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Subject:Re: Radio stays on
From:Dave Mcneely
Date:Sun, 31 Jan 2010 16:12:42 -0600

Thanks

---- Rob <becida@comcast.net> wrote:
> It's an anti theft code built into some radios to keep it from having
> any value to a thief. Take the power away from the radio and you need
> to code to make it work when you apply power again.
>
> Rob
> becida@comcast.net
>
>
> At  1/31/2010 01:55 PM,mcneely4@cox.net wrote:
> >So, clue me in about "the code," please.  My '91 camper has a good
> >radio.  Works great.  Don't know what "code" you guys are talking
> >about.  David Mc
> >
> >
> >---- Rob <becida@COMCAST.NET> wrote:
> > > At  1/31/2010 07:09 AM, Mark A Kippert wrote:
> > > >For a year and a half I've never used the radio because I needed the code.
> > >
> > > When I bought my current Vanagon the radio needed the code, the owner
> > > (he'd had it for years and years) told me it never worked, it did fit
> > > flush. I tossed it and put in an after market.
> > >
> > > I wired it to the power source that works the buzzer when you put the
> > > key in so just having the key in the ignition is enough for the radio.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Rob
>