Yes, I tried it..

In my country (Czech Republic) we have next steps:
1) Disconnect battery for 2 minutes
2) Connect battery
3) Turn key to position one
4) 10 minutes countdown
5) start engine


For step 3 - I tried both positions 1., 2. but countdown is still frozen..

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