Condor XC-Mini Ford HU101: Cutting & Decoding Success!

key cutting machine

Here i will show you guys to see how to do decoding and cutting a HU101 key on the Xhorse Condor Mini key cutting machine.

I’ll begin with switching on your Condor XC-Mini key cutting machine.

Then select ‘Cut by Bitting’.

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Using the keypad, input HU101

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Select HU101 from the options.

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Once HU101 is selected, press ‘Continue’.

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You will be offered 2 options – 7 cut or 10 cut. In this guide it’s a 10 cut key we need, so select 10 cut and Volvo and press ‘Continue’.

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The screen then changes confirming which clamp, correct alignment position and correct cutter to use

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Take note of the correct clamp.

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Correctly insert the original key into the jaw in the correct position.

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Double check on the screen that you’re using the correct jaw and it’s in the correct alignment.

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Press ‘Key Decode’.

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Then press ‘Continue’.

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The Condor Mini will now decode the key.

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Once decoding is complete the screen displays the key cuts.

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Now remove the original key and get a key blank

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Correctly insert the blank key in the jaw to the correct alignment.

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Press ‘Correcting & Cut’

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The Condor Mini will cut they key. Once cutting is complete you will be told to turn the key and cut side 2.

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Turn the key and align correctly when prompted.

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Press ‘Correcting & Cut’ to begin cutting side 2.

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The key is now perfectly duplicated.

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You can also enter direct cuts if no key is available as follows:

Select ‘Cut by Bitting’.

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Using the keypad type HU101.

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Select HU101.

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Select 10 cut and then Volvo.

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Manually enter your cuts then cut as above guide.

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And there you have it, a perfectly cut HU101 using the Condor Mini where no key was available to decode!

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Job’s done!

Btw, LISHI HU101 2-in-1 Auto Pick and Decoder can help get key codes