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Model specific boards => Golf mk6 => Topic started by: bcarlin on 14 August 2011, 12:47
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hi if i buy this cable can i then use my laptop to change things like bluetooth steering wheel controls etc
ive seen some on ebay but not sure of the correct one
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Yes, but it is better to buy a genuine one but there not cheap as the copy ones have known to fail and or loose comunication.
Read all about VAGCOM/VCDS from the makers at
http://www.ross-tech.com/
UK distributors
U.K.:
Gendan Limited
Unit 14 Llys Caer Felin
Felinfach
Swansea SA5 4HH
+44 0 1792 588002
http://www.gendan.co.uk/
ilexa Onboard Diagnostics
Truro, Cornwall TR2 4YF
p: +44 01726 884 010
f: +44 01726 808 021
http://www.ilexa.co.uk/
Marshall's Industrial Ltd.
Volkswagen Power Systems & Components
IMPCO Gas Systems
Beadle Estate
Hithercroft Road, Wallingford,
Oxfordshire, UK
OX10 9DG
p: +44 (0) 1491 834666
f: +44 (0) 1491 839777
email: sales@mi-uk.com
http://www.mi-uk.com/
V-Tech UK Ltd.
SN Autohaus,
181, Forest Road,
Hainault, Essex
London, UK
IG6 3HZ.
Tel: +44 208 498 1288
Fax: +44 208 498 1289
http://www.v-techuk.com/english/index.asp?country=uk
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cost ?
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I just added the websites to the list above the cost should be on the sites.
Keep in mine there not cheap but if you ever want to sell it you normally get back most of the cost as the cables are very sort after.
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ok thanks :smiley:
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Gendan were best for me. Cheaper overall and next day delivery.
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I know people have had good service from marshalls, Ilexa & Gendan before. I personally have delt with both Marshalls and Gendan and had good service from both.
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ok if i buy it is it easy to use and is there instructions with it ?
what was the price you's paid for it if you dont mind me asking
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Ease of use
http://www.ross-tech.com/vcds/tour/main_screen.html
Try clicking on the screen shots on different boxes its a sort of demo model.
Price
http://www.gendan.co.uk/category_145.html
Copy cable £20
Genuine Rosstech VCDS micro-CAN cable that does mk5 golfs onwards (2004 on models) ~£210
Genuine Rosstech VCDS CAN cable that basically does all VW cars except the really early ones (1996 on models)~£260
Genuine Rosstech VCDS CAN cable plus adaptor 2x2 cabes for very early VWs that does all VW cars (1991 on models) ~£300
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Rhyso and I keep talking about doing a group buy for VCDS - anyone interested?
No prices yet just to gauge interest at this point :wink:
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Gendan were best for me. Cheaper overall and next day delivery.
Not anymore it appears. I bought mine from ilexa (http://www.ilexa.co.uk/acatalog/vagcom.html) for £264.16 last Christmas. VAT went up in January now they are £263.16. Genden (http://www.gendan.co.uk/product_VCHU.html) is £264.95. Marshall (http://www.mi-uk.com/products/accessories/vag-com-diagnostic/) is £265.99.
Thats for the HEX-USB+CAN if you only want to do small tweaks then you can use the Micro-CAN (http://www.ross-tech.com/vag-com/Micro-CAN.html) but I don't think you'll find many for sale in the UK though I've just seen one on eBay Genuine Rosstech VCDS/Vagcom Micro CAN usb (http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Genuine-Rosstech-VCDS-Vagcom-Micro-CAN-usb-/300566984201?pt=UK_Diagnostic_Tools_Equipment&hash=item45fb303609) for £159.09.
If price is the biggest concern you can buy a VAG-COM cable cheap of eBay and use the VCDS Lite (http://www.ross-tech.com/vcds-lite/download/) software but it has limited features.
Function Chart / Feature Comparison (http://www.ross-tech.com/vag-com/vag-functions.html)
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Rhyso and I keep talking about doing a group buy for VCDS - anyone interested?
I'm not sure if you would get much discount on a group buy but there is no harm in trying. I asked all the distributors if they would do a discount for the college where I worked and they all said no apart from Gendan who said they could give a 20% discount for the college.
I contacted the distributors again and said Gendan can give a 20% discount for a college can you match that? They all said no we can't and they don't know how Gendan can offer this as all cables come from Ross-Tech in the States and they all show the basic price they get them for.
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i would be interested in a group buy
does the one at £20 do the cornering lights/bluetooth on etc
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Gendan were best for me. Cheaper overall and next day delivery.
Not anymore it appears. I bought mine from ilexa (http://www.ilexa.co.uk/acatalog/vagcom.html) for £264.16 last Christmas. VAT went up in January now they are £263.16. Genden (http://www.gendan.co.uk/product_VCHU.html) is £264.95. Marshall (http://www.mi-uk.com/products/accessories/vag-com-diagnostic/) is £265.99.
I got mine last Christmas from Marshalls as i wanted the case and manual.
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Yes I thought about a case but you only get that if you have and HEX-USB Power Bundle (http://www.gendan.co.uk/product_VCHU_9.html), my lead fits in my laptop case. The manual (http://www.ross-tech.com/vcds/download/current.html) you can download.
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i would be interested in a group buy
does the one at £20 do the cornering lights/bluetooth on etc
Not sure if we could advocate "snide" VCDS :grin:
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Yes I thought about a case but you only get that if you have and HEX-USB Power Bundle (http://www.gendan.co.uk/product_VCHU_9.html), my lead fits in my laptop case. The manual (http://www.ross-tech.com/vcds/download/current.html) you can download.
Yes from Gendan, but the hex-can lead ONLY(not the power bundle) from Marshalls (http://www.mi-uk.com/products/accessories/vag-com-diagnostic/) cames with a plastic case and a metal bound manual the other places just send a cable.
Yes you can download the manual but its a nice thing to have in a proper printed binded copy imo for what at the time when i bought mine was £3 more than other places were charging for just the cable and i got the plastic case, manual, install instructions, the cable and also a copy of the program on CD.