{"product_id":"topdon-usa-phoenix-lite-2-pro-level-diagnostic-scanner","title":"Topdon USA Phoenix Lite 2 Pro-Level Diagnostic Scanner","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"divider\"\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn11.bigcommerce.com\/s-ew8kwapfc4\/images\/stencil\/original\/image-manager\/golden-bar.png?t=1681903157\" alt=\"\" width=\"1198\" height=\"8\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e \u003cdiv class=\"kd-main-product-feature-container\"\u003e \u003cdiv class=\"panel\"\u003e \u003cdiv class=\"kd-product-feature-continer kd-flex-row-2\"\u003e \u003cdiv class=\"kd-prouduct-feature-item kd-prouduct-feature-content\"\u003e \u003ch2\u003eTOPDON Phoenix Lite 2: the pro-level scanner you can actually carry\u003c\/h2\u003e  \u003cp\u003eEvery capable diagnostic tablet is a compromise between screen and portability, and most of them resolve it in favour of the screen. The Phoenix Lite 2 goes the other way on purpose. It weighs 2.61 lbs, it is 50.5 mm (2\") thick with an 8 inch display, and TOPDON tests its battery at up to twenty-four hours of screen-on use. That is a tool built to leave the building.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eThe trade is deliberate rather than a cost saving, and it is the right one for a specific kind of work: roadside and mobile diagnosis, fleet yards, dealer lots, auction inspections, and any shop where the car that needs looking at is not the car on the ramp. What you give up in display area you get back in a tool that is still in your hand at the end of the day.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003ch3\u003eWeight and battery are the specification that matters here\u003c\/h3\u003e  \u003cp\u003eIt is easy to dismiss 2.61 lbs as a detail. Spend a day holding a tablet at arm's length under a dashboard and it stops being a detail. The same is true of battery endurance: a scan tool that needs mains power halfway through the afternoon is a scan tool that dictates where you work. An all-day battery and a body just 50.5 mm (2\") thick are what make an unplanned second and third call-out possible without a plan for charging.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eAdd the wireless vehicle communication interface and the picture is complete. The interface is a small module, 31 mm (1.2\") thick, that stays in the diagnostic socket taking power from the vehicle at up to 18V while you move around the car with the tablet. On a road call, not being tethered to the dash is not a convenience, it is often the only way to do the test at all.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003ch3\u003eOnline coding on a tool this size\u003c\/h3\u003e  \u003cp\u003eThe unusual part of the Lite 2 is that portability has not cost it the deep functions. It supports online coding for Mercedes-Benz, BMW, Porsche, Volkswagen, Audi, SEAT and others, which is what allows a replacement control unit to be matched and coded to the vehicle, or a hidden factory option to be enabled. Coding is normally the boundary where a compact tool stops and a dealer visit starts, and moving that boundary is worth real money to an independent shop.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003ch3\u003eStep-by-step guidance on Volkswagen group vehicles\u003c\/h3\u003e  \u003cp\u003eFor Volkswagen, Audi, Skoda and SEAT the Lite 2 provides guided procedures that walk through the operation rather than assuming you know the platform. It handles the security access codes and channel numbers on your behalf, so matching, calibration, basic settings and adjustments become a sequence to follow instead of a memory test. For a technician who sees these vehicles occasionally rather than daily, that guidance is the difference between quoting the job and passing it on.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003ch3\u003eThirty-five maintenance services and full system access\u003c\/h3\u003e  \u003cp\u003eTOPDON lists thirty-five maintenance services on this tool for mainstream brands, alongside full-system diagnostics reaching engine, transmission, airbag, anti-lock brakes, stability control, tire pressure monitoring, immobiliser, gateway, steering, radio and air conditioning. Vehicle coverage is published at over two hundred makes. Codes across every system can be read and cleared in one operation, which sounds trivial until you are working through a car that has accumulated faults in nine modules.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003ch3\u003eBi-directional control and graphed data\u003c\/h3\u003e  \u003cp\u003eBi-directional control performs individual actuator tests, commanding a single component and reporting whether it responds. That is how you separate a dead part from a part nobody is asking to work, which is one of the most common and most expensive misdiagnoses in the trade.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eLive data can be recorded and replayed, and displayed as graphs with up to twelve data streams on screen together. The graphing is the part that earns its place. Intermittent faults rarely announce themselves in a number that is being watched; they announce themselves in a shape, in one trace moving when another one should not have. Recording it means you can drive the car and study the fault afterwards instead of trying to read a screen while driving.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003ch3\u003eAutoVIN and battery testing\u003c\/h3\u003e  \u003cp\u003eAutoVIN reads the vehicle identity automatically, which removes the mis-selection error that quietly ruins a diagnosis before it begins. The Lite 2 also pairs wirelessly with TOPDON's battery analyser to add battery health testing to the same tablet. That analyser is a separate purchase and we are not going to imply it is included, but for a mobile technician the combination of one tablet, one wireless interface and one wireless battery tester is a genuinely small kit to carry for the capability it represents.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003ch3\u003ePerfect For\u003c\/h3\u003e  \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eMobile and roadside diagnostic technicians\u003c\/strong\u003e, which is plainly the use case this tool was designed around.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eFleet and yard maintenance\u003c\/strong\u003e, where the vehicles are spread out and the tool has to travel.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eBusy workshops\u003c\/strong\u003e wanting a second tool that can be handed to whoever is free, rather than one everybody queues for.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eBuyers and inspectors\u003c\/strong\u003e checking vehicles at auction or on a dealer lot with no power to hand.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e  \u003ch3\u003eWhat's in the Box\u003c\/h3\u003e  \u003cp\u003eThe manufacturer's description supports the tablet and its wireless vehicle communication interface. It does not itemise cables, adapters or a case, so nor do we. Ask us to confirm the current packing list before ordering if a specific connector or a hard case is part of what you are expecting.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003ch3\u003eKey specifications\u003c\/h3\u003e  \u003ctable\u003e \u003ctbody\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003cth scope=\"row\"\u003eDisplay\u003c\/th\u003e \u003ctd\u003e8 inch LCD\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003cth scope=\"row\"\u003eWeight\u003c\/th\u003e \u003ctd\u003e2.61 lbs\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003cth scope=\"row\"\u003eTablet thickness\u003c\/th\u003e \u003ctd\u003e50.5 mm (2\")\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003cth scope=\"row\"\u003eInterface module thickness\u003c\/th\u003e \u003ctd\u003e31 mm (1.2\")\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003cth scope=\"row\"\u003eInterface supply from vehicle\u003c\/th\u003e \u003ctd\u003eup to 18V\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003cth scope=\"row\"\u003eBattery\u003c\/th\u003e \u003ctd\u003e3.8V pack, tested to up to twenty-four hours of screen-on use\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003cth scope=\"row\"\u003eMaintenance services\u003c\/th\u003e \u003ctd\u003ethirty-five\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003cth scope=\"row\"\u003eLanguages\u003c\/th\u003e \u003ctd\u003emultilingual, twenty-four supported\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003c\/tbody\u003e \u003c\/table\u003e  \u003ch3\u003eCertification, described not badged\u003c\/h3\u003e  \u003cp\u003eThe information supplied with this scanner claims no third-party conformity or safety listing, and we will not add an acronym that its own data does not support. Tools of this kind normally carry electrical-safety and radio-emissions approvals, and those are not the same thing as an approval named in a fleet agreement or a manufacturer service program. If you are buying against a contract that specifies approved tooling, get the clause in writing and send it over before you order so we can ask the manufacturer for the right documentation.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003ch3\u003eShipping and delivery\u003c\/h3\u003e  \u003cp\u003eThis item ships free within the lower 48 states, so there is nothing to add at checkout. Because this tool is bought to be carried, check it thoroughly on arrival rather than putting the box in a van and discovering a problem at a customer's premises. Inspect the carton with the driver there, note any damage on the delivery paperwork before signing, and power the tablet up, update it and pair the interface before the box goes anywhere.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003ch3\u003eWarranty\u003c\/h3\u003e  \u003cp\u003eWarranty runs through the process described on our \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/mechanicsuperstore.com\/pages\/warranty-claims\"\u003ewarranty claims page\u003c\/a\u003e. A tool that travels takes knocks, so two points are worth knowing. Accidental damage and a manufacturing defect are treated differently, which is an argument for a proper case if the tool lives in a vehicle. And do not open the tablet or the interface module before a claim is registered, because a unit that has already been apart normally falls outside the terms whatever the original fault was. Record the serial numbers on arrival and bring any claim to us first.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e \u003cdiv class=\"divider\"\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn11.bigcommerce.com\/s-ew8kwapfc4\/images\/stencil\/original\/image-manager\/golden-bar.png?t=1681903157\" alt=\"\" width=\"1198\" height=\"8\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e \u003cdiv class=\"kd-main-product-spec-container\"\u003e \u003ch3 class=\"h3 accordion\"\u003eProduct Specifications\u003c\/h3\u003e \u003cdiv class=\"panel\"\u003e \u003cdiv class=\"kd-product-spec-continer kd-flex-row\"\u003e \u003cdiv class=\"kd-prouduct-spec-item\"\u003e \u003ch4\u003ePHOENIX LITE 2 SPECS\u003c\/h4\u003e \u003ctable border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\"\u003e \u003ctbody\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" width=\"50%\"\u003eDisplay\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"right\" width=\"50%\"\u003eLCD 8-Inches, 1280*800 Pixels\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" width=\"50%\"\u003eCPU\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"right\" width=\"50%\"\u003e4-Core Processor, 2.0 GHz\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" width=\"50%\"\u003eOperating System\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"right\" width=\"50%\"\u003eAndroid 10.0\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" width=\"50%\"\u003eRAM\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"right\" width=\"50%\"\u003e2G\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" width=\"50%\"\u003eROM\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"right\" width=\"50%\"\u003e32\/64G\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" width=\"50%\"\u003eBattery\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"right\" width=\"50%\"\u003e12600 mAh \/ 3.8V (tested to have up to 24h of battery life with the screen on)\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" width=\"50%\"\u003eOperating Voltage\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"right\" width=\"50%\"\u003e9~18V\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" width=\"50%\"\u003eStorage Temperature\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"right\" width=\"50%\"\u003e-20℃~60℃ (-4℉~140℉)\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" width=\"50%\"\u003eWorking Temperature\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"right\" width=\"50%\"\u003e0℃~50℃ (32℉~122℉)\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" width=\"50%\"\u003eProduct Dimensions\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"right\" width=\"50%\"\u003e258*183*50.5 mm (10.2*7.2*2 inches)\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" width=\"50%\"\u003ePackage Dimensions\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"right\" width=\"50%\"\u003e468*320*143 mm (18.4*12.6*5.6 inches)\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" width=\"50%\"\u003eNet Weight\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"right\" width=\"50%\"\u003e1184.5 g (2.61 lbs.)\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" width=\"50%\"\u003eMultilingual Support\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"right\" width=\"50%\"\u003e24 Languages\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003c\/tbody\u003e \u003c\/table\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003ch4\u003eMDCI LITE SPECS\u003c\/h4\u003e \u003ctable border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\"\u003e \u003ctbody\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" width=\"50%\"\u003eWorking Temperature\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"right\" width=\"50%\"\u003e-10℃~50℃ (14℉~122℉)\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" width=\"50%\"\u003eOperating voltage\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"right\" width=\"50%\"\u003e9~18 V\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" width=\"50%\"\u003eWorking Current\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"right\" width=\"50%\"\u003e≦ 130 mA\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" width=\"50%\"\u003eDimension\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"right\" width=\"50%\"\u003e81.3*51.0*31.0 mm (3.2*2.0*1.2 inch)\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003c\/tbody\u003e \u003c\/table\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e \u003cdiv class=\"divider\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e \u003cdiv class=\"kd-main-product-downloads-container\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"TOPDON","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49287144603802,"sku":"PXLITE2","price":447.3,"currency_code":"PKR","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/coretarps.co.uk\/products\/topdon-usa-phoenix-lite-2-pro-level-diagnostic-scanner","provider":"My Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}