Help: F/lander radio code entry

Hi there, my F/lander radio is locked and needs the code, which I have
: )
I also know the steps for inputting the code, but where I need help is
on the sequence as (no surprise), the LCD display is dead and so I
cannot see the numbers.

Can someone explain how it works.

For example, when I press the "1" preset button at the "CODE" prompt
(that I cannot see) and I have to enter a "3" as the first digit of the
code:

Do I press the right scan button 3 times to get to 3, or only twice
because it's at 1 already?

And then then I confirm by pushing the the "1" preset button and move
to the second digit of the code.

Say the second digit is a "6", do I now need to press the right scan
button 6 times to get to 6, only 5 times because it's at 1 already, or
only 3 times because it was at 3 still from the first code digit entry?

...............or is a complete pig and randomly jumping to a number
after each confirmation with the "1" preset button? (and in which case
I need a working display).

Thanks in advance for any help.

"Peter Hall" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> Hi there, my F/lander radio is locked and needs the code, which I have
> : )
> I also know the steps for inputting the code, but where I need help is
> on the sequence as (no surprise), the LCD display is dead and so I
> cannot see the numbers.
>
> Can someone explain how it works.
>
> For example, when I press the "1" preset button at the "CODE" prompt
> (that I cannot see) and I have to enter a "3" as the first digit of the
> code:
>
> Do I press the right scan button 3 times to get to 3, or only twice
> because it's at 1 already?
>
> And then then I confirm by pushing the the "1" preset button and move
> to the second digit of the code.
>
> Say the second digit is a "6", do I now need to press the right scan
> button 6 times to get to 6, only 5 times because it's at 1 already, or
> only 3 times because it was at 3 still from the first code digit entry?
>
> ..............or is a complete pig and randomly jumping to a number
> after each confirmation with the "1" preset button? (and in which case
> I need a working display).
>
> Thanks in advance for any help.
>
If you could see the display (according to my manual) you get

Code----

So I would go with assuming a blank at each stage and try that first.

Richard

SUCCESS!

In case it helps anyone else it is indeed a "blank" at each stage, so
if the first code digit is a 3, you need to press the right key 3 times
to get to 3. For the second digit it starts again from a blank....and
so on.

Interesting for me was that after entering the code and pressing the
final 1 button as confirmation, I only got 1 beep and then I heard
music. The manual says that you should get 2 beeps when the correct
code is entered.

Peter

....and Peter Hall spake unto the tribes of Usenet, saying...


> SUCCESS!
>
> In case it helps anyone else it is indeed a "blank" at each stage, so
> if the first code digit is a 3, you need to press the right key 3
> times to get to 3. For the second digit it starts again from a
> blank....and so on.
>
> Interesting for me was that after entering the code and pressing the
> final 1 button as confirmation, I only got 1 beep and then I heard
> music. The manual says that you should get 2 beeps when the correct
> code is entered.
>
> Peter

The "music" you heard was in fact the second beep. It's sometimes hard to
tell, especially if the radio was previously tuned to Radio 1.

--
Rich
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