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I got the Carista, yay! I too found the ignition warning sound especially annoying and the last straw was when it woke up our sleeping grandchild and we panicked to close the passenger door & it still dinged as we tried to figure out what was going on. It is very easy to use and I also got to update the min speed for when the auto head light function functioned. I did i not realise it was only working when I was driving above 58Km/h, so that's now reduced to a more useful speed when driving on rural B roads. Thanks for these informative videos.

@CampervanTime

Жыл бұрын

Good stuff!

These are great bits of kit. Got one for my 5.1 to turn on auto locking, needle sweep etc. Also handy for dpf info 👌🏼

Just bought one. Thanks for the research and getting the discount. Every little helps.

@CampervanTime

2 жыл бұрын

You’re very welcome 😊

Just got mine and switched off the dings. The option to flip the mirrors when you lock is now enabled in the standard app so that works perfectly too. Great tool - you have to "pay" in advance with the app just need to remember to cancel in a month but if there are new features or the reset during service will likely need to use again anyway.

@CampervanTime

2 жыл бұрын

Sounds good, need to check the mirror one out on mine, hadn’t realised it had been updated 👍

Another very practical and informative video. I will certainly be buying a carista. Thanks again 😃

@CampervanTime

2 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it, it’s a great bit of kit 👍

The DPF regen level is 30 grams of soot in my T6.1 beach, after a pair of weeks monitoring DPF via VAGDPF Android app and Carista adapter. When soot level reaches 30 grams, if the oil, cooler and exhaust gas temperatures are over the required ones, the regen starts immediately, and lasts 15-20 minutes.

@CampervanTime

2 жыл бұрын

Really good info, thank you! If you have a chance, you might want to add that info to the oil level videos I did a while ago, as it will help others understand the DPF operation too.

Thanks for the informative video ... good to see it in use, there are so many contradicting reviews out there it is difficult to know which OBD dongle and App to use. I've taken the plunge - finally - and bought the Carista dongle 👍

@CampervanTime

2 жыл бұрын

Glad it was helpful, it really is easy to use, I'm sure you won't be disappointed.

Good video - wish I’d had this as a guide a couple of months ago before I started using it - didn’t realise the bonnet needed to be open…. If you’ve not already have a look at using the Beta version of Carista, It opens up a whole lot more options for changes - ie welcome home light duration, folding mirrors on single click of the lock button etc. there’s loads. 👍🏻

@CampervanTime

2 жыл бұрын

Certainly will do 👍

Good video and good work Will. We agree, late at night setting up you get BEEP, BEEP, BEEP! Also the headlights come on unless you remember to turn to OFF (which you never do!). I noticed another potentially useful function, about setting the ACC indicator control to the opposite side, when on the continent?

@CampervanTime

2 жыл бұрын

Absolutely - it’s a great bit of kit and cheap too really for what it is capable of (I think).

That message on the end of the DPF regen page was scary. Admitting that regens can contaminate the engine oil.

Hi Chris and thanks for all your vidéos. Just a quick question here . Once you complete the change , do you leave the carista in place in the connector, or can you put it out ? One more time thanks and All the Best .

@CampervanTime

2 жыл бұрын

You can remove it, no problem at all. 👍

Very helpful, thank you. The Carista DPF regen function said it would show a light on the dash when set. I take it that light doesn’t illuminate when the DPF is automatically activated?

@CampervanTime

2 жыл бұрын

The light comes on on the dashboard when the DPF needs to regen but for whatever reason it hasn't been able to do it itself during normal driving/operation, like lots and lots of short journeys for example. I think it also turns from amber to red when it needs a forced regen by a dealer (or Carista possibly). Amber just means go for a long drive at steady speed etc and it will clear itself.

We would love to send a Launch scanner to you.

I just open the windows when raising and lowering the pop top. Sometimes open the sliding door but not the driver or passenger door.

@CampervanTime

2 жыл бұрын

Good tip!

Been tempted by this in the past Will - And more so after the DPF videos. I'd like to have the remote single button press unlock all the doors. I find the double press a faff. Just a little concerned whilst in warranty, that the dealer would know that you'd been tinkering with hidden options. Would you change anything that would be obvious to the dealer, whilst in warranty?

@CampervanTime

2 жыл бұрын

It’s that key thing something that is in the car menus anyway? I thought it was? Anyway, re warranty, I have had a good conversation with our friendly VW master tech about that and simple bits of coding like this he assures me fine, because they won’t cause failure of a component. If you did the haldex bias change, for example, that might impact on mechanical life etc so not advisable if worried about things. Changing a door open warning or double press on key fob no problem!

@timbutcher7232

2 жыл бұрын

Would VW change these warnings etc at the dealer if you asked?

@CampervanTime

2 жыл бұрын

Really good question! Not sure to be honest. The next time I talk to our friendly tech I’ll ask him.

@stuarthall4117

2 жыл бұрын

@@CampervanTime Thank you Will. I just revisited the menus again and found the unlocking / locking options that I wanted. Many thanks

Hi Will, this is really interesting as I can see that buzzer isn’t too kind towards good mental health!😂. I’d really like to have a go and enter the competition but I’m not on any social media sites such as instagram. For inclusion to all community is it possible to run on KZread too, as that’s where you have advertised it? Thanks if you can make it happen? Regards Ian @Oxford

@CampervanTime

2 жыл бұрын

Hi Ian, we’d have loved to do that but as Carista have provided the unit free of charge (the give away one) and they have asked us to run it on Instagram, we need do what they’ve asked. I do see how that might exclude some though so I do apologise. There is still the discount available off a new one of course. Or maybe join Instagram under some form of alias ?

I totally agree with you, this bip is so annoying, especially when you arrive late and trying to setup your van quietly. I wish 2 softwares changes: 1) Prevent the warning when lowering/lifting the room 2) being able to lift the roof without any external lights Any chance it could help me for this?

@Trevor.Adams640

2 жыл бұрын

For lights - turn your lights knob from “Auto” to “0”. Then the lights don’t come on when you put the ignition on.

@j4nch

2 жыл бұрын

@@Trevor.Adams640 They do for me, not the big one but the position ones. Did you managed to have ZERO outside lights?

@CampervanTime

2 жыл бұрын

Well, the roof warning NO - that’s controlled in a different module and I’ve never seen anyone do any coding on that with any software package or hardware yet. The outside lights - well, there might be something you could do with the DRL settings as even if you have the knob in 0 and you put the ignition on, you will get DRLs - unless you’ve selected camping mode if you have a T6.1 ( I think)

Hey Will, did you also go for the full needle sweep on startup? 😎

@CampervanTime

2 жыл бұрын

I didn’t, but to be honest I haven’t had a full play with it all yet! Have you? Is it cool?! 😎

@GoGolfer72

2 жыл бұрын

@@CampervanTime kzread.infozlWrqvyq60Q?feature=share Not yet, something I'm looking to do. Looks cool on the old analogie dial, Not sure if it is still a thing with the digital display.

great video mate. I have just bought a Highline Multivan here in Oz. and it's got a friggin annoying feature were when you first start the engine it comes up with a message saying " please drive to the road rules " or something pathetic like that . ( I kinda thought thats what you do your drivers licence for..but maybe not anymore in this nanny state we live in. Does the California have the same message and if so can this turn it off?. Cheers again 👍

@CampervanTime

2 жыл бұрын

The California doesn’t have that message here in the UK, but then multivans / combis / bullis don’t either. Must be a Europe / Oz difference. I am 99% sure that you can turn this off with Carista, yes. If you look carefully in the video at 6:34 - 6:35 you will see an option on the Carista screen for ‘show follow traffic regulations disclaimer on infotainment’ - which ours is set to ‘no’, I bet yours will be set to ‘yes’. 👍

@Azazel518

2 жыл бұрын

@@CampervanTime cheers mate

Hi Will. Do you leave this plugged in all the time or just when you want to change a setting?

@CampervanTime

Жыл бұрын

Only when you want to change a setting. Doesn't need to be left in all the time.

As we have the manual roof up and down, we don't get the alarm.

@CampervanTime

2 жыл бұрын

That’s a really good point as you won’t have to have the ignition on to operate the roof like the electromechanical ones on the Coast / Ocean. Advantage manual roof!

Interesting kit but not convinced of the need as yet. My pet niggle is interior lights coming on every time a door is opened when camping. Must explore the camping lights option!

Interesting! I have some questions I really hope you can answer for me. I have searched on internet whithout any success. Perhaps its a good idea for a video? :-) Can you explaine how it works when the rain is hammering on the canvastop, were goes the water Will it become soaked wet inside? How are you deal with bedding things then? Can you keep quilt and pillow upstairs when you take the roof down? Thanks for a great channel! Best regards from sweden! Janne Gustavsson

@CampervanTime

2 жыл бұрын

Yes you can put the roof down when it is raining. The bedding getting wet really depends - it depends on if you have used any kind of roof topper or internal thermal/water resistant liner (like the ISOTOP). If you have then it’s no problem. If you haven’t then there is the potential for water to wick through the wet canvas a little. The canvas is very water repellant anyway so it’s never that bad at all.

@Trevor.Adams640

2 жыл бұрын

You can’t keep the quilt and pillow on the roof bed when lowering the pop top. It wouldn’t fully lower if you did.

@CampervanTime

2 жыл бұрын

I should have said that because we use the sea to summit mattress upstairs that is also not something that really soaks up water, so again isn’t a problem 👍

Will VW be able to see you have used this device and state that it invalidates your warranty in some way? Mike

@CampervanTime

2 жыл бұрын

Well, I had a chat with our friendly VW master tech about that and he said no basically - and they are so time pressured that unless what had been coded was very obvious and linked to some kind of mechanical fault etc then that is when they’d know. I would steer well clear of altering things like the haldex 4wd bias etc as this may put more strain on certain bits of the drivetrain than when out of the factory. Changing a warning beep or something innocent like that (adaptions as they are called) wouldn’t even be noticed and certainly won’t be the source of a failure of anything. I felt comfortable about it after talking to him.

Does Carista allow you to switch off the auto stop/start?

@johnson6756242535627

2 жыл бұрын

I’m pretty sure it does, certainly on the beta (test) version at least

@raymondrisk8429

2 жыл бұрын

Yes it does I've turned it off on my T6.

also another annoying thing about this $100k van are the following...no spare tyre ( now has an 18" whee so doesn't fit in the spare wheel recess..you get a crappy compressor.. also no electric handbrake and no touch to open..But the main question I was going to ask is why can you open the boot electronically with the remote but have to press a button to close it..anyone have any ideas if you can reprogram the fob?

@CampervanTime

2 жыл бұрын

Yep, the ‘no spare’ is a pain, although we’ve only got 17s so we do have a spare but fully agree on the lack of electronic handbrake. Would make turning the seat round a lot easier. The powered tailgate isn’t an option on the California because of the chair storage (ie extra weight) that is in the tailgate. That’s my understadning.

Just bought a carista inspired by this video using the discount code. Thanks for that. I have a T6.1 from october 2020. When I chose the custumize option I get only one clickable option. Not all the option shown in the video. I belive I have activated the 1 month free option of the pro version. Can read the diagnose and live data. What to do? want to disable the alarm as shown in video.

@karl-erikchristensen7167

2 жыл бұрын

I get the options Driver Assist and Instruments: Display and Nav. How do I get more options? The app says in a red text, that for my model only a limited set of settings are available for customization. Its a T6.1. The videob shows many more options for a T6.1.

@CampervanTime

2 жыл бұрын

Good question! When I got mine all I did was activate the free 1 month subscription and then hook it up and it came up with all the options you see in the video. If you have a T6.1 it should be the same 🤷. If you message @caristaapp on Instagram I’m sure they can help you out. Let us know how you get on.

Hi just checking u r both alright?? Xc

@CampervanTime

2 жыл бұрын

Ha! Yes, we’re both just fine, thank you for checking. We’ve had a few weeks off filming over Christmas. Sarah’s had her birthday too. We’re going to be putting some new videos together this weekend coming too. Dark nights during the week really scupper doing anything useful after work too - sorry it’s been a bit quiet !

@cathrynroberts7753

2 жыл бұрын

@California Time As long as u r both fine. Alls good xc

@cathrynroberts7753

2 жыл бұрын

@California Time Happy belated Birthday Sarah!!!

Thank you very much for this really interesting information! I do have to say I truly enjoy your channel - well, I subscribed for a reason... ;-) BUT I do have one urgent and major question: Why do you play this music in the background? :-? It makes it so much harder to listen to you (not only for the hearing impaired)... It´s a little ironic that you talk about an annoying sound in the T6.1 and at the same time keep adding a sound to your video that not only is completely unnecessary, but - at least when it comes to me - is also kind of annoying...sorry! So, if I may be allowed to ask you a favour: Please go back to your former way of making videos, just talk - no music! Your messages are interesting enough, they don´t need to be "pimped up" with some annoying background music... ;-) tyvm, indeed! :-)

@CampervanTime

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the feedback, we’ll try and be more sparing with the music as we do want our videos to be interesting, accessible and fun for all 👍