Radio Code?

[donsrno1]

I was just wondering who on here would be able to get the radio code for the radio in my clio? I don't really want to go to renault as the radio is pretty crap and I'll be getting a new headunit soon (christmas I hope ) so don't want to waste my money.

I tried the code in the service book but it doesn't work so I imagine it's different radio to the original - can anyone help and if so what details do you need and I can PM them to you.

Any help would really be much appreciated.

Thanks.

 

[donsrno1]

???

 

[edde]

If the code in your book doesn't work and you think its not the standard one then your stuck take the radio out you might find the number printed on it but beyond that you don't have a chance.

 

[donsrno1]

fcuk! Is there no way to get the code for it?

there is a four digit number printed on a sticker on the back of the radio but that doesn't seem to work either. How do you confirm the number once you have entered the four digits? I had just been entering the number using buttons 1,2,3 and 4 and pressing button six once the code was shown - is that correct?

 

[The Hoff]

Don't even get me started on this!

The other week i disconnected my battery, and on returning to the car was greeted with the radio asking me for a code - simple i thought, so i read the book and went about entering the code printed on the sticker inside my radio manual. ERRKKKK! ERROR, so then i have to wait for 2 minutes before i can retry; again it asks for my code so i enter it via the stalk this time....ERKKKKK! ERROR. Now i have a 4 minute wait...now i have a 30 minute wait.

So in between pulling my hair out and calling Renault to confirm my details, i also contacted J3ned who confirmed my code as being the one in the service manual. Which leaves me absolutely flummoxed. So i take the car to Renault explaining my radio doesn't appear to be playing ball (it is the original radio confirmed via barcode) they basically told me "Strange that, you may have to take it to the original dealer to have it recoded, otherwise it will have to be sent away for repair" So basically i went about arguing that THE RADIO IS NOT BROKEN it just needs the damn code!

The only things i can think of that would influence the code not being accepted is that i have my iPod wired into the CD Changer port instead of the default changer. So i'm not sure if they communicate to verify the code or not, but it seems a long shot.

Eitherway im getting extremely f00ked off by the rattles my car decides to play for me, and by Renaults seemingly inept "computer says no..." attitude.

Anybody has prior experience with these things then please speak up, as right now im thinking about opening the unit up to see what i can bypass. Fact i might look on eBay to see if theres some savvy criminal tool which recodes the damn thing.

donsrno1 - your method of entering the code is correct.

 

[donsrno1]

ozzyo99 - it's bl00dy annoying isn't it. I didn't even think about what might happen when I unplugged the radio. Is ther no way whatsoever to to get the code if it's not the one that was originally with the car?

 

[The Hoff]

Well firstlywhat makes you so sure that the radio isn't the one that was standard to the car in the first place?

Mine is the standard unit and my code sure as hell doesn't work as it should do. And it was annoying for the first day or so, but now its bloody infuriating me!

I've no idea how to go about getting the code though, but im going to take it down to Renault and demand that they help me in some way/shape/form as frankly its some sort of design flaw in my eyes. The radio works fine, the code is correct for the radio, the car is only just two years old and it apparently won't take the code. Dodgy...

 

[donsrno1]

I suppose mine could be the same as yours - i'm not too sure though as there have been four or five owners before me. I've had it out of the car for the last week or so because it wasn't even letting me try and enter the code at all as I had tried that many times LOL.

 

[The Hoff]

And did that allow you to re-enter the code without a lengthy waiting time?

 

[donsrno1]

I don't know mate - the radio is sitting next to me at the PC at the moment. I'll put it back in the car tomorrow and let you know what happens. As with you I found that the time you had to wait increased until the point at which it just wouldn't let me put the code in.

 

[The Hoff]

Well yesterday i had to leave the keys in the ignition for 40 minutes at which point it allowed me to re-enter and then again refuse the code i fed it. So much for preventing theft.

 

[wide]

i lost my radio code, so i rang renault birmingham and said what do i do? they said bring in your v5 and a picture id and it will cost you £15 i said you sure £15 for a code they said yes anyway i rang renault solihull and asked they said the same but no charge! so i go down and it took the woman 5 seconds to find it. basically renault birmingham were just trying to rip me off.