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  1. 16th February 2013, 04:49 PM #1
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    Choice of diagnostic computer.

    Looking at purchasing a diagnostic unit for a TD5 Discovery and notice that there are quite a few variants out there. Is the Nanocom Evo2 the most suitable unit these days for the regular Joe? What to do... Find/diagnose faults, clear faults, program a key etc.
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  2. 16th February 2013, 06:07 PM #2
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    Choice of diagnostic computer.

    Pretty clunky...

    Staying with a LR in the future?
    Go Faultmate..
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  3. 16th February 2013, 06:28 PM #3
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    Quote Originally Posted by Tombie View Post
    ........Go Faultmate..
    I'm looking quite seriously at the Faultmate at the moment. Quite pricy compared to the competition, but seems to be the Rolls-Royce standard.

    Will probably go the Nano, as I've got a small netbook that I'll leave in the car (when it's up and running!) to use with it.
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    Which Diagnostic Unit?

    Tombie Choice of diagnostic computer.
    Pretty clunky...

    Staying with a LR in the future?
    Go Faultmate..


    Mike, if you have the time and inclination, I'm sure many would appreciate the rationale behind the recommendation - hopefully without starting WW3
    I already have an Evo2 and am unlikely to upgrade beyond my D2a, but many others will upgrade in due course.
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  5. 16th February 2013, 07:09 PM #5
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    Is the faultmate as well featured as the Nanocom Evo2? I'm trying to work out why it is almost twice the cost and locked to a specific VIN.
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  6. 16th February 2013, 07:30 PM #6
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    and, if I can piggy back on to Slunnies thread, what if you only want to do TD5 engine stuff, no suspension, fobs, etc ?

    I can start another thread if that's more appropriate.
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  7. 16th February 2013, 07:30 PM #7
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    Quote Originally Posted by Slunnie View Post
    Is the faultmate as well featured as the Nanocom Evo2? I'm trying to work out why it is almost twice the cost and locked to a specific VIN.
    Faultmate has more features than the Nanocom for the D3/D4/RRS, hence Tombie's point about staying with LR in the future.

    Take a look at the Blackbox Systems website to see the relative features of each.
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    Quote Originally Posted by sheerluck View Post
    Faultmate has more features than the Nanocom for the D3/D4/RRS, hence Tombie's point about staying with LR in the future.

    Take a look at the Blackbox Systems website to see the relative features of each.
    Thanks Sheerluck, checking out the BBS website was what led me ask the question. From what I could see, it looked like the faultmate didn't do as much as the Nanocom, but it was more expensive so it didn't make a lot of sense, especially considering it was the same manufacturer. The Nanocom looked like it had pages and pages of functions and into the future was able to be unlocked for other vehicles, but I now see its none of te new ones, but that said the faultmate can only be used on one specific vehicle, so a new unit would be needed for the future. That's just what I see, but that may not be all correct or fully informed.
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  9. 16th February 2013, 07:53 PM #9
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    Looking again the faultmate looks like it does the same as the Nanocom evo2, but the faultmate is more expensive and it is locked to one vehicle only, so I'm assuming when I do one day buy that RRS V8SC that I would need to buy a new faultmate.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Slunnie View Post
    Looking again the faultmate looks like it does the same as the Nanocom evo2, but the faultmate is more expensive and it is locked to one vehicle only, so I'm assuming when I do one day buy that RRS V8SC that I would need to buy a new faultmate.
    Maybe pay a license fee and have it reassigned to a new VIN ?
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