LAUNCH       X-431 PAD III User Manual 
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TABLE OF CONTENTS 
1 INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................. 1 
1.1
 
P
RODUCT 
P
ROFILE
 ..................................................................................... 1 
1.2
 
F
EATURES
 ................................................................................................. 1 
1.3
 
T
ECHNICAL 
S
PECIFICATIONS
 ....................................................................... 2 
1.3.1 X-431 PAD III tablet ........................................................................... 2 
1.3.2 VCI connector (Only for Passenger Vehicle Version) ........................ 3 
1.3.2 VCI module (Only for Commercial Vehicle/ Gasoline & Diesel Version)
 ................................................................................................................... 3 
2 KNOWLEDGE OF X-431 PAD III..................................................................... 4 
2.1
 
X-431
 
PAD
 
III
 
T
ABLET
 ................................................................................ 5 
2.2
 
VCI
 
C
ONNECTOR 
(O
NLY FOR 
P
ASSENGER 
V
EHICLE 
V
ERSION
) ..................... 7 
2.2
 
VCI
 
M
ODULE 
(O
NLY FOR 
C
OMMERCIAL 
V
EHICLE
/G
ASOLINE 
&
 
D
IESEL 
V
ERSION
) ........................................................................................................ 8 
2.3
 
P
ACKAGE 
L
IST
 ........................................................................................... 9 
3 INITIAL SETUP ............................................................................................. 11 
3.1
 
C
HARGING 
X-431
 
PAD
 
III ......................................................................... 11 
3.2
 
P
OWER 
O
N
/O
FF
 ....................................................................................... 11 
3.3
 
S
CREEN 
L
AYOUT
 ...................................................................................... 11 
3.4
 
A
DJUSTING 
S
CREEN 
B
RIGHTNESS
 ............................................................. 12 
3.5
 
C
HANGING 
L
ANGUAGE
 .............................................................................. 12 
3.6
 
N
ETWORK 
S
ETUP
 ..................................................................................... 13 
3.6.1 Wired Connection ............................................................................ 13 
3.6.2 Connect to a Wi-Fi network ............................................................. 13 
4 GETTING STARTED ..................................................................................... 14 
4.1
 
D
IAGNOSTIC 
F
LOWCHART
 ......................................................................... 14 
4.2
 
R
EGISTER 
&
 
D
OWNLOAD 
D
IAGNOSTIC 
S
OFTWARE
 ..................................... 14 
4.2.1 User registration .............................................................................. 14 
4.2.2 Home screen ................................................................................... 18 
4.2.3 Vehicle menu layout ........................................................................ 20 
4.2.4 Diagnostics toolbar .......................................................................... 21 
4.3
 
D
IAGNOSIS 
M
ETHODS 
(O
NLY FOR 
P
ASSENGER 
V
EHICLE 
V
ERSION
) ............. 22 
4.3
 
D
IAGNOSIS 
M
ETHODS 
(O
NLY FOR 
C
OMMERCIAL 
V
EHICLE
/
 
G
ASOLINE 
&
 
D
IESEL 
V
ERSION
) ........................................................................................... 23