Aaaarg! Battery went dead and now my radio says "code".

local volvo dealer






On Feb 29, 9:24 am, "Guy Kwon Do" <guykwo... RemoveThis @verizon.net> wrote:
> The battery died in my 87 850 estate and now my radio is locked. The
> previous owner didn't have the code. Any idea how I can resurrect my radio?
>
> Guy
 >> Stay informed about: Aaaarg! Battery went dead and now my radio says "code". 

Do you have the original manual and documents that came with the car
when the original owner bought it?

The code should be there; on my wife's car, the original owner wrote
down the four digit code.
 >> Stay informed about: Aaaarg! Battery went dead and now my radio says "code". 

Guy Kwon Do wrote:
> The battery died in my 87 850 estate and now my radio is locked. The
> previous owner didn't have the code. Any idea how I can resurrect my radio?
>
> Guy
>
>

If you go to a Volvo dealer with all of your ownership paperwork and
convince them that it really is your car, they should be able to get the
code for you. Hopefully.
 >> Stay informed about: Aaaarg! Battery went dead and now my radio says "code". 

Hi Mr. V.,

Doesn't that rather defeat the purpose of the code? .............. writing
the code into the Owner's Manual, if the Manual is kept in the glove
compartment.

Just a thought

Andy I.


"Mr. V" <allagoshang RemoveThis @gmail.com> wrote in message
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: Do you have the original manual and documents that came with the car
: when the original owner bought it?
:
: The code should be there; on my wife's car, the original owner wrote
: down the four digit code.
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Andy wrote:
> Hi Mr. V.,
>
> Doesn't that rather defeat the purpose of the code? .............. writing
> the code into the Owner's Manual, if the Manual is kept in the glove
> compartment.
>
> Just a thought
>
> Andy I.


It's not a great idea, but most thieves just take the stereo and
run. Only the smart ones stop to grab the owner's manual too.


>
>
> "Mr. V" <allagoshang.DeleteThis@gmail.com> wrote in message
> news:ea609de1-bdb8-4def-91da-a30fa962eb61@e23g2000prf.googlegroups.com...
> : Do you have the original manual and documents that came with the car
> : when the original owner bought it?
> :
> : The code should be there; on my wife's car, the original owner wrote
> : down the four digit code.
>
>
 >> Stay informed about: Aaaarg! Battery went dead and now my radio says "code". 

On Mar 2, 6:05 am, Steve H <g0....RemoveThis@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
> mjc13<REMOVETHIS> wrote:
> > Andy wrote:
> >> Hi Mr. V.,
>
> >> Doesn't that rather defeat the purpose of the code? ..............
> >> writing the code into the Owner's Manual, if the Manual is kept in the
> >> glove compartment.
>
> >> Just a thought
>
> >> Andy I.
>
> > It's not a great idea, but most thieves just take the stereo and run.
> > Only the smart ones stop to grab the owner's manual too.
>
> The smart ones don't pinch a 20 year old radio with a cassette player....
>
> Steve H

I bought a 960 radio at a wrecker went into Volvo dealership nearby
and they told me they could do nothing for me (even though I had a
receipt and the yellow paint was still on the radio). I tried another
dealership and they were happy to help and had it for me in a few
minutes. A word of warning if you enter the wrong code more than
three times the radio goes in to safe mode and you need to leave the
key on with vehicle off for several hours( the manual describes this
procedure)...this can be a pain if you think you remember the code and
plug away at it.
 >> Stay informed about: Aaaarg! Battery went dead and now my radio says "code". 

mjc13<REMOVETHIS> wrote:
> Andy wrote:
>> Hi Mr. V.,
>>
>> Doesn't that rather defeat the purpose of the code? ..............
>> writing the code into the Owner's Manual, if the Manual is kept in the
>> glove compartment.
>>
>> Just a thought
>>
>> Andy I.
>
>
> It's not a great idea, but most thieves just take the stereo and run.
> Only the smart ones stop to grab the owner's manual too.
>
>
The smart ones don't pinch a 20 year old radio with a cassette player....

Steve H
 >> Stay informed about: Aaaarg! Battery went dead and now my radio says "code". 

Dear friends, now I am going to tell you a more convenient way to keep
the anti-theft code for your stereo. You should write the code onto your
stereo's specs tag glued upper side. My car's previous owner told
me that original stereo was broken, so he had bought a second hand volvo
stereo. Later I've started to look for the code but there were no luck.
Asked previous owner on phone and he replied: I don't know. One day I've
decided to check sockets for a completely different purpose and pulled
down the stereo. The code was lying there all the time. Thats how I've
met my code at very first time

p.s. of course immediately after I've erased it and changed with a fake
crypted version (a simple caesar shift)

Andy yazmýþ:
> Hi Mr. V.,
>
> Doesn't that rather defeat the purpose of the code? .............. writing
> the code into the Owner's Manual, if the Manual is kept in the glove
> compartment.
>
> Just a thought
>
> Andy I.
>
>
> "Mr. V" <allagoshang DeleteThis @gmail.com> wrote in message
> news:ea609de1-bdb8-4def-91da-a30fa962eb61@e23g2000prf.googlegroups.com...
> : Do you have the original manual and documents that came with the car
> : when the original owner bought it?
> :
> : The code should be there; on my wife's car, the original owner wrote
> : down the four digit code.
>
>
 >> Stay informed about: Aaaarg! Battery went dead and now my radio says "code". 

On Fri, 29 Feb 2008 16:24:31 GMT, "Guy Kwon Do"
<guykwondo.DeleteThis@verizon.net> wrote:

>The battery died in my 87 850 estate and now my radio is locked. The
>previous owner didn't have the code. Any idea how I can resurrect my radio?
>
>Guy
>
When that happened to me, I wen t to the dealer and they gave me the
code -- for free no less.

Chuck Fiedler
Nothing but Volvo since 1974
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"Someone" <someone.TakeThisOut@somewhere.com> wrote in message
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>I should add that I replaced this radio/casette with a cd player the
> moment after I bought my 93 240 in 2001.
>
> For a mere $200, I got a Pionner that plays all my CDs. You might
> want to buy one with a detachable front plate. Dumb thieves broke
> into the car to steal it, when they realised it had no front plate,
> they left. Cost me a new window. Thieves were too dumb to a) look
> through the window and see that there was not front plate and b) too
> dumb to use a coat hanger to unlock the door without making any noise.
> I believe this thief (ves) have a bright future in a jail somewhere.
>


That's always frustrating. Most of those people are addicts, if they're not
high at the time, they've fried a good portion of their brain cells, from a
few that I've known, the common sense seems to be the first thing to go.

As for stereos, I've swapped out the factory units in both of my cars as
well, however it's getting more difficult by the day to find one that isn't
absolutely garish. My little brother bought one for his car that we thought
looked relatively clean and simple but it turned out to be backlit by
blinding blue LEDs so bright that they interfere with night vision.
 >> Stay informed about: Aaaarg! Battery went dead and now my radio says "code". 

Thanks for all the advice folks!

"Guy Kwon Do" <guykwondo RemoveThis @verizon.net> wrote in message
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> The battery died in my 87 850 estate and now my radio is locked. The
> previous owner didn't have the code. Any idea how I can resurrect my
radio?
>
> Guy
>
>
 >> Stay informed about: Aaaarg! Battery went dead and now my radio says "code".