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Old 03-10-2005, 06:30 AM
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Anyone who knows if it'* possible to change the ECC to start with Celsius instaed of Fahrenheight???
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I'm under the impression that is you press the F/C button, it will retain that setting until you press it again. It might default back to F if you disconnect the battery though.
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No it always starts in F mode. :(
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Hmmm... that'* interensting. My car is kinda burried with snow so I can't check if mine does the same.
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Here'* a though... send a PM to sse1990. He lives in Canada and I'm sure he reads his display in Celcuis.

You can also find him at Ontario BC. The link to that forum in in the links section.
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I've heard that US/Canadian cars will default to F/C on startup, not much you can do aside from swapping in a Canadian unit?
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Have heard that there is a way to put the ECC into a diagnostic mode but was never able to get mine to do that. May be an input to tell it to use Celcius on startup (mine also reverts to F on each ignition cycle).

OFF and UP FAN with key on ? Tried that and nothing happened.
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Mine starts in celcius everytime, and has been a Canadian car since it'* production.
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My car is Imported from CA, USA, and when I set it to Celsius it stays there, no problem at all...
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Hmm Strange. Could it be a broken memory backup battery?? :? :?
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