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    As the heading says whats CANBUS and how do you know if you have it. Sounds like an illness lol.

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    Canbus stands for something... But basically there are 2 types
    Full and half

    You can tell what you have by the controls on your steering wheel.

    Full = scroll wheels
    Half = 3 buttons on each side of the steering wheel.

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    Controller Area Network Bus... Basically everything is computer controlled instead of having switches and wires directly connected stuff...

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Control...93area_network

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    thanks diet, i have full then i think, but what does that allow me to do:s seen it mentioned on the forum many times.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Matt Cutler View Post
    thanks diet, i have full then i think, but what does that allow me to do:s seen it mentioned on the forum many times.
    Will allow you to control the info screen and change the screen so you can see MPG, Tank range etc etc etc..


    It must do tons more... but im unsure as to what.

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    i see, only thing is i have sat nav so seem to permanently have the range on, when the stereo is off bit annoying.

    so does that make tech 2 stuff easier having full canbus.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Diet1985 View Post
    Will allow you to control the info screen and change the screen so you can see MPG, Tank range etc etc etc..


    It must do tons more... but im unsure as to what.
    It's not just to do with your info screen etc. It's basically how the modules in the car communicate with each other i.e. the ECU talking to modules like BCM, CIM, DDM, PDM, UEC, REC to name just a few.

    On a full-can car more parts of the car are CanBus controlled so they can do some cleverer things than on a half-CAN car.

    Regarding Tech 2 on a full-Can car, doesn't make it easier as such. Just more options become available on a full-CAN car.

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    could you give me a couple of examples, would like to understand it.

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    Couple of examples of what?

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