Radio Code

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msmills

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• Apr 1, 2006

• #1

After much searching I cannot find an answer to this problem. My wife
left the lights on and eventually the battery died. After getting the
battery sorted and a call to LR USA I attempted to put the correct code
in one time. After more research and a return to the car I noticed the
radio now doesn't even turn on. Checked the fuse but it is still
intact. I tried leaving it on for 1 hour but the radio doesn't even
turn on to be reset. Keep in mind I only had one chance. I removed
the cabels to the battery one more time and nothing changed, radio
shows no sign of life. Any thoughts?

 

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Austin Shackles

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• Apr 1, 2006

• #2

On or around 31 Mar 2006 21:36:29 -0800, "msmills" <[email protected]>
enlightened us thusly:

>After much searching I cannot find an answer to this problem. My wife
>left the lights on and eventually the battery died. After getting the
>battery sorted and a call to LR USA I attempted to put the correct code
>in one time. After more research and a return to the car I noticed the
>radio now doesn't even turn on. Checked the fuse but it is still
>intact. I tried leaving it on for 1 hour but the radio doesn't even
>turn on to be reset. Keep in mind I only had one chance. I removed
>the cabels to the battery one more time and nothing changed, radio
>shows no sign of life. Any thoughts?

try putting the radio in the freezer. nothing to lose - it's alleged to
work on some of 'em. whether you have to power it up while still frozen I
don't know.

Some radios only have limited chances before it locks you out completely,
but one go and then dead seems a trifle harsh. It hasn't got a fuse on the
radio unit itself, has it? some of them have a fuse in the back of the unit
as well as the one in the fuse box - I recall that puzzling me for some time
once.

failing that I guess you have to take it to the dealer, who presumably can
reset it if that's what's needed. The code will only work, of course, if
it's the original radio.
--
Austin Shackles. www.ddol-las.net my opinions are just that
"Quos deus vult perdere, prius dementat" Euripedes, quoted in
Boswell's "Johnson".

 

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Matthew Maddock

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• Apr 1, 2006

• #3

msmills wrote:
> After much searching I cannot find an answer to this problem. My wife
> left the lights on and eventually the battery died. After getting the
> battery sorted and a call to LR USA I attempted to put the correct code
> in one time. After more research and a return to the car I noticed the
> radio now doesn't even turn on. Checked the fuse but it is still
> intact. I tried leaving it on for 1 hour but the radio doesn't even
> turn on to be reset. Keep in mind I only had one chance. I removed
> the cabels to the battery one more time and nothing changed, radio
> shows no sign of life. Any thoughts?
>

Dead radio?! Could just be a coincidence that your radio has died
at the same time - same thing happened to me. As the other poster
stated, the code from LR would only work if it was the original
radio - I know mine has been changed at least twice!

In the UK there are plenty of car audio shops that you can take the
radio to and they will decode it for you to tell you the code. If
not, they may be able to advise if it is dead or not!

Matt.

 

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msmills

Guest

• Apr 1, 2006

• #4

Thanks for the input. After holding down the band buttton for a number
of seconds the code screen returned. Now I'm confused on how to enter
0 as one of the codes as there is no 0 option. I tried entering 1 and
then up with the tuning key but it failed to change the number. This
is a 1996 SE RR. Thanks for any help.

 

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Jeffrey S Austin

Guest

• Apr 2, 2006

• #5

msmills wrote:
> Thanks for the input. After holding down the band buttton for a number
> of seconds the code screen returned. Now I'm confused on how to enter
> 0 as one of the codes as there is no 0 option. I tried entering 1 and
> then up with the tuning key but it failed to change the number. This
> is a 1996 SE RR. Thanks for any help.
>
There will never be a "0" as one of the numerals for the radio code. You
can only enter the code through the numeric keypad and are not able to
"cycle" through the numerals.

The radio code has five (5) digits. If you have lost your code you will
have to write a letter LR and ask for the code to be mailed to you. You
will have to provide proof of owner of the vehicle prior to LR giving
out the information.

--Jeff

 

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msmills

Guest

• Apr 2, 2006

• #6

Jeff,
Thanks for the help. I will contact RRNA

msm

 

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Matthew Maddock

Guest

• Apr 4, 2006

• #7

> The radio code has five (5) digits. If you have lost your code you will
> have to write a letter LR and ask for the code to be mailed to you. You
> will have to provide proof of owner of the vehicle prior to LR giving
> out the information.

5 digits? must be different in the US. I'm on my 3rd radio and
they have only had 4! I do agree though that it will not have
a zero in it.

Matt.

 

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Jeffrey S Austin

Guest

• Apr 4, 2006

• #8

Matthew Maddock wrote:
>
>> The radio code has five (5) digits. If you have lost your code you will
>> have to write a letter LR and ask for the code to be mailed to you. You
>> will have to provide proof of owner of the vehicle prior to LR giving
>> out the information.
>
>
> 5 digits? must be different in the US. I'm on my 3rd radio and
> they have only had 4! I do agree though that it will not have
> a zero in it.
>
> Matt.

Matt,
It might have to do with the supplier of the radio. The Disco S1 and, I
believe, the RRC both have the Pioneer system which would the five digit
code.

--Jeff

 

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msmills

Guest

• Apr 7, 2006

• #9

I thought I would follow up for anyone else with the same problem.
After a couple calls to RRUSA I had the appropriate code. I attempted
to reset the code with the screwdriver/hole in the underside of the
radio method which only proceeded to short blow the fuse. I then
replaced the fuse, and held down the band button for 5 seconds and
"code in" displayed on the screen, but ever time I entered the code I
the radio would return to 4 bars. On a road trip with the family I
realized that we would be in the car for over an hour, so I didn't
touch anything, and sure enough, after 1 hour the 4 bars were replaced
by code in again, but this time the 4 digits worked. Thanks for the
advice for all who helped. The worst advice was from a local RR Jaguar
shop who informed me that there was no fuse on the back of the radio.
Nice.