MK5 Golf GTI

All Things Mk5 => How to Guides / Troubleshooting => Topic started by: GTi E30 on July 18, 2013, 10:21:06 am

Title: Head unit code
Post by: GTi E30 on July 18, 2013, 10:21:06 am

Hi guys...

I want to fit my standard headunit back into my Golf but iv look & I don't have the radio code...

How do I go about sorting this out...

Cheers... :happy2:

Title: Re: Head unit code
Post by: bacillus on July 18, 2013, 04:08:40 pm

Technically the can network should recognise it and not ask for a code.

Title: Re: Head unit code
Post by: Lewis on August 09, 2013, 12:15:10 am

If it isn't automatically recognised again by your car, then take the H.U. To your local dealership and they will give you the code free of charge!

Just make sure you take the log book of your vehicle with you and some I.D. (I think it's to prove it wasn't stolen)

Title: Re: Head unit code
Post by: Palooza on August 11, 2013, 11:47:37 pm

If the head unit is one you've bought after then theres services on eBay that do it for a small fee, you could also try finding a place near you that may decode it for you

Title: Re: Head unit code
Post by: sanj on August 13, 2013, 09:38:51 pm

Quote from: bacillus on July 18, 2013, 04:08:40 pm

Technically the can network should recognise it and not ask for a code.

This is correct as I refitted my old MFD2 last week and it never asked for a code! :smiley:

Title: Re: Head unit code
Post by: Christian1402 on August 17, 2013, 10:34:33 am

Quote from: Lewis on August 09, 2013, 12:15:10 am

If it isn't automatically recognised again by your car, then take the H.U. To your local dealership and they will give you the code free of charge!

Just make sure you take the log book of your vehicle with you and some I.D. (I think it's to prove it wasn't stolen)

They charged me a tenner to get my code!  :fighting: