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My app tells me "Recent Service visit, disabled, drive over 20mph to enable" or something like that. But yeah you learn that, as soon as you have connected the dongle to the car to use any diag software, OrBit or VIDA whatever, the remote start is disabled until the dongle is disconnected and the car has been driven over 20mph. Other reasons it won't start: Car is in standby mode (not driven for a few days and battery getting low), or if you run the fuel level down too low (~20mi to empty) it will refuse to remote start.
Many cold mornings after I had been doing dev work testing with the car the night before...I have to go out to the garage and start the car the old fashioned way...
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hello guys, i want to share also.
living in Dubai, MY 2019 XC60 dont have any kind of remote start (all UAE volvo dont have sadly). i bought adapter from "MID CITY" and used OrBit option " 045 ENGINE REMOTE START PRECOND - 02 Remote Engine Start Precond from smartphone app". and now my car is starting up using the remote control.
im soooo happpy
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Ahh yes, good find. The MidCity folks are not sure about which models they are compatible with... but it turns out their device mimics the remote start commands with the Volvo App, so if you have OrBit, you just need to make sure "remote start by app" is configured and the device should work!
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(03-02-2023, 05:41 PM)Power6 Wrote: Ahh yes, good find. The MidCity folks are not sure about which models they are compatible with... but it turns out their device mimics the remote start commands with the Volvo App, so if you have OrBit, you just need to make sure "remote start by app" is configured and the device should work!
Verry nice, me i have "vdd dongle", pre-heater starts but remote engine
it will refuse to start and the doors to open and close.
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(03-06-2023, 04:16 AM)olen27a Wrote: (03-02-2023, 04:21 PM)Altawashm Wrote: hello guys, i want to share also.
living in Dubai, MY 2019 XC60 dont have any kind of remote start (all UAE volvo dont have sadly). i bought adapter from "MID CITY" and used OrBit option " 045 ENGINE REMOTE START PRECOND - 02 Remote Engine Start Precond from smartphone app". and now my car is starting up using the remote control.
im soooo happpy
Hi! just wondering, do you have VOC in your car?
Not sure what VOC means, but if ur talking about mobile service or SIM card no my car have nothing of that services.
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For remote start do I have to pay for a subscription to be able to start it by app or how does it work? Also what is the range that the car has to be from me?