| Title: | You get surface noise in real life too |
| Notice: | Let's be conformist |
| Moderator: | GOVT02::BARKER |
| Created: | Thu Jul 28 1988 |
| Last Modified: | Mon Jun 02 1997 |
| Last Successful Update: | Fri Jun 06 1997 |
| Number of topics: | 550 |
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%x-posted in XNEWS rec.audio.car I've really blown it this time. I bought a car with a PIONEER KEH-9080SDK Stereo Cassette player with a SecretCODE feature. I had no idea what it actually did and never thought twice about since it had never had a code in it. I've used it for over a year, but now it seems I've entered some number by accident and now it asks for this number when I turn it on. In short, my stereo is now so secure that I can't use it myself. I get 3 tries to guess it every day but since its a 4 digit number there's not much hope of guessing it. I spoke to someone from a Radio Shop whow gave me the address of Pioneer, and said I should send it in with the ownership papers and ther'll probably be a charge to decode it. Problem is I don't have the ownership papers for the thing nor does the guy who I bought the car off back then. There's no chance it was stolen, but I guess it makes little sense to ask Pioneer about it since they'll probably have a firm policy on this anyway. Anybody got any suggestions?
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| 469.1 | A possible solution | TIS::GRUHN | Mon Feb 21 1994 14:27 | 6 | |
Try contacting the dealer you bought it from. He may be able to
contact the previous owner who may still remember the code (unless
his memory is a soggy as mine).
Bill (I think that is what my name is)
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| 469.2 | RTOVC0::SUPPORT_RW | Mon Feb 21 1994 15:49 | 31 | ||
> > Try contacting the dealer you bought it from. He may be able to > contact the previous owner who may still remember the code (unless > his memory is a soggy as mine). > Thanks for the reply Bill, Firstly, I bought the car private and the owner had got the Stereo from another car he'd owned previously and the stereo was already in that one when he bought it.(4-5 years ago) Second, I entered the code myself, thats why its asking for it now for the first time. What happened when I used to start the car was the stereo would display "PASS" for a few seconds before coming on. A week or so ago I remember having hit a button before the "PASS" had gone away then was wondering why the stereo didn't come on. Being a wally I then proceeded to fiddle with all the buttons, while driving, until it worked again. What I must have done is hit the "PLAY" button while a 4 digit sequence was on the display. That sequence is now the code, and instead of displaying "PASS" it now displays "CODE" and after 3 attempts it displays "ERR" and is unusable. Since I was driving at the time I don't know what the number was/is. Hence the Stereo is now "Secure". Of course if I knew then what I know now I would not have done what I did, but that's neither here nor there. The fact is I either have to guess the code, for which I get 3 guesses/day, or get it Decoded by Pioneer, for which the Ownership papers are required, or crack it somehow. Someone suggested a short-circuit might do it, but I'm not sure. | |||||
| 469.3 | cold comfort | IOSG::HORSFIELD | it may be there is room for pushing at the margin of the assumptions | Mon Feb 21 1994 16:00 | 6 |
wasn't there a discussion somewhere about putting stereos in the freezer? somebody must remember...i dunno if it works. jack | |||||
| 469.4 | WOOPS | TIS::GRUHN | Mon Feb 21 1994 16:49 | 8 | |
re: .2 One hundred thousand apologies. I realized the moment I
started reading your reply that yes, you did say that you had entered
the code yourself. I am the one who is always complaining about
other folks not reading or listening to what I say, and now I go out
and do the same thing myself. I'll try not to let it happen again.
Bill (the one with the red face)
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| 469.5 | How Vauxhall code it. | UPROAR::WEBSTERM | any old string | Wed Feb 23 1994 15:35 | 13 |
Don't know if this is relevant, but my other half recently bought a
second hand Vauxhall with a coded sterio and no past vehicle history
etc. The sterio doesn't require a the code when turned on but just in
case we went along to a Vauxhall dealer who examined the unit so they
could provide the serial no information to Vauxhall services folks.
The service folks posted info on the default key code etc. to us a few
weeks later after checking the car details.
Needed the logbook and proof of ownership at the Vauxhall dealer and it
cost a few quid.
Regards Mike Webster
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| 469.6 | There's no quick way. | RTOVC0::SUPPORT_RW | Mon Feb 28 1994 10:43 | 14 | |
Thanks for the tips, BTW The freeze technique failed miserably. I put by fridge on MAX such that even the stuff in the regular fridge part froze so the freezer must have pretty damn cold, but no luck. I've now got to get a "Staatlichesomethingorothererklaerung" from the polizei to prove ownership then I'll get a radio shop to send it off to pioneer for "Geraetediebstahlschuetzdecodierung". Its not so complicated here in Germany after all. :-) Richard. | |||||
| 469.7 | I guessed it! | RTOVC0::SUPPORT_RW | Fri Mar 04 1994 09:14 | 12 | |
Hey Cool, I guessed the number this morning. Gottseidank! I had my doubts anyway about convincing the German police it wasn't stolen so I decided to have a go a cracking it. I knew it was limited to the digits 1-6 so there was only 7000 or so possible combinations. I will admit to there being a fraction of luck involved. :-) | |||||