How to enter radio anti-theft code

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mpilihp@gmail.com - 15 Jan 2007 19:13 GMT

Hello all, my son bought a 91' Jetta GL with the stock radio in it.
Clean one owner with 84K miles, the problem is they let the battery go
dead and the radio is in lockout. We THINK we have the code to the
radio but have no idea of the process to enter it and get the radio out
of lockout mode.

Can someone explain the process to enter the code? I figured Id see it
out here on the user group but no-one wrote it out, appears everyone
else has a problem getting the code.

Thanks for you help

~ Phil

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upand_at_them@yahoo.com - 15 Jan 2007 21:12 GMT

I think I got the code for my '91 Golf's factory radio from the dealer.
I think I had to go in person for them to give it to me. No charge,
just a silly security thing.

Search the archives here for the process to enter it; I don't remember
it and I'm not sure where I put that piece of paper. It's simple
though, you use the preset buttons to cycle through the digits of the
code.

Mike

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upand_at_them@yahoo.com - 15 Jan 2007 21:16 GMT

Try this: http://members.tripod.com/~foxx/vw/h5coding.htm

Mike

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samstone@aol.com - 15 Jan 2007 22:06 GMT

>Hello all, my son bought a 91' Jetta GL with the stock radio in it.
>Clean one owner with 84K miles, the problem is they let the battery go
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>~ Phil

Is there any chance the first owner would tell you if the timing belt was
ever replaced in your sons ' new ' jetta. At 84k the timing belt would
the next thing to consider after you get the radio working. An ounce
of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

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