here  in quebec city area, not only have you  " got " to bring the radio  to
the dealer, but  he has to send it  to VW  in toronto  to have it  " recode
"... it  costs around 100,$ cdn    to do so... good luck on your decision !
pierre a. lachance

----- Original Message -----
From: Charles Lees <cklees@atlantic.net>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: 6 octobre, 1999 00:05
Subject: radio problem

> I have a 1985 Vanagon camper that lives in Florida since new but it has
been to
> the coast, Alaska, Nova Scotia, and throughout the east and I love it! It
Has
> everything on it including a VW DESIGN brand radio which is a (Heidelberg
5 US
> Stero CR) It's always played great but has a weak spot it seems. It has a
theft
> prevention system that doesn't prevent anyone from stealing it but rather
making
> the radio useless to anyone else who has it.
>
> Whenever there is a break in the current to the radio it has to be reset
with a
> code that has to be punched in. To make an already long story longer, if
one
> makes a mistake in keying in their correct code (or what they thought it
was)
> which I guess I did, The manual for the radio says " after the third
attempt
> with the wrong code number the radio can no longer be operated and you
will need
> to go to a VW dealer for help". I didn't use it for a long time and the
battery
> died and was taken out a few times to be charged thus the breaks.
>
> Well I'm a long way from any VW dealer, don't want to go to one, have been
> battling lung cancer for most of this year, and hope some out there knows
the
> trick of how to "fix" the radio without visiting a dealer which is two
hours at
> the closest. ANY HELP WILL BE MOST APPRECIATED
>
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