Cracking the Safe code - Wiesbaden Radio

[LL - NY]

The reason for the permanent disabling was the belief that thieves wouldn't
try too hard to steal radios from VAGs (which were big
targets in the 80's and 90's due to good radios being in easy to break in
cars) if they knew the radios would be disabled. Wasn't intended to be for
people to move them from car to car.

LL - NY


On 2/19/06, Ben Swann <benswann at comcast.net> wrote:
>
> I had contacted the dealer - said they could get me the code if I gave
> them
> the SN to the radio and  of the car it was going into.  I decided to try
> the
> procedure - 1111 unlocked the radio immediately.  If I had no success with
> that or 0000 or 1234 then I would have tried the dealer.  It seems it was
> more up to the customer to change the code originally, and so a lot of
> these
> were left with the default (1111).
>
>
>
> My understanding is six tries and the radio is disabled permanently.  I
> suspect one could ZAP the units volatile memory - some circuits do this by
> connecting the positive and ground with no battery connected or reversing
> polarity using a 9V cell.  The latter seems kind of risky.  Perhaps
> someone
> has a good idea what exactly would work.  It does not make sense that they
> would allow this to render a perfectly good radio usless permanently.  I
> would also think that if it had been sitting for long enough - such as
> been
> used for a book holder or doorstop, then the volatile memory may have
> become
> erased on its own.
>
>
>
> Ben
>
>
>
> _____
>
> From: cobram at juno.com [mailto:cobram at juno.com]
> Sent: Sunday, February 19, 2006 2:47 PM
> To: benswann at comcast.net
> Cc: quattro at audifans.com
> Subject: Re: Cracking the Safe code - Wiesbaden Radio
>
>
>
> "Ben Swann" <benswann at comcast.net> writes:
>
> > The good instructions found on Ti's page and entry of theMAC-11 BAD
> > ECU fault code worked...Ben
>
> This thread motivated me to energize the doorstop Wiesbaden and see if it
> would accept codes.  Won't go out of safe mode, any dongle around the "six
> try and I die" feature?
>
>
>
> BCNU,
> http://www.geocities.com/cobramsri/
> I don't know where we're goin', but there's no sense bein' late.
>
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