Steve Sears

Scott,
I went to my local dealer with a radio from a VW that was sitting "one foot
in the crusher" at the wrecking yard that I frequent (hey, with an
"inventory" like mine, you hafta bee on a first-name-basis with at least a
couple dismantlers). With the radio out, I had the serial # (printed on the
tag) and the VIN of the car which I took down after I removed the radio -
they provided the 4 digit code for free. I just followed Ti's instructions
to get it unlocked. If the car is a new model, where nearly everything is
done via VAG-COM, then you may be able to find a non-dealer in your area
that has the connection and software to help you out. You might check on
the audiworld newsgroups to see how others have unlocked their radios.
Cheers!
Steve Sears
1987 Audi 5kTQ
1980 Audi 5k
1962 and '64 Auto Union DKW Junior deLuxes
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"Scott" <Profireman1@NOSPAMcharter.net> wrote in message
news:rrECd.11363$_01.4889@fe04.lga...
> thanx, but his site says, if you lose the code, take it to a dealer lol
>
>
> "Steve Sears" <steve.sears@SHOESsoil-mat.on.ca> wrote in message
> news:uHDCd.26859$P%3.1191252@news20.bellglobal.com ...
> > Scott,
> > Radio Shack sell them - as does JCWitless and various other supply
places.
> > You can make one fairly easily from a 9 volt lead , a cigarette lighter
> > plug
> > and a (ok...memory failing on the name electrical device) thingey that
> > keeps
> > the car battery from trying to charge the 9v cell while it's plugged in
> > (blocks current from flowing into cell).
> > Of course, all this doesn't help your friend with the dead radio, does
it?
> > If he takes the car to his local Audi dealer, with the radio serial
number
> > and the car's VIN, they can give him the code for the radio (provided
that
> > it's the original radio in the car). Depending on the year and model of
> > the
> > radio, you can use the method described in Ti Kan's web site to enter to
> > code in the radio:
> > http://www.ibiblio.org/tkan/audi/radios/radios.html
> > Cheers!
> > Steve Sears
> > 1987 Audi 5kTQ
> > 1980 Audi 5k
> > 1962 and '64 Auto Union DKW Junior deLuxes
> >
> > "Scott" <Profireman1@NOSPAMcharter.net> wrote in message
> > newsuDCd.11354$ud.4637@fe04.lga...
> >> ok...I'll bite.......
> >>
> >> What the hell you talkin about ?
> >>
> >>
> >> "curmudgeon" <curmudgeon@buzzoff.net> wrote in message
> >> news:3mDCd.14974$6i.3177@bignews6.bellsouth.net...
> >> > They wire a 9volt battery do-hickey into the cigarette lighter.
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > "Scott" <Profireman1@NOSPAMcharter.net> wrote in message
> >> > news:ldDCd.11351$GW7.2420@fe04.lga...
> >> >> thanx, but it's missin...
> >> >>
> >> >> dummy buyin a used audi..whats he thinkin ?
> >> >>
> >> >> is it perhaps marked anywhere inside the auto perhaps ?
> >> >>
> >> >> what does an auto repair shop do when they unhook the battery ?
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >> "Peter Bell" <peter@invalid.org.uk> wrote in message
> >> >> news:2f4a20284d.peter@iyonix.earley.fourcom.com...
> >> >>> In message <d8CCd.11344$9h7.8544@fe04.lga>
> >> >>> "Scott" <Profireman1@NOSPAMcharter.net> wrote:
> >> >>>
> >> >>>> hey, A guy I work with had a dead battery, now thats it's charged
> >> >>>> his
> >> >>>> radio won't work.
> >> >>>>
> >> >>>> He needs a code to put into the radio to get it to work.
> >> >>>>
> >> >>>> any idea how the hell to do it without sending it to audi repair
> >> >>>> shop
> >> >>>> @ $105 an hour ?
> >> >>>
> >> >>> Yep - you refer to the User Manual for the radio and follow the
> >> >>> instructions to enter the 4-digit number which came on a little
> > tear-off
> >> >>> card attached to the manual.
> >> >>>
> >> >>> --
> >> >>> Peter Bell (Note Spamtrap - To reply, replace 'invalid' with
> >> >>> 'bellfamily')
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >
> >> >
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
>
>

Steve Sears

Scott,
I went to my local dealer with a radio from a VW that was sitting "one foot
in the crusher" at the wrecking yard that I frequent (hey, with an
"inventory" like mine, you hafta bee on a first-name-basis with at least a
couple dismantlers). With the radio out, I had the serial # (printed on the
tag) and the VIN of the car which I took down after I removed the radio -
they provided the 4 digit code for free. I just followed Ti's instructions
to get it unlocked. If the car is a new model, where nearly everything is
done via VAG-COM, then you may be able to find a non-dealer in your area
that has the connection and software to help you out. You might check on
the audiworld newsgroups to see how others have unlocked their radios.
Cheers!
Steve Sears
1987 Audi 5kTQ
1980 Audi 5k
1962 and '64 Auto Union DKW Junior deLuxes
(SPAM Blocker NOTE: Remove SHOES to reply)

"Scott" <Profireman1@NOSPAMcharter.net> wrote in message
news:rrECd.11363$_01.4889@fe04.lga...
> thanx, but his site says, if you lose the code, take it to a dealer lol
>
>
> "Steve Sears" <steve.sears@SHOESsoil-mat.on.ca> wrote in message
> news:uHDCd.26859$P%3.1191252@news20.bellglobal.com ...
> > Scott,
> > Radio Shack sell them - as does JCWitless and various other supply
places.
> > You can make one fairly easily from a 9 volt lead , a cigarette lighter
> > plug
> > and a (ok...memory failing on the name electrical device) thingey that
> > keeps
> > the car battery from trying to charge the 9v cell while it's plugged in
> > (blocks current from flowing into cell).
> > Of course, all this doesn't help your friend with the dead radio, does
it?
> > If he takes the car to his local Audi dealer, with the radio serial
number
> > and the car's VIN, they can give him the code for the radio (provided
that
> > it's the original radio in the car). Depending on the year and model of
> > the
> > radio, you can use the method described in Ti Kan's web site to enter to
> > code in the radio:
> > http://www.ibiblio.org/tkan/audi/radios/radios.html
> > Cheers!
> > Steve Sears
> > 1987 Audi 5kTQ
> > 1980 Audi 5k
> > 1962 and '64 Auto Union DKW Junior deLuxes
> >
> > "Scott" <Profireman1@NOSPAMcharter.net> wrote in message
> > newsuDCd.11354$ud.4637@fe04.lga...
> >> ok...I'll bite.......
> >>
> >> What the hell you talkin about ?
> >>
> >>
> >> "curmudgeon" <curmudgeon@buzzoff.net> wrote in message
> >> news:3mDCd.14974$6i.3177@bignews6.bellsouth.net...
> >> > They wire a 9volt battery do-hickey into the cigarette lighter.
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > "Scott" <Profireman1@NOSPAMcharter.net> wrote in message
> >> > news:ldDCd.11351$GW7.2420@fe04.lga...
> >> >> thanx, but it's missin...
> >> >>
> >> >> dummy buyin a used audi..whats he thinkin ?
> >> >>
> >> >> is it perhaps marked anywhere inside the auto perhaps ?
> >> >>
> >> >> what does an auto repair shop do when they unhook the battery ?
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >> "Peter Bell" <peter@invalid.org.uk> wrote in message
> >> >> news:2f4a20284d.peter@iyonix.earley.fourcom.com...
> >> >>> In message <d8CCd.11344$9h7.8544@fe04.lga>
> >> >>> "Scott" <Profireman1@NOSPAMcharter.net> wrote:
> >> >>>
> >> >>>> hey, A guy I work with had a dead battery, now thats it's charged
> >> >>>> his
> >> >>>> radio won't work.
> >> >>>>
> >> >>>> He needs a code to put into the radio to get it to work.
> >> >>>>
> >> >>>> any idea how the hell to do it without sending it to audi repair
> >> >>>> shop
> >> >>>> @ $105 an hour ?
> >> >>>
> >> >>> Yep - you refer to the User Manual for the radio and follow the
> >> >>> instructions to enter the 4-digit number which came on a little
> > tear-off
> >> >>> card attached to the manual.
> >> >>>
> >> >>> --
> >> >>> Peter Bell (Note Spamtrap - To reply, replace 'invalid' with
> >> >>> 'bellfamily')
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >
> >> >
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
>
>

LIW

"Scott" <Profireman1@NOSPAMcharter.net> wrote in message
news:d8CCd.11344$9h7.8544@fe04.lga...
> hey, A guy I work with had a dead battery, now thats it's charged his
radio
> won't work.
>
> He needs a code to put into the radio to get it to work.
>
> any idea how the hell to do it without sending it to audi repair shop @
$105
> an hour ?

His radio code is either on a card in his pocket that he took out of the
owner's manual, or it's still in the owner's manual, right where the
instructions are for how to input the radio code.

The guy who owned my S8 before me, wrote the code on a cross member in the
trunk so it couldn't be lost. Fairly clever, I thought.
>
>

LIW

"Scott" <Profireman1@NOSPAMcharter.net> wrote in message
news:d8CCd.11344$9h7.8544@fe04.lga...
> hey, A guy I work with had a dead battery, now thats it's charged his
radio
> won't work.
>
> He needs a code to put into the radio to get it to work.
>
> any idea how the hell to do it without sending it to audi repair shop @
$105
> an hour ?

His radio code is either on a card in his pocket that he took out of the
owner's manual, or it's still in the owner's manual, right where the
instructions are for how to input the radio code.

The guy who owned my S8 before me, wrote the code on a cross member in the
trunk so it couldn't be lost. Fairly clever, I thought.
>
>

LIW

"Scott" <Profireman1@NOSPAMcharter.net> wrote in message
news:d8CCd.11344$9h7.8544@fe04.lga...
> hey, A guy I work with had a dead battery, now thats it's charged his
radio
> won't work.
>
> He needs a code to put into the radio to get it to work.
>
> any idea how the hell to do it without sending it to audi repair shop @
$105
> an hour ?

His radio code is either on a card in his pocket that he took out of the
owner's manual, or it's still in the owner's manual, right where the
instructions are for how to input the radio code.

The guy who owned my S8 before me, wrote the code on a cross member in the
trunk so it couldn't be lost. Fairly clever, I thought.
>
>

LIW

"Scott" <Profireman1@NOSPAMcharter.net> wrote in message
news:ldDCd.11351$GW7.2420@fe04.lga...
> thanx, but it's missin...
>
> dummy buyin a used audi..whats he thinkin ?
>
> is it perhaps marked anywhere inside the auto perhaps ?
>
> what does an auto repair shop do when they unhook the battery ?
>

The dealer can get it for him as a courtesy if he brings it in. They can
check the VIN and his ownership papers, and they push some magic buttons in
their computers.

LIW

"Scott" <Profireman1@NOSPAMcharter.net> wrote in message
news:ldDCd.11351$GW7.2420@fe04.lga...
> thanx, but it's missin...
>
> dummy buyin a used audi..whats he thinkin ?
>
> is it perhaps marked anywhere inside the auto perhaps ?
>
> what does an auto repair shop do when they unhook the battery ?
>

The dealer can get it for him as a courtesy if he brings it in. They can
check the VIN and his ownership papers, and they push some magic buttons in
their computers.

LIW

"Scott" <Profireman1@NOSPAMcharter.net> wrote in message
news:ldDCd.11351$GW7.2420@fe04.lga...
> thanx, but it's missin...
>
> dummy buyin a used audi..whats he thinkin ?
>
> is it perhaps marked anywhere inside the auto perhaps ?
>
> what does an auto repair shop do when they unhook the battery ?
>

The dealer can get it for him as a courtesy if he brings it in. They can
check the VIN and his ownership papers, and they push some magic buttons in
their computers.

John

Don't know if it applies to newer Audis, but mine had a label printed
and placed in the bottom of the rear deck on one of the cross members.
John
1990 V8 Q.
On Tue, 4 Jan 2005 13:24:26 -0600, "Scott"
<Profireman1@NOSPAMcharter.net> wrote:

>hey, A guy I work with had a dead battery, now thats it's charged his radio
>won't work.
>
>He needs a code to put into the radio to get it to work.
>
>any idea how the hell to do it without sending it to audi repair shop @ $105
>an hour ?
>

John

Don't know if it applies to newer Audis, but mine had a label printed
and placed in the bottom of the rear deck on one of the cross members.
John
1990 V8 Q.
On Tue, 4 Jan 2005 13:24:26 -0600, "Scott"
<Profireman1@NOSPAMcharter.net> wrote:

>hey, A guy I work with had a dead battery, now thats it's charged his radio
>won't work.
>
>He needs a code to put into the radio to get it to work.
>
>any idea how the hell to do it without sending it to audi repair shop @ $105
>an hour ?
>