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      10-21-2014, 06:55 AM   #7
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My experience having my car coded remotely

I am not an advertiser for Mike B. This is my experience.

He coded my M3 when I was in Switzerland and he was in California (9 hours time difference so we did it late on a Saturday evening my time, Saturday morning his time).

No matter how you do it, you need a cable that goes from the onboard computer to a USB port on a laptop (PC or a Mac running a windows emulator when I did it).

Mike provided the software - in my case a very long download, but sometimes on a USB stick.

Part of the s/w was "team viewer". Across my wifi network he used it to take control of my laptop (in my case an i3 machine that I rarely use). There he launched his coding s/W.

We spoke over the phone (Skype) during the process to see how it was responding. Some of my mods were not usual as my car was Canadian spec and I needed to have the radio frequencies changed so that I could receive all european stations.

In all it was painless and worked very well. I am ordering the F series cable and services today.

PM me if you want Mike's contact details.
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