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>Hopefully I can physically disconnect it without the car nagging about it being missing Don't count on it. Physically locating it and disconnecting it might b
by gambler 7y ago
>Hopefully I can physically disconnect it without the car nagging about it being missing
Don't count on it. Physically locating it and disconnecting it might be very difficult. Worse, since the module in networked via CAN, you literally have no idea how the rest of your car will react. It could switch to limp mode, for example.
- Seenso 7y ago> Don't count on it. Physically locating it and disconnecting it might be very difficult. I already know where it is: it's in a box underneath the entertainment system ("head unit"), and there are a lot of instructions about accessing it. I also have two options for disconnecting it: 1) total disconnection 2) leave it connected, but cripple its function by removing the antenna connections I'm thinking that if #1 results in an error #2 would be less likely to.
- namibj 7y agoBetter: unscrew the antenna and screw in a matched termination/load instead. This will protect the amplifier inside (HF reflections due to a miss match could fry it with overloading the transistor), and be an even worse antenna compared to an open SMA (or such) connector.