Matco Tools FixAdvisor MD70 Operating Instruction page 2

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION
WHAT IS OBD? ....................................................................................
YOU CAN DO IT! ...........................................................................................
SAFETY PRECAUTIONS
SAFETY FIRST! ...................................................................................
ABOUT THE FIXADVISOR™
VEHICLES COVERED .........................................................................
BATTERY REPLACEMENT .................................................................
ADJUSTMENTS AND SETTINGS .......................................................
FIXADVISOR™ CONTROLS
CONTROLS AND INDICATORS ..........................................................
DISPLAY FUNCTIONS ........................................................................
ONBOARD DIAGNOSTICS
COMPUTER ENGINE CONTROLS .....................................................
DIAGNOSTIC TROUBLE CODES (DTCs) ...........................................
OBD2 MONITORS ...............................................................................
PREPARATION FOR TESTING
PRELIMINARY VEHICLE DIAGNOSTIC WORKSHEET.......................
BEFORE YOU BEGIN ..........................................................................
VEHICLE SERVICE MANUALS ...........................................................
USING THE FIXADVISOR™
CODE RETRIEVAL PROCEDURE ......................................................
THE SYSTEM MENU ............................................................................
VIEWING OEM ENHANCED DTCs .....................................................
VIEWING ABS DTCs ...........................................................................
VIEWING SRS DTCs ............................................................................
ERASING DIAGNOSTIC TROUBLE CODES (DTCs) ...........................
I/M READINESS TESTING ..................................................................
ABOUT REPAIRSOLUTIONS® ...........................................................
LIVE DATA MODE
VIEWING LIVE DATA ...........................................................................
CUSTOMIZING LIVE DATA (PIDs) ......................................................
RECORDING (CAPTURING) LIVE DATA ............................................
LIVE DATA PLAYBACK ........................................................................
ADDITIONAL TESTS
O2 SENSOR TEST ..............................................................................
NON-CONTINUOUS TEST ..................................................................
EVAP LEAK TEST ...............................................................................
VEHICLE INFORMATION ....................................................................
USING THE DTC LIBRARY .................................................................
USING THE DLC LOCATOR ...............................................................
VIEWING THE FIRMWARE VERSION .................................................
GENERIC (GLOBAL) OBD2 PID LIST ..........................................................
VEHICLE APPLICATIONS - ABS
ABS APPLICATIONS – DOMESTIC ....................................................
ABS APPLICATIONS – ASIAN ............................................................
VEHICLE APPLICATIONS - SRS
SRS APPLICATIONS – DOMESTIC ....................................................
SRS APPLICATIONS – ASIAN ............................................................
GLOSSARY
GLOSSARY OF TERMS AND ABBREVIATIONS ................................
WARRANTY AND SERVICING
LIMITED ONE YEAR WARRANTY ...................................................... 101
SERVICE PROCEDURES ................................................................... 101
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