aditz Posted December 25, 2005 Report Share Posted December 25, 2005 Hi people, I got this cable some 2 month ago off e-bay.co.uk and didn't get it to work yet. I can connect the cable to the laptop and all works fine up to when I stick the interface into the car's socket. When I plug in the interface the LED goes off and if I try to connect the laptop(vag-com software) to the car is telling me that there is no cable connected to the car's socket. Any ideas?? Cheers! *Merry Christmas!!!* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peterb Posted December 25, 2005 Report Share Posted December 25, 2005 Without knowing full details of your cable it is rather difficult to diagnose. With my Ross Tech cable, the LED doesn't light until the OBD connector is plugged into the car, and it does this irrespective of whether the other end is plugged into the computer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aditz Posted December 26, 2005 Author Report Share Posted December 26, 2005 DOH...! Sorry! As I said I got it off e-bay at about £25 and it came from Hong-Kong. On it has a sticker with millisi.net on it. A USB cable came with the interface. Now the LED comes up as soon as I connect the interface to the laptop and all the vag-com(software) tests seem to be O.K. but as soon as I plug the interface into the car's socket the LED goes off. I tested the LED status with vag-com finds no problem. If I try any diagnostics, it keeps telling me that vag-com can't connect to the car's socket or something like that. Am I doing something wrong? Cheers! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aditz Posted December 26, 2005 Author Report Share Posted December 26, 2005 Here is a .jpeg of the cable with the interface.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danksy Posted December 27, 2005 Report Share Posted December 27, 2005 Voila Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aditz Posted December 28, 2005 Author Report Share Posted December 28, 2005 Don't know how you've done that but yeah .. It looks like nobody can help me so far..as I said the LED comes ON as soon as I plug the interface to the laptop(USB cable) but it goes OFF when I plug it into the car's socket Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Posted December 30, 2005 Report Share Posted December 30, 2005 I cannot help you with your lead sorry. One question though. Does your car have an aftermarket stereo? Sometimes even with the official leads, there can be a problem with the fitment of aftermarket stereos, http://www.ross-tech.com/vag-com/aftermarket-radio.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wobby Posted December 30, 2005 Report Share Posted December 30, 2005 On mine i have to plug the lead in and make sure windows has detected the lead correctly, then open the software, then plug in to the port on the car. Mine always works that way. Its a USB lead from SK Pang, works great if i do it in the correct way, i am guessing mine plays up as it has a serial to USB convertor (supplied by SK) and these can be tricky. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
headworx Posted January 4, 2006 Report Share Posted January 4, 2006 From what im aware non Vagcom leads will only run older versions of the software, try using 311 version and see what happens. Alternatively PM me for more info. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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