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piper5
 


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Scotland 2005 Discovery 3 TDV6 Base 7 Seat Manual Cairns BlueDiscovery 3
which faultmate

hi guys i am new to this forum and from saturday new to d3 ownership too.
i am used to using the nanocom system on my d2 so i am looking to buy similar for the d3
i have trawled for hours through the forum but still a bit confused as to which one to buy, i want to be able to read and clear faults and do any servicing tasks, i dont wish to be reprogramming or reflashing anything.

any help would be great before i phone cyprus  
Post #9502884th Jul 2012 6:44 am
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Wiggy Man
 


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Hi piper5

Welcome to the forum. I think you would be happy with a Faultmate FCR which are are around £250 it will read and clear all faults. It won't however re-set the service reminder. They do a separate tool for this which is about £60. I've got both and I'm very happy with them. I read 51 faults the first time i used it!! and none on a generic reader.

There is another tool called a Iid Tool buy gap diagnostics which will do all the above for about £250. I chose the Faultmate because for about £30 you can buy a licence so the FCR will work on a Disco4 (finger crossed might have one day!)which i don't think the Iid tool does.

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PS you can get a 10% discount on the Faultmate as they are forum sponsors but there are criteria, 60 posts on the site is one.  
Post #9507444th Jul 2012 10:15 pm
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As said the Faultmate FCR is a very good tool for read and clear fault codes, and also the SRT service reset tool. The FCR very shortly will have some extra function available to it called Genesis which can add via a web server functions you only need every now and then like service resetting etc etc.

The Genesis system is set up so you can use the cable from the FCR for the connection to the car and pc, the rest is done over the web.

The link below shows some info on Genesis but there are many more posts on the forum too.

http://www.disco3.co.uk/forum/topic75692.html?highlight=Genesis

Good demo video here.

http://www.blackbox-solutions.com/downloads/videos/GENESIS.MP4

Genesis web site here.

http://vbf2.blackbox-solutions.com/Faultma...86EF5C0530


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Post #9507484th Jul 2012 10:25 pm
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piper5
 


Member Since: 01 Jul 2012
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Scotland 2005 Discovery 3 TDV6 Base 7 Seat Manual Cairns BlueDiscovery 3

thanks for the info guys, i didnt know that you need a separate tool for the service light, i have had a pm from this forum saying there is a group purchase coming in august so i think i will go for that.  
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