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General => Car audio => Topic started by: billy_vw on 17 January 2009, 11:01

Title: SONY - CODE IN
Post by: billy_vw on 17 January 2009, 11:01

Im picking up my 16v next friday and the Sony stereo says CODE IN

Does anyone know a cheap fix?

(http://i135.photobucket.com/albums/q131/billy_vw/codein.jpg)

Title: Re: SONY - CODE IN
Post by: ToRo on 17 January 2009, 11:07

Put the code in?

Ask the owner if he still has the manual for it, should be written in there

Title: Re: SONY - CODE IN
Post by: billy_vw on 17 January 2009, 13:11

I buying from a dealer who does not have the code

Title: Re: SONY - CODE IN
Post by: Ben Lessani on 17 January 2009, 13:20

There is a fix for Sony stereos - but I can't remember for the life of me where I read it.

Take this with a pinch of salt!

Remove the stereo, on the underside there is a sticker which covers up an access hole to the circuit board. Under this sticker there is 4 solder points, if you solder all 4 to each other, it blanks the requirement to need a code.

Or something like that :grin:

Title: Re: SONY - CODE IN
Post by: billy_vw on 23 January 2009, 08:35

Any more advise please as im just picking up car

Title: Re: SONY - CODE IN
Post by: stevie boy 01 on 30 January 2009, 19:15

have you got it sorted yet.... as i have the same unit

Title: Re: SONY - CODE IN
Post by: Josho on 30 January 2009, 19:18

I have a program that you can put the serial in and it will give you the stock code.

Title: Re: SONY - CODE IN
Post by: billy_vw on 30 January 2009, 21:26

Quote from: stevie boy 01 on 30 January 2009, 19:15

have you got it sorted yet.... as i have the same unit

NOpe

At present i bought another headunit of Ebay , Appaerntly you have to enter the code by a sequence of buttons from the remote

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Title: Re: SONY - CODE IN
Post by: Godzilla on 31 January 2009, 09:11

If the seller has the code bud then it is entered via the remote.  If he does not have the code then the only way round these headunits is to solder the 4 pins.......... I will dig out a photo for you a bit later as have done 2 of them before  :wink:


Looks a tidy Valver inside.....nice with the leather  :smiley:

Title: Re: SONY - CODE IN
Post by: stevie boy 01 on 01 February 2009, 16:05

i have the same unit its a sony mask .. and i have the remote ... .. i think the codes are all the same ... have you tried a code yet.......

Title: Re: SONY - CODE IN
Post by: billy_vw on 02 February 2009, 17:37

No , im in need of a code

Title: Re: SONY - CODE IN
Post by: stevie boy 01 on 02 February 2009, 20:16

do you have the remote for the unit.... i will give u a code to try.. ...

Title: Re: SONY - CODE IN
Post by: billy_vw on 06 February 2009, 13:58

Quote from: stevie boy 01 on 02 February 2009, 20:16

do you have the remote for the unit.... i will give u a code to try.. ...

I had 2 reomtes , but now sold them on Ebay @ £19.99 each , gonna stick the stereo on there for spares as i fitted another sony headunit to run my multichanger.