I have an alpine AMR6284 in my 99 4.6 HSE which the screen doesnt work on.
This hasn't been a problem until the old girl got a flat battery a few months ago and it needed the code inputting again to make the stereo work. Long story short the code in the book was wrong (wrong book for car etc) so I got in touch with the previous owner who told me the code was 0000 as he had had it reset when the same had happened to him. Brilliant, so I input this code and all was well for 6 months or so.
Anyway, the other day we had a flat battery again but as I knew the code, no problem, however the radio will now not accept the code "0000" which is the code input sequence of pressing "1" 5 times (1 to enter code, default number is 0 and press 1 to go to next number) As the screen lights up but there is no display I cant see what the radio is asking for... so up a certain creek without a method of propulsion!
I have seen there are replacement standard radios on ebay for not daft money, am I better just going for that? There are some cheaper without a code but I have seen places that say they can get the code for the radio or am I best just buying a more expensive one with the code from a breaker?
Or does anyone have any other better ideas that will cost me less money?
This hasn't been a problem until the old girl got a flat battery a few months ago and it needed the code inputting again to make the stereo work. Long story short the code in the book was wrong (wrong book for car etc) so I got in touch with the previous owner who told me the code was 0000 as he had had it reset when the same had happened to him. Brilliant, so I input this code and all was well for 6 months or so.
Anyway, the other day we had a flat battery again but as I knew the code, no problem, however the radio will now not accept the code "0000" which is the code input sequence of pressing "1" 5 times (1 to enter code, default number is 0 and press 1 to go to next number) As the screen lights up but there is no display I cant see what the radio is asking for... so up a certain creek without a method of propulsion!
I have seen there are replacement standard radios on ebay for not daft money, am I better just going for that? There are some cheaper without a code but I have seen places that say they can get the code for the radio or am I best just buying a more expensive one with the code from a breaker?
Or does anyone have any other better ideas that will cost me less money?