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Installing a soft top remote control module

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Old 05-31-2012, 06:12 AM
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Originally Posted by xenophobe
ok, I think I'm finally going to get one of these before summer starts. No forum discount code?
There is but you will need to be quick!!!
https://www.jaguarforums.com/forum/x...happier-72590/
 
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I got one of these for my 50th birthday today. Going to put it in my F-Type soon. Is it necessary to do the download first or can it just be installed on the car and configured with the console switch easily? I ran into firewall issues with the download, but The configuration via the top switch seems difficult.

My blood pressure starts going up every time I try to download software or program a remote control which is a personal problem but nonetheless this is a bit more daunting than I had hoped. At least this one has instructions in English. I still have one in the box for a Mercedes that only had instructions in German.

Sort of expected this to be pre-configured for the car.

Anyone near Seattle with experience programming one of these?
 
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Nookieman, this unit is for the early (pre-2006) XK8/Rs not the F Type.
 
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Here is a summary of the remote top controls for Jaguar convertibles available now:

From TheJagWrangler - Home - About Us
1996-2006 XK8/R (X100) - Hardware based, no software
2006-2015 XK/XKR (X150) - Software based, last software update May 2014

From MODS4CARS - YOUR SPECIALIST IN SmartTOP HIGH-END ELECTRONICS FOR CONVERTIBLE TOP AND REMOTE CONTROLS
2014-2016 F-Type - Software based, contact manufacturer as to whether you need an update.
 

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I got the mods4cars one. I will probably just fiddle with it until I figure it out.
 
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