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ELM327 or ScanGauge II

Discussion in 'Gen 3 Prius Care, Maintenance & Troubleshooting' started by chavezone, Aug 18, 2013.

  1. chavezone

    chavezone Junior Member

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    I just bought another Prius a 2012 to ad to my 2006 I bought a year ago, my question is whether I should spend the extra cash on a Scan Gauge or just get the BT Elm327.

    I would like to turn of the reverse beep as well as make some other minor modifications, occasional CEL resets.

    Any advice ??
     
    #1 chavezone, Aug 18, 2013
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    I used the ELM327 to turn off the reverse beep and passenger seat belt beep and haven't touched it since.

    Worked fine for the low price I got it for from Amazon. :cool:

    SCH-I535
     
    #2 xliderider, Aug 18, 2013
  3. Bill Norton

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    ELM327 / $15 and the $5 Torque app worked for for me on my android phone.

    And then I bought $150 Samsung Tab2 7" and I have multiple pages of gauges. Didn't have to repurchase the app.
    One page is just battery related data. One page is just normal engine gauges with a big tach in the middle.
    It is velcro'd just forward of the steering wheel. It also is my music player !!

    This is so useful and high tech compared to the scangauge's, straight out of the '70's 2 lines of dot matrix display.
     
    #3 Bill Norton, Aug 19, 2013
  4. chavezone

    chavezone Junior Member

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    Thx I know what I will be buying now.
    Can you recommend an ELM?
     
    #4 chavezone, Aug 19, 2013
  5. Bill Norton

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    Look on amazon. There is also a mini version. I have the regular size. Don't know the difference, other than size.

    Be prepared to buy something else to put you over the "$25 free shipping" mark !!:)
     
    #5 Bill Norton, Aug 19, 2013
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