I installed Ian's Auto up/DSC on my MCS yesterday. That feat alone has me jazzed! I got it all in and working correctly in about 30 minutes. I did have to do it twice, but that's due to me wanting to play with it a bit and get comfortable messing with the parts.
Anyway, I got the DSC enable/disable feature and I would love some clarification on it's use. For day to day driving I'd like it to operate as it came and then for driving school next week I guess I want it "off" ????
So do I want the light on or off? It is one of those things where on means off and vice versa to me. I don't know that I need to know how or why it works so much as I need to know how to set it for those two uses and leave it alone.
Right now, the light is on and I'm pretty sure I need to set it the other way and then next weekend when I go to driving school reverse it. Correct?

Thanks,
Annette

 

Yeah. I think it is an absolute necessity on any Mini. And done right too.

You want the light off for day to day driving and on for the track. Normal operation has the light off and it will flash when DSC takes control for a second or two. But when the light is on constant, the DSC has been disabled.

Now if Ian would make something that closed all the windows and roof when you lock the car, that would be cool.

Rich

 

Ian's circuit was the first & best mod done to my MCS to date. Like Rich said if you want the DSC to work on the street the light should be off & it should be on for track days. Have fun at driving school Annette.

 

Thanks guys for clarifying. I've already gotten in the habit if flicking the toggle when I start the car to turn it back on. I'll leave it for now and reset it after driving school.
I'm totally losing my nerve about driving school, but have decided it is one of those things that I need to do, especially now that I'm nervous about it.
Annette

 

Congrats on your new Auto-Up circuit!

Soon, they'll be piece of collection! lol (since Ian said it might be his last batch of circuits)

 

the auto-up tonight. Did without the DSC circuit as I have no use for it. Sweet little mod. Sooo easy and sooo satisfying. Almost can't wait for the next time I use my parking card at work.

 

I love my auto-up! (sndwave sent it to me as a surprise birthday gift in October.) Annette, the light comes on in the dash when you turn the DSC off...hope that helps. I leave mine on in wet weather...otherwise, I run without the DSC.

 

How hard was it to install? I have had mine sitting under my bed for 3 months now. Im too scared i will bend a prong or something and have to buy a new toggle switch...

 

My friend, SeaShelly, installed mine and it took her about 5-10 minutes. Don't be scared! You just have to be somewhat nimble in moving about in the passenger seat's footwell area!

 

Piece of cake, inferno! Just don't install it with a hammer and everything will be fine. Once it's in, you'll wonder how you ever did without it!

P.S. Or road trip to SC and I'll do it for you.

 

if you don't feel comfortabl doing it "blind" it really isn't too difficult to remove the downtubes and then take everything out. trust me, i have done it too often lately trying to get my ipod all perfect..which i can happily say is now all perfect

ps. I second the idea of you coming over to SC to have eric install it.

 

I agree with the above posts... It is not hard to install at all. Unfortunetly I am a rather large guy and getting my hands into that tight area was not going to happen so I pulled the downtubes to get it done. Still only took me fifteen minuets to do. Very simple.

 

Hi
I have a few questions about this awesome add on.
maybe you can help me out before I order one this week.

1. Can I install this even if i have all the toggle switches in use?
2. Are the available units for sale (Ian's & Mcaw) basically the same?
3. Does one have an advantage over the other?
4. I read that the Mcaw you have to click twice up to make it go up
is Ian's the same way?

I'm looking for the auto-up feature only

thanks for your help
regards,
Charles

 

1. Yes
2. I only have Ian's but check MotoringFile.com, they have a review that does a comparison type of thing. http://motoringfile.com/2006/01/03/t...cuit-reviewed/
3. see above
4. Double click to go up on Ian's.

Annette

 

Congrats BoCRon!

 

If you PM him you can request instructions on how to enable the circuit for single click auto up as I have done.

Bear in mind you should only do this should you not have any kids or animals in the car as it could potentially be very dangerous.

You can also program only the driver side for single click auto up if you wish.

 

Lol. Thanks

Are you going to go to AMVIV?

 

ooo...u kno...im not sure if i am going to amviv..but i'll be at bimmerfest..

and i am interested too...eric are you going to amviv?

 

1nf3rn0, if you bring it to AMVIV, I'll install it for you. I organized a group buy of Ian's circuits just after AMVIV last year and installed all but 1 of the dozen we got. It takes me about 5-10 mins.
Does yours operate your garage door opener?

 

Thanks Agro - looks like I'll be owing you commission soon!

 

So where can I snag one of these before its too late?

Thanks,

LJ

 

Here you go.... http://www.gbmini.net/MINIcircuit/in...tml#interested

Great product at a great price. Two thumbs up.

 

And I'll be shipping it out to you tomorrow

 

Thankyou

No, the one I have is just the window/DSC model.

 

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Thanks a bunch guys