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bellautos

Member Since: 02 Feb 2006
Location: NorthYorkshire
Posts: 2532

2010 Discovery 4 3.0 TDV6 SE Auto Santorini Black

D4 & RRS MY2010 via Faultmate FCR Review.

Over the last few months i have had the great pleasure of working and helping with the developement and testing of the new MY2010 D4 & RRS diagnostic tools from BBS https://blackbox-solutions.com

Today was my final day of testing of the NEW Faultmate FCR (Fault Code Reader) on the D4 and RRS MY2010 models.

The Faultmate FCR is aimed at the independant home user having a diagnostic tool that can accurately diagnose and display in plane scroling test across its LCD screen the faults stored EG
P0404 Exhaust gas recirculation control - circuit range/performance

and at the same time giving you the means to clear any faults in ANY of the modules on your car.

This tool i think is the worlds first non LandRover developed tool that can read and clear faults on all modules on the new model D4 & RRS MY2010 cars, which to me is outstanding considering they have only been on the market since September 09.

Here are a few pictures of the tool in action.

The first picture is of the FCR booting up into the main menu, for these pictures and ease of use i had to actually ask Colin at BBS to send me a special firmware patch to slow the thing down so i could get time to press the camera button lol.
This thing is that fast at processing the information on the 11Bit CAN its quite frightening and if you blink you miss it opperating lol.

This next picture is of the main menu at the beginning after the boot screen.

Scroling down the menu to some of the other modules.

After pressing the A (Accept) button you will get the Read/Clear menu.

Again after pressing the A (Accept) button you will be shown any faults that are present in the system/module you choose.

If for some reason by mistake you choose a module that is not actually present on your car or it has a major communications error on the module you will get this message.

To summarize in the words of Gordon ramsay

2010 Diagnostics on the BBS Faultmate FCR DONE

Pete

8th Jan 2010 9:35 pm

SHARKYSHARKS

Member Since: 20 Dec 2008
Location: Saddleworth Oldham
Posts: 1954

Can it enable the front LED lights that are supposed to be fitted as standard on all D4's ??? MY18 D5 HSE LUX😎
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Freelander 1 (Wrote off 😫)
Ex D1
Ex D2 GS
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Ex D3 S
Ex D4 GS
Club skip ya lockers !!!
Club BAS remote heater !!
Club Duratrac
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20th Jan 2010 1:31 pm

PaulP

Member Since: 04 May 2007
Location: Barcelona
Posts: 4317

2006 Discovery 3 TDV6 SE Auto Buckingham Blue

Re: D4 & RRS MY2010 via Faultmate FCR Review.

bellautos wrote:
Faultmate FCR (Fault Code Reader)

Believe it or not, the Fault Code Reader only reads and clears Fault Codes

Maybe you could ask Colin to develop a Faultmate FLE (Fairy Light Enabler)?

You would need access to someone with a full Faulmate MSV-2 and the new D4 multi-vehicle license - in other words the original poster

2006 Discovery 3 TDV6 SE Auto Buckingham Blue
2007 Golf GT DSG

20th Jan 2010 1:37 pm

SHARKYSHARKS

Member Since: 20 Dec 2008
Location: Saddleworth Oldham
Posts: 1954

let me know, when yours arrives

MY18 D5 HSE LUX😎
MY12 Freelander SD4 HSE
44 Tonne 12 Litre 6x2 Scania T cab (Current)
Freelander 1 (Wrote off 😫)
Ex D1
Ex D2 GS
Ex V8 D2 GS
Ex D3 S
Ex D4 GS
Club skip ya lockers !!!
Club BAS remote heater !!
Club Duratrac
Club Phillips DRL
Club Prospeed Rack Mk 1
Club Prospeed Rack Mk 2
Club Sankey
Club RLD spare wheel protector

20th Jan 2010 1:49 pm

PaulP

Member Since: 04 May 2007
Location: Barcelona
Posts: 4317

To be honest I think that with enough persistance and pestering I could probably convince Colin to spend lots of his own money to develop a Faultmate FLE...

...but convincing my wife that we should spend 50K on buying a new D4 so that I can use Colin's new gadget? Let's just say that I'm good, but I'm not that good

2006 Discovery 3 TDV6 SE Auto Buckingham Blue
2007 Golf GT DSG

20th Jan 2010 1:52 pm

SHARKYSHARKS

Member Since: 20 Dec 2008
Location: Saddleworth Oldham
Posts: 1954

Paul if ya ever manage to convince er indoors let us know the trick, and i,ll try it on mine

MY18 D5 HSE LUX😎
MY12 Freelander SD4 HSE
44 Tonne 12 Litre 6x2 Scania T cab (Current)
Freelander 1 (Wrote off 😫)
Ex D1
Ex D2 GS
Ex V8 D2 GS
Ex D3 S
Ex D4 GS
Club skip ya lockers !!!
Club BAS remote heater !!
Club Duratrac
Club Phillips DRL
Club Prospeed Rack Mk 1
Club Prospeed Rack Mk 2
Club Sankey
Club RLD spare wheel protector

20th Jan 2010 2:08 pm

bellautos

Member Since: 02 Feb 2006
Location: NorthYorkshire
Posts: 2532

The fairy lights are only functional on the Xenon head light unit, they are not present inside the halogen lights so they cant be turned on

they only have the fairy light lense in the halogens but no bulbs/LED's inside.

Pete

20th Jan 2010 3:31 pm

SHARKYSHARKS

Member Since: 20 Dec 2008
Location: Saddleworth Oldham
Posts: 1954

Thanks, but don't you think its a con they advertise all models with LED front lights regardles of Xenon or xenonless..from basic 2.7 D4 upwards ! MY18 D5 HSE LUX😎
MY12 Freelander SD4 HSE
44 Tonne 12 Litre 6x2 Scania T cab (Current)
Freelander 1 (Wrote off 😫)
Ex D1
Ex D2 GS
Ex V8 D2 GS
Ex D3 S
Ex D4 GS
Club skip ya lockers !!!
Club BAS remote heater !!
Club Duratrac
Club Phillips DRL
Club Prospeed Rack Mk 1
Club Prospeed Rack Mk 2
Club Sankey
Club RLD spare wheel protector

20th Jan 2010 5:38 pm

bellautos

Member Since: 02 Feb 2006
Location: NorthYorkshire
Posts: 2532

EDIT: now ive read the LR site a bit more.

This text is taken from the LR site.

Quote:
The strikingly styled front lamps with LED light technology, (LED Lighting only included with the optional Xenon and Xenon Adaptive Front Headlamps) provide better driver forward vision, while the new rear lamp assembly creates a 'jewel-like' effect.

Pete

20th Jan 2010 7:01 pm

SHARKYSHARKS

Member Since: 20 Dec 2008
Location: Saddleworth Oldham
Posts: 1954

Pete

Taken from brochure i picked up last week,

TDV6 2.7 GS;
''LED front sidelights and rear tail lights''

TDV6 3.0 GS,

GS spec plus;
3.0 litre engine
Auto trans
19'' 7 spoke wheels

No mention of needing Xenon's, its seems to me that one brochure is contradicting the other, if ya need a copy pm me ya fax number and i'll fax ya a copy..

Regards

Sharks MY18 D5 HSE LUX😎
MY12 Freelander SD4 HSE
44 Tonne 12 Litre 6x2 Scania T cab (Current)
Freelander 1 (Wrote off 😫)
Ex D1
Ex D2 GS
Ex V8 D2 GS
Ex D3 S
Ex D4 GS
Club skip ya lockers !!!
Club BAS remote heater !!
Club Duratrac
Club Phillips DRL
Club Prospeed Rack Mk 1
Club Prospeed Rack Mk 2
Club Sankey
Club RLD spare wheel protector

20th Jan 2010 7:55 pm

bellautos

Member Since: 02 Feb 2006
Location: NorthYorkshire
Posts: 2532

Hum , interesting, ill have a look at the paperwork i have tomorrow.

Pete

20th Jan 2010 8:00 pm

Bill Wright

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Location: Glorious Devon
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2015 Discovery 4 3.0 SDV6 SE Tech Auto Kaikoura Stone

I have the brochure which quotes the fairy lights feature and it definitely implies that it is a feature of all D4 models but - as Winger has so cogently pointed out in a related thread last month, there is a paragraph at the back of the same brochure which gives LR the option to change, without notice, the quoted specification. I'm afraid we're on a loser to get LR to change that.

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20th Jan 2010 8:49 pm

nolift911

Member Since: 17 Feb 2010
Location: DC
Posts: 17

I would like to know wabout this also - is your faultmate ready to turn on the Daytiem Running Lamps - and if so can you use it to turn on the fairy lights and the daytime running lamps? 1984 911 Carrera
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2005 Yamaha FZ6
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25th Feb 2010 7:08 pm

bellautos

Member Since: 02 Feb 2006
Location: NorthYorkshire
Posts: 2532

Hi

Faultmate FCR = Faultmate Fault Codes Reader , it only reads and clears faults.
If you want extra functions from a BBS tool you must buy the Faultmate MSV2 which gives you all the extra functions that a fault only tool does not have.

CCF edit
EUCD edit
ITP edit
oil service reset
oil dilution reset
water in fuel reset
window calibration
suspention hights and calibration
compressor tests
etc
etc
etc

i cant list them all my head is fryed.

Regarding your fairy lights, if they are already fitted to your car they will work, if they dont work they are not fitted.
Regarding your day lights, there is a thread on the forum with more about the picture below which is a part screen grab of the MSV2 CCF edit

Click image to enlarge

Pete

Last edited by bellautos on 25th Feb 2010 7:25 pm. Edited 1 time in total

25th Feb 2010 7:16 pm

PaulP

Member Since: 04 May 2007
Location: Barcelona
Posts: 4317

nolift911 wrote:
can you use it to turn on the fairy lights and the daytime running lamps?

I thought that the fairy lights were the DRL on the D4? 2006 Discovery 3 TDV6 SE Auto Buckingham Blue
2007 Golf GT DSG

25th Feb 2010 7:24 pm