Vdo Cd 423 Radio Code

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Sometimesone of the buttons may not make proper contact, so make a not

of when any beep occurs during the entry process. If your code were

12345, and it beeped after you pressed 3, that suggest it did NOT

properly receive the preceding press of the 2 key and is accepting 3 as

the second (incorrect) digit.

I know this is an OLD thread, but I had the same radio code problem. Finally, I drove my '88 XJS for over an hour, punched in the code and it worked! Stupidly, I pried out the tape in the cassette deck thinking it was a stuck tape. Now I have to leave a tape partially inserted for the radio to work, and the cassette deck is broken. If I had just waited and followed these instructions to wait an hour and insert code, I could have saved the tape deck!

CosmoXL,

The only thing that I know for certain about the facelift cars is that the are different from the earlier cars is just about every way.

Does your 1992 have the AJ8700 Security Radio or is it another model radio?

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Posting the exact steps here after not finding precise information on this forum/elsewhere. For those of you who have the misfortune to be greeted by the CODE **** or the WAIT message on the radio screen.

1. Battery was replaced in car. Technician returned car without resetting my displays. Clock was wrong, and CD player/radio unit, when turned on, just said "CODE ****". I had a "WTF" moment. Punched in a bunch of buttons hoping to reset - do NOT do that. This freezes up unit and you will get a WAIT message on the screen.

2. If you get the WAIT message: leave radio on, turn off everything else, lock car and go do something else for 60 minutes. Leaving the radio on did not drain my battery. You MUST leave the radio on for this to work. Set an alarm to go back in 60 minutes. (30 minutes was insufficient, contrary to what other posts said).

3. While you are waiting, go find your radio code. The radio code is unique to your unit. Therefore, it is NOT published in the thick or thin car manuals or any little flip books that came with the car, nor do those manuals even give you any of the information in my post. They are useless, I have read them all. The radio code is NOT in the radio operating manual (contrary to what I have read). I didn't even have a separate radio operating manual. The radio code MAY be in a computer printout from your last check at the technician's. In my case, my computer printout from the car's computer just said Radio Code 00000. Which was NOT the radio code, it is just a blank value.

4. In my case, the radio code was on a silver card that looks like a credit card that was tucked in a pocket in the car manual's faux leather wallet. It was a 4 digit code. I had never noticed this dumb thing before and never knew why I needed it. DO NOT go online and pay for a third party service to get your radio code - chances are you have it, just go find all your original car materials and really exhaust your search before you try to pay someone to get this for you.

5. In 60 minutes, return to your car. The radio would have turned itself off and be dark/silent. Turn it on. You will once again get CODE ****. You will see that there is a row of buttons numbered 1,2,3 and so on - the buttons you normally use to pre-set your radio stations. Enter the 4 digit code using those buttons. Enter slowly and carefully, you do not want to get frozen again and have to repeat steps 2 -5 again. There are online users who say that you can get permanently frozen out if you enter the wrong code too many times, then you will really be in trouble.

Most people write the radio code either in the front cover of the owners manual or somewhere on the options sticker in the frunk. In my case it's in both places from a previous owner... Glad you got it figured out

I had to remove the battery so I can replace the driver's side low beam headlight.I didn't bother to buy a settings saver because I found the security code in my Honda's packet (I bought this car used and luckily the owner was pretty organized with documentation and maintenance records).

Initially when I turned on the car...I see 1:01 on the clock. Then when I turned the radio on I see "CODE". So I used the preset buttons (1 ... 6) to punch in my code. However, every time I enter it I see "Err". First "Err1", then "Err2"...then eventually "Erre"!

I also went onto this website: -navicode.honda.com/framepage.aspx?theme=Hondato verify that I have the right security code (I used the radio serial number on the documentation card to retrieve the radio security code from the website) and indeed it is correct.

One other thing that I read to try is to hold down Preset 1 and Preset 6 buttons...and then turn the car on. Supposedly I should see the radio serial number displayed. However this did not work. I wanted to do this so that I can verify the radio serial number. I also wanted to do this because in case this radio has a different serial number I can use this serial to retrieve the security code from the website.

It turned out that the card that I have when I purchased this used car had the WRONG serial number and access code. I don't know if the previous owner had another Honda or not...maybe the card goes with another car.

Your vehicle may have had a replacement radio at some time and the serial number would then be differant. The radio is removable and will be labelled with its serial number. Have the radio removed to obtain the actual serial number on it. Carefully read the instructions for entering the code. With the radio re-installed turn the radio on. The radio must now remain on until the word code 'flashes'. A time interval is embedded into the radio which is started every time a wrong code is entered. This means that the radio has to be left turned on for a very long time sometimes as each false/wrong attempt increases the time interval.(Just turned on until the word code flashes.) After a certain number, usually about ten, of false/incorrect attempts at code entry the radio becomes permanantly locked out. The radio then becomes scrap. The insurance industry insists on this set up to make radios or such like more difficult and less worthwhile to steal.

Not simple. I took my newly purchased 2001 Acura MDX to an Acura dealer. I had phoned and said I need the code to make the stereo/radio work. The dealer said no problem, bring it in, and no charge. I appreciated that and said I'd pay for a used car inspection (to show my appreciation). At the dealership service department I waited over two hours. The service manager then came out and showed me a list of items they believed I needed to do (replace struts, electrical, etc. -- quite lengthy for a vehicle with "only" 140,000 miles). I asked "so is the radio/stereo working now?" He said no. They couldn't get me the code unless I paid them to remove the radio, and obtain the radio serial number. Was I dissatisfied? Yeah, quite.

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