Pod information - fuel in litres, etc.

[VerySideways]

Hi,

On my car i have four main screens - oil pressure, oil and water temperatures, odometer/temp/metric speed, and tacho.

However on a friend's car (tuscan_al) he has a different layout, and he has a screen which has lots of lines including oil and water temperatures, oil pressure, tacho and fuel litres all on one screen.

Is this a different pod or just different firmware/software?

[Whitey]

The software and/or pod internals were revised over time. Apprantly not easy to change, but that was from my dealer in 2002 so maybe a fob off.

When was your car built? Mine built in June 2000 has the screen like Tuscan Al's.

[VerySideways]

No idea - mine's a Y plate, his is an X plate

[WhyTwo]

My 2001 Y plate has the multi info screen with about 9 lines of info, I tend to leave it on that one all the time (and of course the EFI Warning screen )

Edited by WhyTwo on Thursday 7th May 10:49

[VerySideways]

WhyTwo said:

My 2001 Y plate has the multi info screen with about 9 lines of info

That's what i want

[Quentin1]

Same here as well.

Six different dash layouts possible for a Y reg.

Regards,
Björn.

[VerySideways]

Over on mytuscan.co.uk they have a downloadable user manual which mentions the same four screens i have.

What i really need is a definitive answer - is this software (if so how can i upgrade mine) or hardware (can i get a new pod from a breaker)?

[Macey]

VerySideways said:

Over on mytuscan.co.uk they have a downloadable user manual which mentions the same four screens i have.

What i really need is a definitive answer - is this software (if so how can i upgrade mine) or hardware (can i get a new pod from a breaker)?

VerySideways,

I'm out and about in Sunningdale at the mo, will be finished with work about 3pm then heading back to Reading. I also have my handbook in the car if you wanted to compare screens, mine is a late 2001 model with the 9 lines of data on the first screen.

Macey

[VerySideways]

Macey - You Have Mail

[Fimbo]

my 2003 Tuscan has the multiple lines of info (not sure if that answers your question or not!)

[Daston]

my W reg has the multi data lines

[tuscan_al]

Pete, its prob to do with your sagaris ecu, and that gives out different info, and meant for the wavey dash type.

[glow worm]

Try the TVR number (0845 0031377) and ask for Paul Smith (@ Wesham) to contact you... If anyone can tell you he can...be interesting to see if you get a response...I've been assured that they will return calls.

[VerySideways]

tuscan_al said:

Pete, its prob to do with your sagaris ecu, and that gives out different info, and meant for the wavey dash type.

I don't think so Alex as my owners handbook shows the dash to be exactly as i have it - only four screens.
Just hoping it's a software upgrade as the screen itself appears exactly the same.

Thanks - i will try that phone number.

[VerySideways]

Aha - spoke to Dom@Power and he also mentioned Paul Smith.

Tried that number below and hey presto left a message, within 10 minutes Paul had called me back.

It seems the pod in my car is a very early one - to upgrade it would mean changing a couple of boards and a few chips and some programming (which Paul has given me a quote for). Now, as my hazard light switch has also given up the ghost it makes sense for me to just see if i can purchase a secondhand pod from another Tuscan.

Anyone got a spare??