DeMOROlized

I bought the el cheapo $20 KKL cable & used the free version of VAG-COM 409.1 to check the code in my car to find out once & for all. The results:

Address 17 - Instruments
Value 23301

Explanation (only applies to B7)
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??xx1: Extra Options

+00 - 1. K-Number (Europe, USA, Rest of World)
+01 - Smaller fuel tank volume (AWD)
+02 - Dashboard parking (amber) lights indicator inactive
+04 - 3. K-Number (Rental Cars)
+08 - 2. K-Number (Australia)
+16 - Clutch Pedal Switch Operation in FIS Display

xx?x1: Country-Setting

0 - Germany (D)
1 - Rest of World (RoW)
2 - USA (US)
3 - Canada (CAN)
4 - Great Britain (GB)
5 - Japan (JP)
6 - Saudi Arabia
7 - Australia (AUS)

xxx?1: Seatbelt Warning

0 No Seatbelt Warning
1 Seatbelt Warning Europe-NCAP
2 Seatbelt Warning USA and Canada old - Dashboard indicator and audio chime for 6 seconds at ignition
3 Seatbelt Warning USA and Canada NAR new
4 Seatbelt Warning Europe-NCAP (including passenger seat)
5 Seatbelt Warning USA and Canada old (including passenger seat)
6 Seatbelt Warning USA and Canada NAR new (including passenger seat) - Default B7 settings

So mine was 23 (1+2+4+16) 3 (Canada) 0 (No seatbelt warning) 1 (always 1), not the ?????-2 (which would have given me a 9 at the end).

I've tried changed the seatbelt digit and it works as listed above.

Side-Note
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I changed my code to 21351 to:

- Enable the parking (amber) light indicator on my dashboard. Now it comes on when my low beam headlights are on, even in auto mode.

- Enable older style of seatbelt chime to remind my idiot friends to buckle up.

29'er

I'm fine with it dinging at start up, but it's a little overly-aggressive beyond that.

Now to find some one in Orange County with a VAG tool to hook me up.

Tanner

Is this the one that was mentiond before off of eBay?

Sure beats buying the cable from Rosstech which costs a lot more.

DeMOROlized

And it's about $22 USD + shipping, which works out to about $30 CDN for us Canucks. One of them even ships from Vancouver so no duties.

I'd like to check your code for some comparison next time we meet up.

JJsLegacy

so what can I do with this cheap cable and free software?

Tanner

Plus whatever was mentioned already here:

Seatbelt chime remove

Address 17 - Instruments --> Recode --> Change xxx5x to xxx0x

xxx?1: Belt warning

0 no belt warning
1 Belt warning Europe NCAP. Optical durable warning, acoustic warning for 91 seconds actively.
2 Belt warning the USA and Canada old. Optical and acoustic warning for 6 seconds
3 Belt warning the USA and Canada NAR again. Optical durable warning, acoustic warning every 30 seconds
4 Belt warning Europe NCAP (incl. front seat passengers). Optical durable warning, acoustic warning for 91 seconds actively
5 Belt warning the USA and Canada old (incl. front seat passengers). Optical and acoustic warning for 6 seconds
6 Belt warning the USA and Canada NAR again (incl. front seat passengers). Optical durable warning, acoustic warning every 30 seconds

Low/high beam with fogs, euro parking lights

Address 09 - Central Electronics
1023 default
1021 enables high beam/fog, Euro parking lights (amber only when blinking)

No seatbelt chime

Address 17 - Instruments
23261 default
23259 remove seat belt chime

Windows up/down with key FOB

Address 46 - Central Convenience
11820 default
11884 windows up/down with key FOB

mattchow

definitely, that is the first thing I changed on the car?

29'er

to get the windows to work with the RF transmitter like BMW? 'Cause that would be sweeeeet.

Tanner

Not sure why they don't have this on by default as VW does. Go figure.

It's nice to have this especially when the car has been sitting out in the sun for quite a while. Remotely roll the windows down to get rid of that hot air.

68Relic

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