Veccy C Aux Heating Timer & Remote Turn On Info ?

[ccsnet]

Guys, page 177... says you can get a remote for the heating system... I guess so you can warm up the car before you get in on cold mornings.

Does any one know a) What compatiblty there is with the Veccys for this... I'm getting the GSI C soon so I am hoping it is.

b) Where to get one and how much, what part number ? ( I wonder if LMF can get em )

c) Any one got one... what they like ?

Pages here from owners manual

Terran

[Duncan]

Terran

I've edited your post to avoid folks downloading a 4.5Mb PDF. I've tweaked it so that it's just the two relevant pages to your post.

In reply to your question, if you look at page 176 you'll see that the remote control is to control the Auxiliary Heating/Ventilation feature. The car will had to have had this fitted as a factory optional extra by someone - it's not standard on any models.

Look at the first diagram on page 176 - you'll see the extra menu at the bottom of the information screen - Auxiliary Heatimg.

But your question has got me wondering!! Is it just a Tech 2 reprogram to get that menu up and let you have that extra feature - or is it a bit more than that? i.e. extra components?

It's obviously linked into the Climate Control as it will heat or cool to the desired temperature, which makes me wonder if it is just a Tech2 reprogram as it would seem all the components that do the work are in place!!

Time for a bit of research methinks!!

D

[leeds vectra]

It's been done in Germany on the 2.2dti. Here's the link:-

http://216.239.37.104/translate_c?hl=en&u=http://213.47.52.8/jb79/privat/vectra/standh/index.html&prev=/search%3Fq%3Dvectra%2Bc%2Bdvd%26hl%3Den%26lr%3D]German Site[/URL]

Paul.

[ccsnet]

It's been done in Germany on the 2.2dti. Here's the link:-

http://216.239.37.104/translate_c?hl=en&u=http://213.47.52.8/jb79/privat/vectra/standh/index.html&prev=/search%3Fq%3Dvectra%2Bc%2Bdvd%26hl%3Den%26lr%3D]German Site[/URL]

Paul.

Paul... URL does not seem to work ..... I right fancy trying this...

Terran

PS Looking for my GSI now... hoping for the end of the month... got to find the right one though...

[Duncan]

No clicky link for me either Paul.

If this is able to be retro-fitted I'm very interested. Would be great for winter mornings when you can set a timer to start heating the car and for hot days when you can start up the A/C from the remote to cool down the car before you get there.

Thinking about it, I wonder if there are going to be other components to add. Obviously the standard heating gets it's heat from the engine. This would need to get the heat from somewhere else as the engine will be cold in the morning for example. I suspect there's an additional auxiliary heater that uses petrol to generate the heat? That's what they used on some VW (vans) in the past (if not still)!

Your link would hopefully answer all these questions!?

D

[CPHB]

Hello

The car must be equppied with this (or similar)

http://www.webasto.co.uk/am/en/am_automobile_3177.html

AC is not activated (only ventilation) Activation the AC must include running engine

Best regards

CPHB

[leeds vectra]

Can't get the link to work, i will email you it Duncan. See if you can post it.

Cheers,

Paul.

[leeds vectra]

Terran,

Did you get my email reference satnav?

Paul.

[ccsnet]

Terran,

Did you get my email reference satnav?

Paul.

I did... I even replied.... need some pics of the system you have.... I suspect its a compasite in system... but lets have a look first

Terran

[Duncan]

Can't get the link to work, i will email you it Duncan. See if you can post it.

Got it Paul. This link should work. Some of the English is a bit 'pidgeon' but understandable. For some reason the latter stages are still in German. Cutting and pasting into BabelFish/Google translate will sort that.

D