VCDS Wiki - Help needed :) - Advice wanted!

[noobmonkey]

Heya, yup that's it.

The official cables are £200+ but theres most likely someone on here near you who could loan/help
The software is a simple download (as the licence is held within the cable )

links to both on the vcds wiki page (under help)

[virginVWman]

Heya, yup that's it.

The official cables are £200+ but theres most likely someone on here near you who could loan/help
The software is a simple download (as the licence is held within the cable )

links to both on the vcds wiki page (under help)

Great, thanks for your help, i will have a nose. On Amazon they are going for like £40.00, are these legit?

[karlak]

Heya, yup that's it.

The official cables are £200+ but theres most likely someone on here near you who could loan/help
The software is a simple download (as the licence is held within the cable )

links to both on the vcds wiki page (under help)

Great, thanks for your help, i will have a nose. On Amazon they are going for like £40.00, are these legit?

If it looks too good to be true.......

They will be knock offs..

[noobmonkey]

i would assume not (legit)

There is a VCDS forum, under the "Garage" in here, and a few people use the ebay cables. There is even a kit you can get and build the cable yourself :p

Really hard to tell with ebay cables etc, but looks like some do work! Will be a bit of a gamble, but pretty sure others here have done it Might find a few bits don't work or it is all ok

[virginVWman]

Hmmm, may ask about in the "garage" and see if anyone has bought one online. For the sake of 40quid instead of £200+ worth a try. Cheers

[itavaltalainen]

Hmmm, may ask about in the "garage" and see if anyone has bought one online. For the sake of 40quid instead of £200+ worth a try. Cheers

not worth a try!
you're supporting product pirates who use a cracked version of vcds. you will not get support from ross-tech and you can't update the software. plus you don't know who built cable and how... 99% of the ebay and amazon cables that retail for less than 80% of the rrp come from china.... fake chips, cheap components, sh!t solder,.... do you really wanna connect that to your 20-30k car??

the cables you can build yourself are normally for the older k-line models (i.e. mk3 and mk4 golfs and other vag equivalents). i built one myself for use on my mk3 with a kit from germany.

[noobmonkey]

right, back on track!!

https://vcds.greg-roberts.com/

Has had a well... large overhaul... Ok well i focused a bit too much on the style, but at least i can control the form now! - so the entry screen looks much better!

Working on the list and details view now

Also had a lovely response from JV (Which reminds me, i need to reply!) - and there may be ways to make life simpler ... but will work on that.

So.. new style... some new functions being added... anything to make adding the entries easier, is better!

[p3asa]

Nice fresh look.

[noobmonkey]

thanks p3easa, having a difficult descision, as i could make it more tablet / phone friendly... but i like the wide look on a pc (Or i could just code it! hehehe) - oh well

Having fun with the site!

[itavaltalainen]

I prefer proper PC layout of the site (not just saying that cos my ex got tablet in split up)...
hate what most sites do now that go crazy on 'elderly folks telephone button' touch tiles.

btw, is there yet a list for login codes for different control modules... so far the only one that I widely find is the one for central electrics....