Re: Code Setting

["Ron Buchalski" <rbuchals@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Larry,

If you're pressing five digits, but the radio beeps and still displays 
'CODE', you're entering the wrong code.  If the radio beeps before you've 
entered five digits, then you've pressed one (or more) buttons multiple 
times.

If you enter the wrong code three times, the radio will lock you out, and 
will need to remain on for about an hour before you can enter the code 
again.  Or, you can disconnect the power (or pull the fuse), re-connect the 
power (or re-insert the fuse), and try again without waiting an hour.

You don't need to wait an hour before you can enter the code; you don't need 
to take the radio out of the car and put it in the freezer, and you don't 
open the radio chassis and spray it with freezer aerosol... <geesh>

You need to get the correct code.

- -rb

>Date: Fri, 4 May 2001 11:23:19 -0400
>From: lswain@domain.elided
>Subject: Code setting for radio
>
>Just replaced the dead battery in my '85 528e, and -- even though
>I've done this successfully a number of times before -- I cannot get
>the radio to accept the code and come to life.
>
>Tapping in the 5-digit security code only elicits a peep and the
>continued display of the word "code".
>
>Anyone got any ideas?
>
>TYIA
>
>Larry Swain
>'85 528e  213k  original clutch
>
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Incredible solutions included (names removed to protect identities):

>
>Here's an idea, thought I've never tried it.
>I have heard that putting the radio in a Zip-lock bag in the freezer for an 
>hour will reset the code to factory defaults.
>Presumably this works by reducing the voltage of the internal battery
>that keeps the number stored on the chip.
>
>However, I would only do this as a last resort if I were you.  Subzero 
>temperatures could conceivably damage the radio too. Spread the word if you 
>do get desperate enough to try it :-)
>
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>
>The radio must be powered on for at least one hour before entering
>the code.
>
>So take the car for a ride, and then when the hour is up you'll get to 
>enjoy music on the way home.
>
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>
>Just a thought, but if the freezer idea can work, how about opening up the 
>radio and squirting some of that freezer aerosol over the internal battery 
>instead? Wouldn't freeze the entire radio at least.
>-
>ps Are these internal batteries sometime *inside* one of the chips? If so 
>finding the right one could be difficult.
>
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