hydra question
Apr 22, 2015 | 07:51 PM
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hydra question
Anybody know anything about the optional permanent cable? Just ordered one with some tunes but I'm second guessing not getting the cable..anybody???
Apr 22, 2015 | 07:58 PM
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From: Southern West Virginia
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Apr 22, 2015 | 08:07 PM
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From: evansville in
Yea...uncharted waters here too buddy...all I ever had was a trusty ts or that wonderful ol gold hypertech.
This whole emailed tunes n other gobildy gook have me frazzled
Apr 22, 2015 | 08:11 PM
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From: Livoina,La
It's so you don't have to remove the chip to reprogram it every time you want to change tunes
Apr 22, 2015 | 08:17 PM
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From: evansville in
So its an extension cord basically?
Apr 22, 2015 | 08:34 PM
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Yup. Tuck it away and pull it out to connect to your laptop
Apr 22, 2015 | 08:40 PM
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MOOSE_MACHINE
Yup. Tuck it away and pull it out to connect to your laptop
That almost sounded dirty......
Apr 22, 2015 | 08:44 PM
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From: evansville in
Well crap.I sure would have spent the 25$ on that. Oh well...I will get it later tho.
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Apr 22, 2015 | 09:34 PM
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It should have been included with the hydra. There is a ribbon type cord that is short but workable for mounting the switching box. The other is a USB type cable that you leave under your dash to use when you erase or add tunes from your laptop. Lots of help here:
Hydra Help
Apr 22, 2015 | 10:08 PM
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Thanks Glenn.I was looking but I couldn't get the site to work lol
Apr 22, 2015 | 11:29 PM
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That almost sounded dirty......
Whoa whoa whoa. Let's keep this site pg there Bill :P
Apr 23, 2015 | 01:09 AM
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fordman67
Anybody know anything about the optional permanent cable? Just ordered one with some tunes but I'm second guessing not getting the cable..anybody???
I know my Hydra doesn't fit in/on my TDE1 PCM with the USB cable. I think I need to pull my PCM and separate the halves or grind the housing.
Rusty
Apr 23, 2015 | 02:26 AM
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Before pulling the PCM, I am going to try trimming the right angle mini USB jack and see if it fits this way. I may get to it tomorrow or Friday.
Rusty
Apr 23, 2015 | 05:56 AM
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I did read that the cover may not fit on some and to zip tie it. I am with you rusty on trimming for a proper fit.
I am very excited to be able to have multiple tuners on one chip. I plan on power-struk for live tunes as I purchased it from them and live tuning is included. And may try some tw and smoke free gear head down the line.
Now to make the truck run once again lol
Apr 23, 2015 | 06:49 AM
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I haven't actually installed mine yet and haven't heard about the 'trimming'. I'll keep that in mind, thanks Rusty.