CEM Woes

[Simmy]

it would have been cheaper to get your own vida set up so you dont need to spend on fixing things that arent broken . but at least its fixed now thanks for folowing up with this post hopefully you will have some trouble free motoring ahead

[chefshoes]

yeah true

but how the hell would i get hold of vida, from what i have seen you need windows 7 laptop
not had one of them for a loooong time

would be handy though..

also volvo sales guy said

on newer volvos than mine when you change the battery they have to reinstall software back on the car, no idea what software he is on about but sounds a bit pants tbh

[stuart bowes]

i run mine on a windows 10 laptop with a vcx nano, does the job fine

saying that getting hold of windows 10 now even that is a pain, could get a refurb machine off blackmarket maybe

never heard of having to reinstall software ?

[chefshoes]

thats what he said newer volvos presume ford-derivatives

when swapping battery they have to plug in their prescious device

saying that my 2012 v70 had no battery for a week put it back in no issues

suspect volvo shenanigans

as for vida acquisition...

i shall look for it, as it would save me a fortune in bloody labour alone!

[V70roma]

Search svdns.info it gives good info on the various ways of acquiring vida and the various ways of connecting to the car ie using a dice unit or mongoose cable etc.
Not being too computer savvy and finding windows continuous update process a pain on my home PC I bought a laptop (from a chap on ebay) with vida pre installed which I use exclusively for vida it will never be connected to the Internet. I took a punt and got my "mongoose " cable direct from China for about £30 .Via ebay they tend to be about £70/£90 . So to sum up for me it was possible to get a dedicated set up for about £150 even if I'd got the cable from the UK it would still be sub £200. There are a few good youtube videos which show the main features and once you get used to using it it really is a powerful tool. There are usually a couple of sellers on ebay selling various setups. PS I was advised not to use the software that came with the "mongoose" cable and the laptop seller installed suitable software prior to sending it to me.

[Clan]

Originally Posted by chefshoes

thats what he said newer volvos presume ford-derivatives

when swapping battery they have to plug in their prescious device

saying that my 2012 v70 had no battery for a week put it back in no issues

suspect volvo shenanigans

as for vida acquisition...

i shall look for it, as it would save me a fortune in bloody labour alone!

the battery can be replaced in the usual way, the Battery monitor stores about 4 A4 pages of very useful battery, alternator , and journey data. but it will soon refresh itself as a few days go by...