Need a Vida/ Dice vendor recommendation

stoutlogic · Post by **stoutlogic** » 30 May 2017, 06:22

Anyone have a vendor or Ebay seller with a good Vida/ Dice setup? My research shows these setups seem to be really hit or miss. Additionally the software installation seems like its always a nightmare. A link to a good setup would be much appreciated.

Or maybe someone close to Lambertville, NJ who could run a courtesy scan?

My xc70 is having some electrical issues that seem tied to a faulty CEM.
No power to the radio, power outlets and passenger power seat. Other items powered thru the CEM appear to work ok. So I know the CEM has partial power, all fuses in all four locations thru-ought the car are in working order. I cant detect any power in the CEM fuse locations that are non functional. I have my buddies SnapON scanner but the only code I'm getting is a 1A59 error, which could explain the radio but not the power seat or the power outlets.

Battery is OE Volvo from late 2015. Holds a good charge. Tested with carbon pile load tester. Charging at 14 to 14.1 volts. Battery leads are clean.

zjevik · Post by **zjevik** » 30 May 2017, 20:30

This is where I bought mine last October: http://www.ebay.com/itm/2014D-VOLVO-Vid ... Sw3mpXHxW2 It's still working and I'm pretty happy with it.

There is a virtual image with installed Vida - viewtopic.php?t=55027&start=110. I would strongly recommend you to use it because I once spent a few days to install Vida and it was painful

Let me know if you need help to install it but it should be pretty straight forward. First install Oracle VM VirtualBox and then you import the virtual image. Once the virtual PC is running you have to connect Dice and choose to use Dice in the virtual PC. Then you run Vida-All-In-One and use 2 as the username.

stoutlogic · Post by **stoutlogic** » 31 May 2017, 11:24

Thanks.

I was thinking about this: http://www.ebay.com/itm/162521223111?it ... m=&vxp=mtr

with maybe the dice link you provided.

or is there no need to pay for the ebay download version? Supposedly easier to get up and running but IDK

neworleans · Post by **neworleans** » 01 Jun 2017, 09:22

Here is what I got and I have no issues so far.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01EH ... UTF8&psc=1

Post by **oragex** » 01 Jun 2017, 10:07

This persons sells the whole kit- including working laptop. I think he ships to US as well
http://www.volvoforums.org.uk/showthrea ... 91&page=13

zjevik · Post by **zjevik** » 01 Jun 2017, 10:42

Make it work is really no big deal using a virtual machine. You can try to make it run using my guide and if you fail you can use the ebay link. But honestly, I think they will send you a similar guide:
1) install Oracle VM VirtualBox: http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualb ... 26-Win.exe
2) download virtual machine image: https://mega.nz/#!p5MjAC6Z!RoIBaBgsLJDt ... Y7V-ooyfWU
3) import the virtual image file vida.ova to Oracle VM ViartualBox (https://docs.oracle.com/cd/E26217_01/E2 ... rt-vm.html)
4) start the virtual machine and open "Vida All-In-One" and input 2 as the username.
5) Enjoy Vida

Once you get Dice than you might need to go to Devices-USB and select the Dice unit connected with USB.

stoutlogic · Post by **stoutlogic** » 02 Jun 2017, 08:04

Thank you all for your responses.

Is there any difference between the DICE and Super Dice? Any reason to order one over the other? I going to pull the trigger on a unit to today most likely from Ebay.

zjevik · Post by **zjevik** » 02 Jun 2017, 10:45

Here are my $0.02:
I'm not sure what's the difference but I would stick with regular Dice unit. It's been around for a while and dealers use regular Dice units (with Bluetooth). This is actually the first time I hear about Super Dice.

Post by **precopster** » 02 Jun 2017, 15:36

I just spent 2 nights installing Vida. Here's some hints:

If your Win 7 32 bit installation has anything higher than IE8 pre-installed don't try to install as Microsoft no longer provides downloads of IE8 for 32 bit operating systems. You can't even get IE9 for a 32 bit OS. Also the inherent IE11 version in current build Win 7 32 bit won't allow a full de-installation of IE11; If you uninstall IE11 and try to run the setup for IE8 it will call up incompatibility messages.

I found an old Win 7 Home 32 bit disc (yes you can use it quite easily by massaging the registry to make Vida think it's Win 7 Professional). Look this up on You Tube. There is a video in German but you'll get the point.
This older Win 7 32 bit has IE8 pre-installed so it's ideal.

If you've tried to download and install packages such as .NET Framework 4.5 or SQL Server you must totally uninstall them. Also you must delete previous VIDA and VIDA SAVES folders from Program folders in order to achieve a clean install. Then reboot and try from scratch.

I used Vida 2014A and it works well. There is a Comp.Info file in the Vida folders to edit if your system RAM is under 2.7GB
The laptop I used had only 2.1GB usable RAM because video memory was taking about 1.9GB so I edited Comp.Info to 1500MB in the Win 7 memory script.

Because you need to edit this file you must copy the Vida install files from DVD to your hard drive and Right Click them-choose Properties and Uncheck Read-Only before trying to edit Comp.Info

Hope this helps some people out there.

stoutlogic · Post by **stoutlogic** » 02 Jun 2017, 19:15

This sounds like super useful info. I'm still trying to download from MEGA the 9gb vida file, may take all night at the rate its going.

I can't understand why this is such ass backward affair. One would think someone would produce a total working unit and make a killing selling hardware and software combo that actually work as plug and play. (just venting)

thanks for all your help