Car radio not working?

Question

I have a 2000 Honda Accord, I changed the battery on the weekend and now my radio won't work. It is asking for a code. Were do I get the code from? Help......

Answer 1

With Honda you need an 'anti-theft' code to reactivate the radio. whenever the electrical power to the radio is interrupted the system "thinks" that the radio has been stolen and it goes into anti-theft mode.

if you purchased the car new, then you might find a white card about the size of a credit card with the owners manual or papers you received when you bought it. that card would have the anti-theft code on it.

if you can't find the card, call the dealer you bought it from. they may have the code on file from when they sold the car. however, most dealers only keep records for 7 years and often in remote storage locations so don't count on them having the code.

if you don't have the card, look inside the glove box for a white label about 1" long and 1/2" high. It may have two rows of numbers or just one. If it has two rows, the 5 digit number on the top is your anti-theft code. if it has one row of numbers about 9 charactors long, it is the serial number for the radio.

if you have only the serial number for the radio, you can call any Honda dealer, give it to them and ask them to look up the radio code on their Honda system. each radio code is specific to the serial number of the radio; there is no 'universal' code.

if you can't find the tag in the glove box, look under the rear trunk lid. if the car has an ashtray, pull it out and look at the backside or underside of the ashtray. the dealers put the tags in a variety of places when they did the initial inspection on the car.

if you can't find the tags, then try this. with the key in the igntion switch and the key ON but the rado turned OFF, hold in the station select buttons number 1 & 6 with your right hand. then, while holding those buttons in, turn the radio ON with your other hand. You should see a series of 5 charactors on the display starting with the letter U and followed by 4 numbers. write them down. then the display will change to a second set of 5 charactors starting with the letter L and 4 numbers. write them down. then call the honda dealer and give them those numbers--those numbers are the serial number of the radio.

if all else fails, the radio will have to be removed to get the serial number off of the manufacturer plate on the back of the radio. dealerships will not charge to retrieve the code for you but will charge to remove the radio.

Hope that helps

Answer 2

You get the car radio code from the manual that came with the car. If you have lost it then tough luck. You'll have to go to a garage to get them to unlock the radio.

Answer 3

you have have been given a short on your wiring someplace, the relaxing is attempting to locate it. one component you may try tho previously hand.. take the disguise off your dome gentle and get rid of the bulb.. replace the fuse for the radio/dome gentle yet leave the dome bulb out and see if the radio keeps to be on then youll as least have an theory or the place to start finding. desire this facilitates

Answer 4

ahhaa typical "radio not working" question. When you replace your batteries, your car's ECU gets resetted. So you need the codes to reset the ecu and you would get them from the dealership.

Answer 5

call the dealer with your vin # and they should have the code.Good luck

Answer 6

well your first problem is you bought a Honda!! Second problem is dunno take it in!