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On high resolution screens Windows tends to set the screen DPI to 150%. When the DPI is set to 150% for reasons probably only known to the Gods themselves , you have to RIGHT CLICK on modules in Vehicle communication or Network in order to select them. If you change the Display resolution to 100%… Continue reading Why can’t I click on modules in Vida ? (Just Right click instead, or adjust settings)

Including all keys lost situations. Thank you to Matt (our European partner) for this great write-up!  **** Different regions use different frequency Keys…EU keys will not work on Japanese imports for instance , Always check what frequency you require before purchase!!! ***** Note – Vdash currently cannot program P1 or P3 Keyless entry keys.  That… Continue reading Key Coding (P1,P2,P3 + SPA / CMA)

Unfortunately , due to the chip shortage some manufacturers have started putting a completely different device inside a DiCE looking shell. There are now 3 flavors of fake DiCE going around. 2 based on Vxdiag chipset and now a variant based on the Mongoose Pro (which isnt too bad Mongoose work great with VIDA, Vxdiag… Continue reading Fake DiCE – The saga continues!

It’s time to move Vida to running in Edge – Permanently There is still a work around to make Vida launch in Internet explorer (see here), but really there is little point in it. That glitch will probably get “fixed” so, might as well make the EDGE experience as simple as possible. Until recently, IE TAB… Continue reading Where Has My Dice Gone Now?

As always, another big thanks to our partner Matt from SVDNS.info for writing this up for us! A few months ago a chap popped up in the Vida groups selling a USB thumb drive version of Boot&Go! Having been in I.T. all my life I thought, thats a bad idea…..but I also thought hey, you… Continue reading Boot&Go! Vs Thumb Drive

Please check out my Sales page. This is of course the most common question for a new Volvo owner, and I’m going to limit this answer to 1999-2019 models supported by Vida 2014D ( Vida2014d can talk to all P1, P2 and P3 platforms, though some of the very late model engines and gearboxes are… Continue reading What do I actually need to read and clear my fault codes?

Initial State is a list of codes from the modules and they are stored in VIDA, if VIDA is not used correctly Initial State can be totally misleading. This is why in the forums you see people ask “what’s on the DELIVERY tab?” When you connect a car to VIDA and read the vehicle, if… Continue reading In Vida what is “Initial State” , “Unselected CSC” , “Delivery” ?

If you have received the windows 10 update 21H1 that makes Internet Explorer unavailable and forces Edge browser on you or you have upgraded to W11 , there are 3 ways forward . Follow this guide to enable IE mode for Vida on Edge browser

So you were happily using V1DA with internet explorer, then the next day …Boom – No DiCE, both literally and figuratively. Basically, you’re now in Edge browser. At some point windows asked if you want Edge Browser to take over as default and you answered yes. Providing you have not received the windows updates that… Continue reading GetCommToolSettingObject error in Vida (Windows 10)

VxDiag can be surprisingly difficult. Here is a quick guide to installation and use of it for Vida. Thanks to Matthew L, our colleague in UK/Europe, for writing this up for us.