Xentry - Adjust Expected Resistance for exterior bulbs
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Xentry - Adjust Expected Resistance for exterior bulbs
Hello, I've named my vehicle below but I think this could apply to most Mercedes built in the past 20 years or so... I did not find an answer in previous posts, my apologies if I didn't search efficiently.
Vehicle Make - e.g. Mercedes Benz
Vehicle Model- C230 Kompressor Sedan
Vehicle Year- 2005
Options the vehicle has- sport package code 949
Approximate mileage- e.g. 137,000
Describe the problem accurately and thoroughly:
* replaced parking light bulb with HID. Bulb spec is 5 W 5. As expected, the computer is expecting less resistance. Therefore the light blinks a couple times and then the computer tells me I need to replace the bulb. The new bulb is a Sylvania Zevo 168 bulb.
I'm aware of the Sylvania load resistor option, but I'm curious if it's possible to adjust the computer's expectation using Xentry (possibly the Developer mode?). I plan to invest in one but I'm still researching reliable sources, since it's clear the ones on eBay are not all built the same.
Vehicle Make - e.g. Mercedes Benz
Vehicle Model- C230 Kompressor Sedan
Vehicle Year- 2005
Options the vehicle has- sport package code 949
Approximate mileage- e.g. 137,000
Describe the problem accurately and thoroughly:
* replaced parking light bulb with HID. Bulb spec is 5 W 5. As expected, the computer is expecting less resistance. Therefore the light blinks a couple times and then the computer tells me I need to replace the bulb. The new bulb is a Sylvania Zevo 168 bulb.
I'm aware of the Sylvania load resistor option, but I'm curious if it's possible to adjust the computer's expectation using Xentry (possibly the Developer mode?). I plan to invest in one but I'm still researching reliable sources, since it's clear the ones on eBay are not all built the same.
Last edited by JoeyDB; Sep 6, 2018 at 03:29 PM. Reason: previous post ack
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I think you'll need an inline compensator. I have a C4 v05/2018 from mbstartool.com with developer mode and I have spent a lot of time going through the options. I can't recall and I don't think you can change this setting.
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Hello, I've named my vehicle below but I think this could apply to most Mercedes built in the past 20 years or so... I did not find an answer in previous posts, my apologies if I didn't search efficiently.
Vehicle Make - e.g. Mercedes Benz
Vehicle Model- C230 Kompressor Sedan
Vehicle Year- 2005
Options the vehicle has- sport package code 949
Approximate mileage- e.g. 137,000
Describe the problem accurately and thoroughly:
* replaced parking light bulb with HID. Bulb spec is 5 W 5. As expected, the computer is expecting less resistance. Therefore the light blinks a couple times and then the computer tells me I need to replace the bulb. The new bulb is a Sylvania Zevo 168 bulb.
I'm aware of the Sylvania load resistor option, but I'm curious if it's possible to adjust the computer's expectation using Xentry (possibly the Developer mode?). I plan to invest in one but I'm still researching reliable sources, since it's clear the ones on eBay are not all built the same.
Vehicle Make - e.g. Mercedes Benz
Vehicle Model- C230 Kompressor Sedan
Vehicle Year- 2005
Options the vehicle has- sport package code 949
Approximate mileage- e.g. 137,000
Describe the problem accurately and thoroughly:
* replaced parking light bulb with HID. Bulb spec is 5 W 5. As expected, the computer is expecting less resistance. Therefore the light blinks a couple times and then the computer tells me I need to replace the bulb. The new bulb is a Sylvania Zevo 168 bulb.
I'm aware of the Sylvania load resistor option, but I'm curious if it's possible to adjust the computer's expectation using Xentry (possibly the Developer mode?). I plan to invest in one but I'm still researching reliable sources, since it's clear the ones on eBay are not all built the same.
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Just get canbus enabled LEDs and HIDs. Draws same power as halogen so SAM won't know any better and won't throw error codes or have flashing.
We carry full line of canbus enabled LEDs and canbus Morimoto HID kits. Plug and play easy.
We carry full line of canbus enabled LEDs and canbus Morimoto HID kits. Plug and play easy.
