mickrochip Posted July 13, 2015 Posted July 13, 2015 hello there can any one tell me the best system to buy for my 54 plate citroen c5 vtr 2 litre , i have heard a few comments to stay away from chinese clone systems , any help in this matter will be much appreciated thanks for now Quote
UVG Posted August 4, 2015 Posted August 4, 2015 hi Mickrochip sorry I cannot offer any advice but I am in the market for one as well.if we could get a good recommendation I'd be interested toomaybe we could get a few of us together and get a discount for quantityjust an idea but we need someone who can recommend a good supplier Cheers UVG Quote
paul.h Posted August 5, 2015 Posted August 5, 2015 easydiagnostics has been mentioned on here as a supplier. They are a bit dearer than from ebay. Quote
slugworth1987 Posted August 23, 2015 Posted August 23, 2015 I got this one http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/321680226728?_trksid=p2057872.m2749.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT Works fine on my 2002 HDI 2.2 exclusive FOLLOW THE README LIKE A BIBLE! Quote
mickrochip Posted October 8, 2015 Author Posted October 8, 2015 I have now got alexia 3 system but at minute need to get it loaded on to my computer will let you know when i get it going Quote
Johntheshop Posted October 10, 2015 Posted October 10, 2015 I just bought lexia 3 from easy diagnostics on eBay. I bought the expensive version as I played it safe for the extra £25 as I plan to get a new shape c5 in the future and they say it works with the new c5. Not sure if it's any different to the others. I was surprised to see the hardware cable was very good quality and made in France. It's one if the A1281Z interfaces. Software looked identical to the Chinese ones on YouTube. It took me a few hours to get it running as the instructions could have been a lot better and they need updating. To the point I looked at the Chinese YouTube vids to fill the gaps. The instructions I received looked snazzy but they missed out the hardware driver installation and just concentrated on the software install. The update install instructions were in an update directory rather than in the main install instructions. I would have been happier with a longhand black and white txt document that covered everything accurately. Maybe I'm picky as I am an engineer and written a few instruction manuals in my time. I could have taken me half the time if I had known what I was doing. Install the main lexia program. Reboot and let it setup when the program starts. This first install takes quite some time. Then do every software update in order one at a time. I had 5 I think. Install one at a time in order, reboot everytime,and open lexia everytime so it sets itself up. It takes a while. Then install the hardware driver. You may find the computer doesnt recognise the cable. Reboot again, replug in the cable and when windows says where is the driver,let windows find it from the disk and let it reload it itself. All seemed to be fine after that. If you have used vag com or any other diagnostics before you will be surprised how basic the interface looks. It's a bit zx81 and clunky with no discriptions when you hover the buttons. The star button is ok ,the reload symbol is go back a step. It isn't very intuative. That said a Chinese video later I did get the hang of it and turned my eBay cruise control stalk on pretty quickly. It seems to like 32 bit windows XP so I put it on my old laptop. I tried to install it on a newer laptop using xp emulator on windows 7. It was beyond my IT skills. Good luck with the install. Quote
mickrochip Posted October 30, 2015 Author Posted October 30, 2015 hello there thanks for all your help in this matter, I have now bought a complete system , computer already loaded, all cables , but no documentation as to how to work it , if anyone can give me a master class as to the workings of this system it will be greatly appreciated. thanks for now Quote
mickrochip Posted October 30, 2015 Author Posted October 30, 2015 sorry just to add the other system i have, i could not load on my computer as it has not got the right operating system, it requires either xp 32 bitor windows 7 ultimate, i no longer have any xp systems and the only windows 7 is home premium, so have the cables and software for sale.please remove this if it is the wrong place or goes against the rules of the forum Quote
paul.h Posted October 30, 2015 Posted October 30, 2015 On the C8 Technical section there is a pinned diagnostic topic on the Lexia with a lot of info from Simple. Edit 24/1/2016I have started a new Lexia topic on the Petrol Diesel LPG section with links to all the posts from Simple. Quote
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