brian47
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I wouldn't bother with the Haynes "Book of lies", when you can get the workshop manuals online:-
http://www.green-oval.com/data/lr/rave01.iso
I'm glad that you asked about diagnostics first before you went ahead and bought a cheap toy off the bay then started complaining about it.
For the DIY user, there are just 3 code readers which are known to give truthful results on the diesel Disco 2; Nanocom, Hawkeye and Lynx. Prices are all in the region of 300 quid.
Petrol Disco's went OBDII compliant a lot earlier, so most code readers should work in that case, but don't hold me to that!
http://www.green-oval.com/data/lr/rave01.iso
I'm glad that you asked about diagnostics first before you went ahead and bought a cheap toy off the bay then started complaining about it.
For the DIY user, there are just 3 code readers which are known to give truthful results on the diesel Disco 2; Nanocom, Hawkeye and Lynx. Prices are all in the region of 300 quid.
Petrol Disco's went OBDII compliant a lot earlier, so most code readers should work in that case, but don't hold me to that!
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As above. RAVE is THE manual - and it's even FREE!! What's not to like? 
Agree also on the code readers - all get a mention on here regularly - and a search will tell you all about them. I have a Hawkeye, - it does what I need it to do, but the others are different. If I were buying again, I'd probably go Nanocom.
Agree also on the code readers - all get a mention on here regularly - and a search will tell you all about them. I have a Hawkeye, - it does what I need it to do, but the others are different. If I were buying again, I'd probably go Nanocom.
davidsmith1307
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Hawkeye and Nanocom are standalone, Lynx is PC software more akin to the Bavarian (or Swedish) style diagnostic..
brian47
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I'd be more inclined to say that the Lynx is less a software system and more akin to a code reader device which needs a PC to display the results, rather than just plugging a PC into the vehicle and letting some software do the work.
Britpart Lynx
Nanocom Evolution
Bearmach Hawkeye Total. The "Total" is the very latest version of the Hawkeye.
davidsmith1307
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Well that's one way of looking at it, but I reckon most people plugging in diagnostics are pretty keen to see the results and that makes the PC bit kind of important.
Whatever way you look at it, they are all pretty decent.
brianconwy
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They are bringing one out that uses tablets or phones as a display. Using a laptop lets you use rave on the laptop as well as saving diagnostic information if you particularly want to.
stpaulinus
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Hi, where about do you live in good old Yorkshire.
sierrafery
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Lynx is an interface, you connect it to the OBD post one side and to laptop the other
davidsmith1307
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VIN locked too from memory.
brianconwy
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The lynx can be used on one model but any amount of different vehicles. I set mine up for a Disco 2 and it will work on all disco 2 cars. An unlock code is needed for Disco 3 defender etc.
