might have a run up maybe just after the new year obviously got loads to do in the next few days

 

Worth the trip, Mikes your man. 

yeahh mate im back to work on the 5th aswell, will have to figure out whens best as its still a 3 hour drive away from mine lol, and a 2 hour drive away from rotherham 

Am in scunthorpe

Wondered if the mirrors can be set to auto close / open when ignition switched? 

Also anybody in the Hull / East Yorkshire area could help me tweak a few options?

 

I have a FL elegence estate

 

Many thanks

 

Paul

 

I have a FL hatchback so this might work for you. Rather than using the mirror adjustment knob to fold the side mirrors, I long press the lock button when I am out of the car, this makes the side mirrors automatically fold in. Then when I start the ignition the mirrors automatically fold out.

Hope that helps. 

No needkll

No needle sweep for press fl cars, AFAIK.

so wheres the list

so wheres the list

 

Don’t suppose you looked in the Diagnostics & VCDS sub forum?

Hi all,

Ok so a friend of mine is letting me use his vcds to play with mine, I have a idiot proof guide to running lights (thanks pip_vrs) & was wondering if any1 could give me a idiot proof guide for the following;

1 Teardrop wipers

2 CH/LH lights

3 Alarm chirps

4 Twin rear fogs

5 Needle staging.

Mines a 57plate vrs pre FL

Thanks.

Staging probably won't work on a pre FL. Front tear drop may also not be available.

All the other bits are just a case of ticking the appropriate boxes in the long coding helper in controller 09.

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Main thing -- write down or copy the original code before changing anything. If something does go wrong, you can paste that code back into the controller to get back to where you started. Without copying that code, you could be stuffed.

 

Don’t just write the code down, before ANY coding is done on a car you should ALWAYS SAVE a scan of the car, this will then have all the relevant codes.... just in case.

Best way to learn is open everything and see whats in there and what can be changed. Always make a note of what the settings were before though.

OK here goes.

Teardrop wiping front : open 09 Central Electronics, on opening page above current coding select drop down menu Wischer. Byte 1 bit 3 select to activate, deselect to disable

Teardrop wiping rear : open 09 Central Electronics, Open long coding helper, Byte 3 Bit 5

Alarm chirps: Open 46 Central Convenience. Alarm chirps are all on byte 6 and byte 7. Select to activate (select all of them)

Twin rear fogs: 09 Central Electronics: Byte 3 Bit 1 - Untick to select 2 rear fogs. Then go into Byte 4, and select bit 4 to activate 2 rear fogs

Needle staging : sorry, this option only available in the facelift models from 2009 onwards, it can't be done on the pre-FL.

Other options you might like are the anti-hijack (auto lock above 10mph, and unlock when ignition key taken out - Central Convenience 46, select byte 0 bits 3 and 4 to activate.

Scandinavian day running lights (dipped headlights and rears on with ignition) Central electronics 09, byte 0 bit 4

Other option is North American running lights (dipped heads only, and no rears, on whenever engine running and handbrake off) byte 0 bit 5

if you have headlight wash, increase the time span between operating washers and headlight wash firing - Central electronics 09, byte 5 bit 0-7. Change number available to 15 (default is 4, and is really wasteful on washer fluid. Changing it means you need to hold washers on longer before headlight wash works, so only working when you want it to)

On a 57 plate you may have cornering front fog lights available -- central electronics 09 byte 23 bit 2 Internal Turn Light Algorithm active - select, then byte 23 bits 3-4 set to Turn lights via fog lights

Emergency brake light flash (either flashing brake lights or automatic hazard lights under emergency braking) Central Electronics 09, byte 17 bit 1 (for brake lights), or bit 2 (for hazards) or both

There you go, that should keep you going for a while!

Main thing -- write down or copy the original code before changing anything. If something does go wrong, you can paste that code back into the controller to get back to where you started. Without copying that code, you could be stuffed.

Good luck!

Mike

Thanks mate, I've managed to turn on CH/LH home lights but they only seem to work when I come out to the car & unlock it, they don't stay on when I turn the ignition off. Even though they are both set to the same time in maxidot!! Is there something I've missed?

Thanks mate, I've managed to turn on CH/LH home lights but they only seem to work when I come out to the car & unlock it, they don't stay on when I turn the ignition off. Even though they are both set to the same time in maxidot!! Is there something I've missed?

What position is the light switch in? Do you have the RLS?

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Have you set the CH/LH lights to personalisation rather than light sensor? It shouldn't matter what position the light switch is in -it doesn't on either of my cars. As trundlenut has asked -- do you have the rain/light sensor on the screen? Without it, the CH/LH lights won't work properly.

Mike

No just ticked the CH/LH home lights box & then "do it" didn't know about personalisation?

No just ticked the CH/LH home lights box & then "do it" didn't know about personalisation?

There's more than one box you have to tick.

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There's more than one box you have to tick.

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Any further info than that mate? What other boxes need ticking?

Any further info than that mate? What other boxes need ticking?

can't remember off the top of my head.

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Leave it with me a couple of hours, will dig out some screenshots of the controller.

Mike

Thanks

As you can see from these screenshots, you need to:

 

1. Activate CH lights

2. Activate LH lights

3. Select personalisation rather than light sensor on the other page.

 

As said, they won't work properly if you haven't got the light sensor on the windscreen.

 

Mike

Thanks Mike, it would appear I had done it right but not having auto wipers/lights I've only got limited use of the function.

VAGCOM address 09 central electrics , long coding, long coding helper, turn signal as running light and type in a value between 0-100 this is for the brightness. I have mine at 20% and is a good brightness. Need to get a night shot really.

I couldn't find the turn signal as running light option, the only turn light option is parking light, looks like I'm gonna have to find some1 local that knows there way around vcds. I guess there could be other options that have been selected that's not allowing me to see it.

Thanks Mike, it would appear I had done it right but not having auto wipers/lights I've only got limited use of the function.

What happens if you leave the light switch in the headlight position?

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What happens if you leave the light switch in the headlight position?

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Nothing

I have the RLS but before I fitted the autolights switch LH lights worked off the sensor but CH lights only worked when the switch was left on the headlights position. Doing this then overrode the sensor for the LH lights and they came on regardless of the light level.

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I have the RLS but before I fitted the autolights switch LH lights worked off the sensor but CH lights only worked when the switch was left on the headlights position. Doing this then overrode the sensor for the LH lights and they came on regardless of the light level.

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Is auto lights just a case of changing the switch then?