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VS Tips and Tricks - You May Not Know About

aceventura

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Yeah, they are just for calibrating the trip computer. You can do a search and it will tell you exactly how to do it.
 

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Theres no way to turn off the led flashing led while in digital speedo really. I changed my led to blue which looks much better in daylight, but at night its super bright so i put some black tape over it.
 

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See:

Unofficial Holden Commodore Archive - Technical Tips

To paraphrase:

Start the special functions: press MODE and RESET while turning the ignition on (The computer will do a self diagnostic check and display the word 'FAIL' if it finds an internal fault). Press mode to swap between the different displays.

Display 1: Speed in km/h, fuel in L/h, Button Test.

Display 2: Battery Voltage, Fuel tank sender Volts (full ~4.4V, half ~6.6V, empty ~8.5V), Button Test.

Display 3: Energise all segments of the display.

The button test shows a '0' each time a button is pressed. Each different button will illuminate a different spot.

Anyway it seems to be the same for my VS - not sure about the fuel pressure mentioned in a previous post though?

Ive done the digital speedo trick in my VS now can i do them same things to my lil digtial speed alert thing?
 

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No, sorry - I wansn't all that clear in the previous post. The extra functions are for L3 instrument clusters only (i.e. with trip computer).

The speed alert trick only gives a digital speedo.
 

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Hey guys, thanks for the tip.

I've done the digital speed showing on my speed alert and it works perfectly fine. The orange LED is a bit annoying but I haven't driven with it on at night, I'll see how I go. Maybe colouring in the LED with black permanent marker will avoid it blinking too brightly?
 

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Theres no way to turn off the led flashing led while in digital speedo really. I changed my led to blue which looks much better in daylight, but at night its super bright so i put some black tape over it.

yes there is, hold all 3 buttons down when turning the car over until the engine light flashes, then i think press 'SET'.

this also makes the digital speedo permanent until you do the reverse.

permanent speedo and no flashing orange light
 

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oh ok ill try it out, as i said, i changed my led to blue and its quite nice to drive with
 

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looks like the questions asked to me, have been anwered..
cooool coool lol
 

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My speed alert doesnt blink when driving. Did you press set after activating the digital speedo? Maybe you need to set the speedo alert function to a higher speed.
 
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