Looking at the modern gadgets such as an iPhone, PSP and MP3s, audio technology has gone too far. As all of us create a large collection of tunes and music, it is essential to have a simple yet organized music collection during long distance travels. The simplest and the best way of doing this is by streaming the phone music to your car with the help of a Bluetooth audio receiver.

Lots of latest Ford models, such as Ford Escape and Ford Focus, already have in-built Bluetooth receiver in their vehicles. With the help of Microsoft’s sync, the Ford vehicle quickly gets in sync with registered Bluetooth’s device just by getting in and starting your vehicle.

Did you know that you can use your Palm or Pocket PC PDA to scan your car computer?

Also, you need Open source software like OBDii Gauge software package and they are free. OBDii Gauge. Going to car dealer to remove your Check engine light on your car is an expensive solution.

Carplugs ELMScan5 with serial port and OBD2 Gauge makes a great solution for car computer scanning. Here is some background on the OBD2 connector in your car:

The OBD-II Diagnostic Connector The OBD-II specification provides for a standardized hardware interface–the female 16-pin (2×8) J1962 connector. Unlike the OBD-I connector, which was sometimes found under the hood of the vehicle, the OBD-II connector is always located on the driver’s side of the passenger compartment near the center console. SAE J1962 defines the pinout of the connector as:

In humans, a certain term is given to a certain illness in order to set it apart from the rest. This term should not and cannot be used for another form of illness and its associated symptoms. Terms like cancer, diabetes, hypertension, and other diseases are unique to each one and cannot be interchanged. Along with the label comes a specific set of interventions that is aimed at relieving or curing a particular condition.  Interventions for cancer are not applicable to those suffering from diabetes alone and vice versa. The same thing goes for car scanner codes.

Cars have greatly evolved over the years since their beginnings back in the early 1900′s. Many things have evolved surrounding cars as well, such as the roads they drive on, the distance that they travel, and the demands we have put on cars.

One of the biggest evolutions to cars is hardly visible to the average person. The engine computer, otherwise called the ECM (engine computer module) was developed to help improve many things about the way an engine performs.

One of those things is the gas mileage. The gas mileage on cars improved greatly when they started to use engine computers. Everyone likes better gas mileage and that happened with the advent of the ECM.