as a matter of interest. a few hours prior to radio working, whilst driving, I noticed SAFE disappear, and the date appeared. (no input from me) a short time later, SAFE appeared again. I left car for an hour, and when I returned, I tried holding the AS button, and turned ignition on. to my amazement, the code appeared, and accepted the code number. nope, I don't understand it, but it may assist someone else with the same problem.
hi lovely people, its working, whoo! whoo! radio 2, radio 4, I am in heaven! ok, heaven for this 70 year old git! but, this is what I did. press as button and hold. turn ignition on. code appeared on display. enter code. radio working. I tried this before, it did not work!!! thank you all again, have a nice day.
hi, yup, tried that many times. have tried everything I can think of! it is stuck on safe, and will not accept any input. as stated previously, battery disconnected (for about six months) a year ago, and accepted code with no problem at all. very strange! thanks for your reply.
hi, ignition on. message on radio SAFE. press radio on/off button, ( and hold, wind backwards, forwards, etc) nothing. press AS button, and hold, nothing. I have disconnected battery for 5 minutes, more than once, nothing. on previous occasion ( a year ago) when battery disconnected, enter code by the book, it worked! now, stuck on safe, and will not allow any input?? am I missing something!
hi again, as stated, safe with no number. cannot switch on or off, it is simply 'dead' chazza notes interrupted power supply. this is obviously what happened when battery went flat, (although I have no idea why, and it has not happened since???) therefore, as the problem appears to be 'interrupted power supply, what do I do next? any information gratefully received.
hi people, thank you for all your replys. did not answer sooner as on holiday touring with my caravan, and no wifi available. I will sift through info, and post if I have any success. have a nice day all
hi, understood, the 2.2 sold to dealer. I note ronomega post, 9/11/2013 had the same problem. SAFE, and unable to enter any info. this is the problem I have after discharged battery. no other info, just stuck on safe. it simply will not accept any instruction.I just wondered, if any one else had any info to add. I have entered code on previous occasion, with no trouble. have a nice day.
I am afraid you have confused me. (although that is easy) didn't mention in earlier post it is a CDR2005. is it just a matter of waiting, because of the anti-theft. but as stated, display does not show amount of tries left, just SAFE.
hi people. my 2003 2.2i battery went flat. jump started it all good, but radio now in safe mode. I have tried to enter code, by the book, but to no avail. safe mode, and will not alter. I have entered code previously, no problem. my question is, if previous owner entered wrong codes, and all ten used up, is it now stuffed? or does the coding reset to ten trys each time the right code is entered. I note there is nothing else other than safe on the display. in anticipation, thank you all.
Garage butchers stripped thread on my 2.5td on warranty service 17 years ago. Since then I put plumbers tape on the thread of bolt, and never had a leak or problem since!
what can I say. excellent advice. special thanks, to theboy, and magwheels. may you win large on the lottery! I have owned this car from nearly new, when I bought it with my redundancy money. one of the best buys I ever made. it has been the wifes car for many years, and she loves that car. in fact she informs me, if I don"t fix it, I'm out on the street, homeless! but, no wurries, fix it I shall, and keep a roof over my head!! have a nice day all.