Scanner Guide: How to Connect a new VCI Adapter to your YOUCANIC Scanner
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Have you been experiencing connection issues between your dongle and scanner? Your VCI might be faulty! Your VCI adapter can break or become faulty over time for a number of reasons, which means it might eventually need to be replaced.
Never fear, YOCUANIC is here! This guide will show you how to pair a new VCI adapter to your scanner. Are you more of a visual learner? Follow along with our YouTube tutorial!
NOTE: The scanner used in this guide is YOUCANIC’s latest UCAN-II-C model. However, these steps will work for other YOUCANIC scanner models, such as the UCAN-II-B and UCAN-HD-A scanners.
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1. From the scanner’s home screen, swipe or navigate to the second page. Select VCI Manager to get started.
2. Select the Unbind a VCI dongle option. A confirmation pop-up will appear asking if you’re sure you want to unbind. Select OK to confirm.
Once your scanner has successfully disconnected, a confirmation screen will appear, indicating the old VCI has been successfully unpaired.
3. Connect your new VCI dongle to the scanner using the charging cable that came with your scanner. Pairing will start automatically. This process may take some time, so please be patient. Once the new VCI has paired successfully, the scanner will reset.
NOTE: If you are having trouble getting your VCI to connect to your scanner, try using a different charging cable or a USB-A-to-USB-C adapter to connect your new VCI to your scanner.
4. After the reset, you will be redirected to the homescreen. Before you can use your scanner for diagnostic procedures, you have to run updates. Register your scanner and run updates.
When a new VCI is paired with your scanner, the scanner’s registered serial number changes, so you will have to create a new account instead of signing in to your old one. If you would like to use the same email on your new scanner profile, email your old serial number to us – It can be found on the back of your scanner – and we can unregister the account.
5. Once you have success fully registered, open the Updates tab and run all available updates. After you have fully updated your scanner, restart it, then go to diagnostics to ensure all cars are available. Happy scanning!
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