold active) but the boings keeps going which is a little annoying. Do you mean take off autohold or parking brake? If you mean autohold does the boings noise still occur as never tried this variation?
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I don’t think you can. But if you turn off the Auto Hold (the button behind the parking brake) it won’t do it.
Ah ok, didn’t know that, thanks, a partial solution then.
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Above is of interest to us as wifey has to do this as she has to reverse slightly uphill and is a shortarse so needs the door open - however all she does is take off the parking brake once it activates (leaving the autohold active) but the boings keeps going which is a little annoying. Do you mean take off autohold or parking brake? If you mean autohold does the boings noise still occur as never tried this variation?
Yeah, was the auto hold side of it, I can live with the boings going off, it’s the fact of having to release the auto hold as soon as you open the door to take a look. Looks like I’ll just need to live with it.
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I have the beta but it took me hours to list all the options on the paid version! So far as I can tell it’s just variations of existing settings. The one I really want is to toggle Stop/Start so that it’s off by default but apparently VW doesn’t support this. You can only hack it to stop it ever kicking in, which I also don’t want as I do use it very occasionally.
Mutley75 - As I find stop/start a bloody nuisance (far too sensitive for my liking) I would be happy to switch it off via carista - I think I saw the options but have a feeling it did not work when i tried it a while back - did you ever try it/get it to switch off and can you recall what method worked as I know there are sometimes various methods to try?
cheers
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I know they said it is difficult, but i do wish they could code the option to have front fog lights on with headlight full beam.
As others have said it's important to sign up for the beta version, probably 5 x as many options to play around with.
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I have the beta but it took me hours to list all the options on the paid version! So far as I can tell it’s just variations of existing settings. The one I really want is to toggle Stop/Start so that it’s off by default but apparently VW doesn’t support this. You can only hack it to stop it ever kicking in, which I also don’t want as I do use it very occasionally.
Mutley75 - As I find stop/start a bloody nuisance (far too sensitive for my liking) I would be happy to switch it off via carista - I think I saw the options but have a feeling it did not work when i tried it a while back - did you ever try it/get it to switch off and can you recall what method worked as I know there are sometimes various methods to try?
cheers
was it the temperature method? That got changed to the voltage method, which then got removed al together in 2019, there’s also removing the wires from the SOC on the battery, and there’s also memory modules on eBay