A6 battery replacement Question: Radio code

[Robert Rossato]

Depending on the radio, you can chose to not have the theft code be
active.  The factory radio on my '93 VW Corrado is this way.  Once the
radio is unlocked you can press a different sequence of buttons to turn
the feature on/off.  On the other hand, the radio on my '95 S6 does not
appear to have that feature.  Not familiar with the newer radios used by
VW/Audi, but if they still have that option the instructions would be in
the owners manual for the radio, not the vehicle owners manual.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: quattro-bounces at audifans.com 
> [mailto:quattro-bounces at audifans.com] On Behalf Of Britt Crowell
> Sent: Monday, September 11, 2006 4:42 PM
> To: quattro at audifans.com
> Subject: Re: A6 battery replacement Question: Radio code
> 
> 
> I have a friend kill my batt in my '97 A8 last summer. I had 
> my radio code and it didnt work!!!! I even took out the radio 
> to check the serial numbers matched up. Tried about evey 
> other combo too 0000, 1234, 1111 ect. Ended up buying a newer 
> radio from a TT that came with the code. But when I got the 
> radio and pluged it in, it never asked for the code. This 
> year the battery finally gave up the ghost from the deep 
> discharge from last year and I had to replace it. Radio still 
> didn't ask for a code. O' well what ever. Just wanted to 
> bring up that it may not ask for the code and even if you 
> have it and it does, it may not work!
> 
> Good Luck!
> 
> Britt
>   Message: 7
>   Date: Mon, 11 Sep 2006 10:41:56 -0700 (PDT)
>   From: ti at amb.org (Ti Kan)
>   Subject: Re: A6 battery replacement Question: Radio code
>   To: SuffolkD at aol.com
>   Cc: Audi Mailing List <quattro at audifans.com>
>   Message-ID: <20060911174156.8B9FA21B86 at smtp.amb.org>
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> 
>   SuffolkD at aol.com writes:
>   > Can the radio show me its "code' before I disconnect the battery?
>   > How do I do it?
> 
>   No it can't.  It if could, then it wouldn't be much of a theft
>   deterrent feature would it?
> 
>   -Ti