hydra question
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You better leave the house! You gotta go to work to pay for all that stuff! LOL!!
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Just a heads up about the hydra if you have hid lights some trucks will stall out when you turn your lights on. I don't know if it is the same with all light brands or what but I have them and when the tuner is on and I turn my lights on about 1 in 5 times the truck will stall. if your on the highway it will restart on its own its like the key gets turned off then on for a second. I called hydra about it and all they said to ground the lights strait to the battery witch was how they always were so then they said they have heard of that happening and don't have a fix for it.
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yea same thing will happens if you have it in 00 or bypass mode and switch to a tune and when you switch from a tune to bypass mode 00 you have to restart the truck for it to take effect. I didn't know this when I got mine and I read the instructions. I don't see how it could hurt it its like the key gets turned off and then on all the lights on the dash will flash and then it will be back to normal in about 1 second if your going down the highway it will restart automatically
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I just put mine in today because I got a break from the kids. I used the straight USB cable but had to pull the PCM to do it. It will fit in the PCM if you install the chip at a angle to clear the side of the PCM. Once inside there is room but a 90° would be much better. Screwing around doing that I found it wasn't working 
. Pulled it back out, pulled the chip and discovered I knocked the plug off for the little switch box. Put everything back together and now it works. Deliantly recommend the 90°!!!
. Pulled it back out, pulled the chip and discovered I knocked the plug off for the little switch box. Put everything back together and now it works. Deliantly recommend the 90°!!!
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You would think they would design it better, probably more set up for a SD then ours. The 'leave in cable' is the whole point of a hydra so you don't have to pull it every time to change tunes. Besides, the hydra holds fifteen tunes and they can be from different tuners.
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You would think they would design it better, probably more set up for a SD then ours. The 'leave in cable' is the whole point of a hydra so you don't have to pull it every time to change tunes. Besides, the hydra holds fifteen tunes and they can be from different tuners.
I'm glad I asked.that is higher than giraffe beaver.
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Its going to be close to get it up there Aaron. Tomorrow I'll take a picture of where I put mine and the ribbon is stretched. I don't care how long the usb cable is because I have an extension for it but to cheap out on the length of the ribbon cable is crazy!
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There isn't any way to lengthen it either :-( another foot or two would have been glorious!
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Has anyone considered contacting PHP to see if they will send a longer ribbon cable for the Hydra? I was able to use the ribbon cable the way it came, but I definitely would have put it somewhere else if I had a longer cable...
Also, I've been using the USB cable that came with my Hydra. I didn't buy any extra cables or extensions.. I just coil it up under the dash and ziptie it up out of the way. When I want to use it, I just pop it out of the zip tie and set my laptop in the floor board while I stand outside the truck. I always meant to get an extension so I can have my laptop up on the console, but I'm too lazy.
Also, I've been using the USB cable that came with my Hydra. I didn't buy any extra cables or extensions.. I just coil it up under the dash and ziptie it up out of the way. When I want to use it, I just pop it out of the zip tie and set my laptop in the floor board while I stand outside the truck. I always meant to get an extension so I can have my laptop up on the console, but I'm too lazy.