A4 Radio Stuck in SAFE Mode

[Tony Hoffman]

This is also true of Audi radios, and what I suspect. The key has to be in
the run position, and the radio on for at least half an hour, IIRC. Been
years since I've had to do this.

Tony

On Tue, Dec 20, 2011 at 1:44 PM, Huw Powell <audi at humanspeakers.com> wrote:

> That might not be a good idea, some of these radios go into "brick mode"
> after too many failed tries.
>
> Anyway, try searching out there on the internet, I have heard of some
> (VW?) radios that require a special procedure to get them back to being
> ready to accept your code, like leaving the radio on (engine running...?)
> for an hour or something like that.
>
> I wonder why it isn't responding?  I can't see why a mechanic would try to
> wake it back up and fail.
>