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Atherton - 29 Nov 2007 19:01 GMT

Greetings (my first post here).

Some thoughtful previous owner of my P38 has scribbled a 4-digit
number in a corner of the owner's manual.

This might (or alternatively might not) be the magic EKA (emergency
key access) code.

It would be nice to verify this in advance of needing it.

The only way I can think of doing that would be to take the battery
out of the key fob, and then trying to start the car using EKA.

That seems risky verging on foolish. Is there a better way?

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Nige - 29 Nov 2007 19:16 GMT

> Greetings (my first post here).

Hello fellow P38 owner.

> Some thoughtful previous owner of my P38 has scribbled a 4-digit
> number in a corner of the owner's manual.

Possibly the radio code.

> This might (or alternatively might not) be the magic EKA (emergency
> key access) code.

It might be.

> It would be nice to verify this in advance of needing it.
>
> The only way I can think of doing that would be to take the battery
> out of the key fob, and then trying to start the car using EKA.

Rinf your local Lanfd Rover dealer & they will confirm if it is the code
matey.

> That seems risky verging on foolish. Is there a better way?

See above

HTH

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Atherton - 25 Jan 2008 16:30 GMT

> > Some thoughtful previous owner of my P38 has scribbled a 4-digit
> > number in a corner of the owner's manual.
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>
> HTH

Thanks. As it turns out, the first dealer that I asked said that to
find the EKA number, they would have to "annoy the car" (i.e. poke
about in the electronics) which did not sound attractive;

the second dealer said they could get the EKA number by telephoning
Landrover;

however, I'm glad I didn't put them to the trouble, because then I
managed to contact a previous owner of the car, who told me that EKA
had been disabled on the car!

I hadn't realized that this was possible.

To prove it (to myself) I ordered a spare key (blade only) for seven
pounds 50 (one has to produce the registration document), and this key
unlocks and starts the car fine all by itself.

I'm not sure how "super-locking" fits into all this and haven't (yet)
tried to find out. Any ideas?

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Nige - 25 Jan 2008 16:44 GMT

>>> Some thoughtful previous owner of my P38 has scribbled a 4-digit
>>> number in a corner of the owner's manual.
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> I'm not sure how "super-locking" fits into all this and haven't (yet)
> tried to find out. Any ideas?

I didn't know you could disable it?

No idea about superlocking??

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EMB - 25 Jan 2008 22:21 GMT

> I didn't know you could disable it?

The normal method of "disabling" it is to glue the transponder out of a
key to the sensor in the steering column, so it's more an invalidate
than a disable.

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Nige - 25 Jan 2008 22:31 GMT

>> I didn't know you could disable it?
>
> The normal method of "disabling" it is to glue the transponder out of
> a key to the sensor in the steering column, so it's more an invalidate
> than a disable.

Now thats just cheating ;)

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Dougal - 25 Jan 2008 22:52 GMT

>>>Some thoughtful previous owner of my P38 has scribbled a 4-digit
>>>number in a corner of the owner's manual.
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>
> I hadn't realized that this was possible.

There are lots of interesting options controlled by the BECM one of
which is EKA enable/disable.
This is from the Rovacom people's site for the P38:
http://www.rovacomlite.com/files/RLpages/BECM%20Settings.htm

Owners of other models search from here:
http://www.blackbox-solutions.com/downloads.html - look under
'Information Library'.

> To prove it (to myself) I ordered a spare key (blade only) for seven
> pounds 50 (one has to produce the registration document), and this key
> unlocks and starts the car fine all by itself.
>
> I'm not sure how "super-locking" fits into all this and haven't (yet)
> tried to find out. Any ideas?

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Gaz - 26 Jan 2008 00:11 GMT

> There are lots of interesting options controlled by the BECM one of
> which is EKA enable/disable.
> This is from the Rovacom people's site for the P38:
> http://www.rovacomlite.com/files/RLpages/BECM%20Settings.htm

What on earth does the option box "UK Police - Police/Normal" near the
bottom of the screen do??
As I typed the above line it occurred to me it's set if plod use the
vehicle it changes some settings??? I wonder exactly what it does.

G

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Austin Shackles - 26 Jan 2008 08:14 GMT

>> There are lots of interesting options controlled by the BECM one of
>> which is EKA enable/disable.
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>As I typed the above line it occurred to me it's set if plod use the
>vehicle it changes some settings??? I wonder exactly what it does.

makes it go faster?

Probably there's a connector somewhere to plug a lightbar into.

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