perfect video for bumbling around

It’s great to see a “warts and all” video experience. Must confess, mine linked and scanned much quicker, but who knows why!

Glad you got there in the end. Mine was much easier to set up. The difference may be be that I didn't have other bluetooth devices interfering, used the automatic setting and just left it connected to my phone to do its thing. I have 3 readers and this one is the best but definitely is not plug and play. It provides by far the most functionality. Actually I can't believe that Autel who make the very expensive, professional readers seem to have handed over all their tech in this little cheap reader. BTW for those that don't know, all freelander 2's have the VIN (very handily) on the bottom right hand side of the windscreen (read from outside the vehicle. You need it for the automatic setting. Thanks for another great video.

Nearly did not buy one based on this video, but my experience totally different. Read the little white sheet inside the packaging, needs to download a companion app and it all worked perfectly on my iPhone 12 and 2013 FL2, took 5 mins max, would highly recommend.

Thanks for this, appreciate our patience.

Well worth the money, a bit slow but programs key fobs no problem. Better than the £200 LR dealership wanted, plus the fob!

Wow - you seemed to have a lot of problems operating the tool plus your car had a lot of fault codes. I have a diesel jeep and due to the low km city driving I do the Diesel particulate filter blocks - so a mechanic friend hooks his OBD up and forces a DPF clean. But I didn't like to keep asking him to do it. So I bought the AP200 so I could do it myself. Took about 10 minutes to set up and worked faultlessly. Ran the dpf burn, cleared the check engine light, full power back - bloody great. Ran the diagnosis tool and apart from a low battery on the fob - no other faults.

@BeavisPits

Жыл бұрын

I don’t know why my device was such a pain to pair up. Maybe it was a counterfeit item. I will have another go with it soon as I need to program a new key.

I used the exact same thing to program new key fobs 👍

Good to see an in depth review! I just ordered one of these for home use after working as a technician where they had the same program on a maxidas 808 unit. Amazing how many things they find! Basically looks the same format. My only question is regarding to how slow it seems is what phone are you using and what sort of memory/storage does it have ? I’m wondering if my phone will be up to the job

@BeavisPits

2 жыл бұрын

My phone is an iphone 11 pro. It took *ages* to read the codes, over half an hour! I will do another video on this soon to show more of the features and hopefully things like battery reset and programming a new keyfob.

@MC-mh2ju

2 жыл бұрын

I’ve tried the scanner on both Android and iOS. The Android version is updated more often, making it much faster and stable.

I own one of these, apart from reading and erasing codes and programming new keys they seem pretty useless, especially when you think about how often you actually need to program a key. Can you alter settings like external lights on when you unlock

Where exactly within the app can you monitor dpf soot levels?

@BeavisPits

Жыл бұрын

Sorry, I don’t know, I gave up with this device

instructions are inside the pack

@BeavisPits

2 жыл бұрын

Yep, I found them a week later!

Did you try to change the tyre size?

@BeavisPits

Жыл бұрын

No I’ve not tried that. I am running slightly oversize tyres but a GPS speed check showed an exact match to the speedo so I think it was under-reading slightly before.

Hi is the autel ap200 still working,,? And are all the functions still working after the years end?

@BeavisPits

4 ай бұрын

I only got it working briefly and I had to unpair all other bluetooth devices to get this one to pair up. Then when I actually needed it about a year later, it just refused to pair completely. It was all just too fiddly and frustrating so I bought a wired Autel 517, much better, just plug in and go.

@stuntcar

4 ай бұрын

@@BeavisPits would have loved to see if it was still working after a year

You should read instruction page inside pack would have helped a bit 😢

@BeavisPits

Жыл бұрын

Yep! Only found that a few weeks later. Interestingly though, I tried following the instructions and it still refused to pair up. I got it working in the end but it was too unreliable. Ended up binning that device and switching to a wired Autel which works very well.

Is there a part 2 for this

@BeavisPits

2 жыл бұрын

I never made one. I gave up on it and bought a different device. I’ll do a video on it soon.

Hi friend, can you make a test on the suspension calibration if it works

@BeavisPits

2 жыл бұрын

I didn’t see any settings for suspension. The FL2 suspension also doesn’t have any sensors or electronic adjustment. Geometry is altered mechanically.

As someone else has mentioned .. instructions in the pack, and handbook on the app. Trial and error method clearly unproductive. The device is comprehensive and cars are complicated ... some patience and reading required !

@BeavisPits

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Steve, I’ll give it another go soon

another very very informative video but i removed my will to live near the end lol

@BeavisPits

3 жыл бұрын

I lost mine after about an hour. This 1 hour video is about 4 hours of real time, edited down.

@juliejulie5132

Жыл бұрын

@@BeavisPits Weve just set ours up quite easily. I was shouting oh no !!! haha at my lap top telling you what you were doing wrong lol

Hi in hindsight try reading instructions inside does help 🤣 only took 5 mins

@BeavisPits

2 жыл бұрын

I didn’t find them until 2 weeks later when I binned the packaging! Had I found them then I’m sure it would have all been a lot easier. I’ll do a Part 2 video soon showing more of this device.

What can be done activation test

@arthurcooper5390

2 жыл бұрын

Couldn't see if you had the ignition on which you need to do, I found once set up was fast and easy to do a great bit of kit for the money

@BeavisPits

2 жыл бұрын

PowerfulUK just did a video on the AP200 and didn’t have ignition on. I tried mine last week with ign on and it still wouldn’t pair up.

@milesaftermiles671

2 жыл бұрын

@@BeavisPits can we do dpf regeneration with this??

@BeavisPits

2 жыл бұрын

Apparently yes you can perform a DPF regen, but I don’t have a DPF so not tried it

The card has got the instructions on it

@BeavisPits

Жыл бұрын

Yep, found that eventually. They didn’t help. Tried it with ign on and off. Got it working eventually after de-pairing all other bluetooth devices. I have since bought a wired autel, much better.

All you've done for me is, don't buy this. I think I'll buy one from a car store for a couple of hundred. Thanks for showing it. You have the patience of a saint as I would have stamped on it along time ago.

@BeavisPits

3 жыл бұрын

It wasn’t easy to set up and get working. I actually cut out several false endings where I gave up, but then came back to it the next day and tried again. After 3 days of wrestling with the bluetooth and app it started working. Overall, so far, I don’t recommend it. I will continue playing with it though and maybe do another video showing what it can do once I’m got the hang of it.

@juliejulie5132

Жыл бұрын

Ours set up in minutes and we deleted all the fault codes in one not individually

@BeavisPits

Жыл бұрын

Julie, what did you do that I didn’t? My issue was getting it to pair on bluetooth.

@juliesapak4559

Жыл бұрын

One of the things we did was turn the ignition on straight away, green light came first, followed quickly by the blue light, to say it was paired, was even quicker in our second Freelander that we put it in straight after.

@BeavisPits

Жыл бұрын

Thanks I’ll that that. Instructions said ign off, but I have heard other people say it works better on.

Can I test activation with it?

@BeavisPits

2 жыл бұрын

Sorry, I don’t understand what you’re asking. Activation of what?

@mdrobiulsheikh4335

2 жыл бұрын

I am sorry sir my mistake Like Read ECU information/ read trouble code /clean trouble code/live data same like actuation test.

@BeavisPits

2 жыл бұрын

Yes you can read fault codes and vehicle data

@MC-mh2ju

2 жыл бұрын

@@mdrobiulsheikh4335 It does not have bi-directional control or car customization.

The software is far more stable and faster on Android.

@BeavisPits

2 жыл бұрын

Interesting to know, although I don’t have an Android device to try it on. I will do another video on this soon. I think most of the issues I had were due to it saying it was connected but in fact it wasn’t properly paired up. Turning the ignition on first, all other bluetooth devices off, and holding my phone closer seemed to do the trick. Once properly paired, I could view all sorts of data. I’ll show this in part 2 soon.

Like your videos but they do go on for far too long that you start to lose interest. Try to keep them shorter

@BeavisPits

Жыл бұрын

I will try, but my videos are “how I did it” rather than “how to” videos. Lots of alternative short n sweet vids out there which skip over the all important detail.

My god my one of these only takes about 1 minute to do full scan 🙄🙄🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

@BeavisPits

9 ай бұрын

Sounds like you bought a genuine one! Mine may be fake.

first at last yea

Try READING the instructions next time.

@BeavisPits

Жыл бұрын

I would have if I had found them! Even after reading them this device was difficult to pair up.

I need a key badly. But I'm not sure I want to go through that. That sure is NUTTY. However many thanks for the great" hair pulling" production..