Radio code help needed!

You will definitely have to have the ignition on at the same time as the radio.

You will need both on for the delay period and when you are entering the code.

These are my standard code entering instructions.

1. Turn the stereo off.
2. Turn off the ignition
3. Turn the ignition back on (dash warning lights on)
4. Hold down the AS button on the stereo
5. Turn the stereo on (whilst still holding down AS button)
6. Release the AS button once 4 dashes appear on the display
7. Now enter code (if code = 5678. Press preset button 1 five times, button

2 six times etc. If you go past you can go round again by pressing the preset button repeatedly

1. Once all 4 numbers are correct hold down the AS button for 3 - 5 seconds
2. The stereo should now be OK!

If you are still having problems please email me again.

Alan Steele

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Ah - thanks Alan. That's another detail then. All I need to know now is how long I have to wait for "SAFE" to go off, when you've descended, as I have, to having only 7 gos left ("7 SAFE"). Obviously I can't do this in the car park then!

Thanks John

On my Vauxhall radio, the time doubles each time you enter an incorrect code.

For those interested, I/we/you have done it. Am I thick or what: I had understood the previous instructions (scattered through this thread) to mean that you have to wait 'x' hours with the radio on, then when the display changes to "Display", *then* do the AS button trick.

So last night I had the radio on with the ignition switched on for 4 hours: still "SAFE" after 4 hours.

Finally - idiot - it dawned on me that you have to have the ignition on, press the AS button in and hold, switch the radio on, wait for "7 SAFE" in my case) to appear, **THEN** wait for 'x' hours. Yes, I know, it's obvious isn't it.

I was all set to wait 4 hours or so today, having locked the ignition key in the car ... but in fact the display changed to "7----" after just

10 minutes of driving into work.

To remind you: I got to this state because the Owner's Car Data card says "Security Code - 3973" on line 3, and I rushed off thinking that was the radio code; it wasn't -- as I later discovered, the radio code is on about line 9 of the card.

As with everything: it's so bloody easy, once you know how to do it!

Cheers folks John

Well done. I've heard a few times you can sort out the problem by putting the radio in the freezer. Is this the bulls**t that it sounds?

I noticed that in the Google search I did -- consensus seemed to be that it might work on the code gubbins ... but it would definitely f**k up a few other things (like your LCD display) in the radio!