Good afternoon All.
Can you please tell me how I can get a radio code for a Grundig original cassette player?
Thanks
Blaine
Radio code for original radio
Moderator: Robsey
Re: Radio code for original radio
The easiest way is to try one of the online agencies that advertise codes.
They will need to know the make, model and radio serial number plus upto £20 before they can give you the code.
If the radio is original to your car, or you know the registration number or VIN from the donor car, you could ask Vauxhall for a new car pass. You would need a V5C if your own car, or a receipt for the radio from the seller.
I got one for a car 18 months ago for £26.
Sadly the code had been changed by a previous owner, so that was money down the drain.
Both Vauxhall and an online agency gave the same code.
In my instance the radio was only fit for spares as I could not get the code.
The only other way is to send the radio away to have the MCU read, which involves unsoldering and lifting some of the legs of the MCU clear of the pcb so that they can read the codes.
A typical MCU has about 42 legs.
Modern cars use Eeproms which only have eight legs.
Despite being able to reset radios 25 years ago, Vauxhall no longer have the facility to read / reprogram / reset the radio code on radios prior to 1996.
They will need to know the make, model and radio serial number plus upto £20 before they can give you the code.
If the radio is original to your car, or you know the registration number or VIN from the donor car, you could ask Vauxhall for a new car pass. You would need a V5C if your own car, or a receipt for the radio from the seller.
I got one for a car 18 months ago for £26.
Sadly the code had been changed by a previous owner, so that was money down the drain.
Both Vauxhall and an online agency gave the same code.
In my instance the radio was only fit for spares as I could not get the code.
The only other way is to send the radio away to have the MCU read, which involves unsoldering and lifting some of the legs of the MCU clear of the pcb so that they can read the codes.
A typical MCU has about 42 legs.
Modern cars use Eeproms which only have eight legs.
Despite being able to reset radios 25 years ago, Vauxhall no longer have the facility to read / reprogram / reset the radio code on radios prior to 1996.