Full Product Manual

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CONTENTS
1 GENERAL INFORMATION ..................................................................... 1
ON-BOARD DIAGNOSTICS (OBD) II .............................................................. 1
DIAGNOSTIC TROUBLE CODES (DTCS) ......................................................... 1
LOCATION OF THE DATA LINK CONNECTOR (DLC) .......................................... 2
OBD II READINESS MONITORS .................................................................... 3
OBD II MONITOR READINESS STATUS .......................................................... 4
OBD II DEFINITIONS .................................................................................. 5
OBD II MODES OF OPERATION .................................................................... 6
2 USING THE SCAN TOOL ....................................................................... 8
TOOL DESCRIPTION ................................................................................... 8
SPECIFICATIONS ........................................................................................ 9
ACCESSORIES INCLUDED ............................................................................ 9
NAVIGATION CHARACTERS .......................................................................... 9
KEYBOARD ............................................................................................. 10
POWER .................................................................................................. 10
SYSTEM SETUP ....................................................................................... 10
ABOUT ................................................................................................... 17
VEHICLE COVERAGE ................................................................................ 17
PRODUCT TROUBLESHOOTING ................................................................... 18
3 OBD II DIAGNOSTICS .......................................................................... 20
READ CODES .......................................................................................... 21
ERASE CODES ........................................................................................ 24
LIVE DATA .............................................................................................. 25
VIEW FREEZE FRAME DATA ....................................................................... 26
RETRIEVE I/M READINESS STATUS ............................................................. 27
VIEW VEHICLE INFORMATION ..................................................................... 32
EXIT THE OBD II TEST ............................................................................. 33
4 READY TEST ....................................................................................... 34
GENERAL INFORMATION ............................................................................ 34
TEST TOOL APPLICATION .......................................................................... 34
LED AND TONE INTERPRETATION ............................................................... 36
5 COMPLIANCE INFORMATION ............................................................. 38