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Car Forum / Volvo Cars / April 2008Aaaarg! Battery went dead and now my radio says "code".
The battery died in my 87 850 estate and now my radio is locked. The previous owner didn't have the code. Any idea how I can resurrect my radio? Guy In an earlier contribution to this discussion, > The battery died in my 87 850 estate and now my radio is locked. The > previous owner didn't have the code. Any idea how I can resurrect my > radio? > > Guy Assuming it's the original radio, the records are held centrally by Volvo - and accessible to any Volvo dealer, who should be able to tell you provided you have reasonable proof of ownership. There may be a fee, of course!  SignatureCheers, Roger ______ Email address maintained for newsgroup use only, and not regularly monitored.. Messages sent to it may not be read for several weeks. PLEASE REPLY TO NEWSGROUP! > The battery died in my 87 850 estate and now my radio is locked. The > previous owner didn't have the code. Any idea how I can resurrect my radio? > > Guy If you go to a Volvo dealer with all of your ownership paperwork and convince them that it really is your car, they should be able to get the code for you. Hopefully. local volvo dealer > The battery died in my 87 850 estate and now my radio is locked. The > previous owner didn't have the code. Any idea how I can resurrect my radio? > > Guy Do you have the original manual and documents that came with the car when the original owner bought it? The code should be there; on my wife's car, the original owner wrote down the four digit code. Hi Mr. V., Doesn't that rather defeat the purpose of the code? .............. writing the code into the Owner's Manual, if the Manual is kept in the glove compartment. Just a thought :) Andy I. : Do you have the original manual and documents that came with the car : when the original owner bought it? : : The code should be there; on my wife's car, the original owner wrote : down the four digit code. That's because the smart ones keep the manual at home and not in the car. Me too, the previous owner wrote the code on the cover page of the manual. I can even tell you what it is 4464. If one is patient, there are only 1,296 possibilities (6 X 6 X 6 X 6) :-) >Hi Mr. V., > [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] >: The code should be there; on my wife's car, the original owner wrote >: down the four digit code. > Hi Mr. V., > [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > Andy I. It's not a great idea, but most thieves just take the stereo and run. Only the smart ones stop to grab the owner's manual too. > : Do you have the original manual and documents that came with the car > : when the original owner bought it? > : > : The code should be there; on my wife's car, the original owner wrote > : down the four digit code. >> Hi Mr. V., >> [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > It's not a great idea, but most thieves just take the stereo and run. > Only the smart ones stop to grab the owner's manual too. The smart ones don't pinch a 20 year old radio with a cassette player.... Steve H > >> Hi Mr. V., > [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > > Steve H I bought a 960 radio at a wrecker went into Volvo dealership nearby and they told me they could do nothing for me (even though I had a receipt and the yellow paint was still on the radio). I tried another dealership and they were happy to help and had it for me in a few minutes. A word of warning if you enter the wrong code more than three times the radio goes in to safe mode and you need to leave the key on with vehicle off for several hours( the manual describes this procedure)...this can be a pain if you think you remember the code and plug away at it. Dear friends, now I am going to tell you a more convenient way to keep the anti-theft code for your stereo. You should write the code onto your stereo's specs tag glued upper side. :):):) My car's previous owner told me that original stereo was broken, so he had bought a second hand volvo stereo. Later I've started to look for the code but there were no luck. Asked previous owner on phone and he replied: I don't know. One day I've decided to check sockets for a completely different purpose and pulled down the stereo. The code was lying there all the time. Thats how I've met my code at very first time :) p.s. of course immediately after I've erased it and changed with a fake crypted version (a simple caesar shift) Andy yazmış: > Hi Mr. V., > [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > : The code should be there; on my wife's car, the original owner wrote > : down the four digit code. On my friends car it was written on the radio its self which we found after much frustration ... > Do you have the original manual and documents that came with the car > when the original owner bought it? > > The code should be there; on my wife's car, the original owner wrote > down the four digit code. >On my friends car it was written on the radio its self which we found after >much frustration ... [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] >> The code should be there; on my wife's car, the original owner wrote >> down the four digit code. I purchased some software that helps to decode the code based on the resistor layout inside the radio. Sadly the individual that sold me the software from ebay "forgot" to remove the virus that was in with the software. Regardless, my antivirus software removed the virus I used the software and it was the best $5 I spent. Worked a treat on both Volvo Radio's (though one had, had wrong numbers entered too many times so I had to cover up the circuit boards contacts with aluminum foil to clear the wrong codes from the memory. Or you could give Volvo $80.... :-) steve_4fun hotmail com that diode layout based calculation works only for Volvo CR-705 and CR-905 stereos. Despite you're thinking that deal was the best for $5, you wasted your money anyway, cause these calculators can be downloaded for free from any p2p or sharing community. You should've asked here before making someone earn 5 bucks for nothing than one would (for ex. me) mail you gladly for free. Cheers... > I purchased some software that helps to decode the code based on the > resistor layout inside the radio. Sadly the individual that sold me [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > > steve_4fun hotmail com >The battery died in my 87 850 estate and now my radio is locked. The >previous owner didn't have the code. Any idea how I can resurrect my radio? > >Guy When that happened to me, I wen t to the dealer and they gave me the code -- for free no less. Chuck Fiedler Nothing but Volvo since 1974 I should add that I replaced this radio/casette with a cd player the moment after I bought my 93 240 in 2001. For a mere $200, I got a Pionner that plays all my CDs. You might want to buy one with a detachable front plate. Dumb thieves broke into the car to steal it, when they realised it had no front plate, they left. Cost me a new window. Thieves were too dumb to a) look through the window and see that there was not front plate and b) too dumb to use a coat hanger to unlock the door without making any noise. I believe this thief (ves) have a bright future in a jail somewhere. >>The battery died in my 87 850 estate and now my radio is locked. The >>previous owner didn't have the code. Any idea how I can resurrect my radio? [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] >Chuck Fiedler >Nothing but Volvo since 1974 >I should add that I replaced this radio/casette with a cd player the > moment after I bought my 93 240 in 2001. [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > dumb to use a coat hanger to unlock the door without making any noise. > I believe this thief (ves) have a bright future in a jail somewhere. That's always frustrating. Most of those people are addicts, if they're not high at the time, they've fried a good portion of their brain cells, from a few that I've known, the common sense seems to be the first thing to go. As for stereos, I've swapped out the factory units in both of my cars as well, however it's getting more difficult by the day to find one that isn't absolutely garish. My little brother bought one for his car that we thought looked relatively clean and simple but it turned out to be backlit by blinding blue LEDs so bright that they interfere with night vision. Thanks for all the advice folks! > The battery died in my 87 850 estate and now my radio is locked. The > previous owner didn't have the code. Any idea how I can resurrect my radio? > > Guy |
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