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MK3 Radio Code

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Hi all.
My OEM radio is on the blink, and I’m planning to buy a second hand one as a replacement.
Does anyone know if the standard radios need a code? I don’t want to buy a second hand one and then find I can’t use it.
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Re: Radio Code

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I've disconnected/connected my battery many times over the years and never needed a code so the answer is no
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supercookie wrote: 21/06/20 21:22 I've disconnected/connected my battery many times over the years and never needed a code so the answer is no
Many (if not all) MK2's had coded factory head units
https://www.mr2oc.co.uk/know-your2/mk2/ ... ocked.html
You would have thought MK3's would be similar?
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surely if you buy secondhand the seller will give you the code :confused1: if it needs one .
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If he knows it ;)
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If he does'nt dont buy it :facepalm:
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Well I wouldn't and you wouldn't, but not everyone thinks of thiings like that. I can remember being asked to wire up a 2nd hand head unit only to find it was coded and the code the person had was incorrect. :facepalm:
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Decided to buy it as it was cheap.
The standard stereo doesn’t need a code.
I now have a working radio at last.
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:th: glad it worked out, useful info about the MK3 head unit code :cool1:
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