Manual Diagnosis - LAUNCH TECH X-431 Torque User Manual

vehicle's dashboard. Other locations include the driver's door or post, and
the firewall under the hood.
• If you have scanned the VIN of the vehicle, tap
the record list.
• In case the handset failed to detect it, tap
• To turn the flash on, tap
After scanning, the screen automatically displays the result.
• If the VIN scanned is incorrect, tap the result field to modify it and then
tap "OK". If the VIN exists on the remote server, the system will enter
the vehicle information screen. See Fig. 5-5.
• To scan it again, tap "REPEAT".
2) Input the VIN, and tap "OK", the system will automatically identify the
vehicle model and directly navigate to the vehicle information page.
In general, vehicle identification numbers are standardized - all contain 17
characters. VIN characters may be capital letters A through Z and numbers
1 through 0; however, the letters I, O and Q are never used in order to avoid
mistakes of misreading. No signs or spaces are allowed in the VIN.
Tap "SKIP" to go to Diagnose main menu screen.

5.2 Manual Diagnosis

In this mode, you need to execute the menu-driven command and then follow
the on-screen instruction to proceed.
Take Demo as an example to demonstrate how to diagnose a vehicle.
1). Select diagnostic software version: Tap the "DEMO" to go to Step 2. (Note: If
more than one version is available on this handset, it will be listed on the screen.)
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to choose it from
to enter it manually.