Really??? No one would give you the code on the radio you had?

I ought to start up a business. PayPal me $10 and I'll get the code for an DI radio. All I need is the VIN and the serial number on the back of the radio.

I just cannot believe that people here on this board are having such a hard timing getting a radio code for an almost 20 year old vehicle from the dealer.

 

You would be doing a service as GB4X4radio charges $25.00 for that service according to their website.

 

Is it really that hard for someone to look up the phone number of a dealer, call them up, explain that they have a Discovery and that the they need the code for the radio? Is it that hard to give the service department the VIN of the truck and serial number for the radio while explaining that you don't know if it's the original radio or not?

Now, if the dealer says they need you to come into the shop or fax a copy of the registration or a title or any other proof, simply thank them, hang up the phone and go back to the computer to retrieve another dealer's number and repeat the first paragraph.

It's not that tricky. Try not to sound like you're "put one over on the service rep" or sounding like a dick and you should be fine. All I do is call up my dealer, give them the VIN and serial number and they call back within minutes with the code. I don't know them, they don't know me, they're just providing a simple service for a customer with a 15-20 year old vehicle.

 

My local dealer wouldn't do it over the phone for my 97, so I took in the registration and he gave the number up, as well as explaining that if it beeps before the code is accepted, start the code sequence from the beginning again.
The whole shop was kinda cagey, all moping around saying I had to see the service manager, acting like I was stealing radios out of Discos to sell at the flea market.

It beeped a couple times on 5, then 26542 and the radio came on.

I got the card with my 98, and so I wrote 14141 in the glove compartment and it worked straightaway when I changed the battery. After reading about the dash mat trick here, I looked under the rubber mat, and there it was 14141.

 

I just bought a 2003 Discovery II HSE. Had to disconnect the battery for maintenance. Called the dealer and gave them the VIN. They gave me a 4-digit code, buy the NAV radio wants a 5-digit code. Somebody removed the glove box label that may have had the code. Do I need to remove the NAV radio and get the serial number or code off the radio unit? Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

 

Did you get the serial number form the back of the nav unit? I also have an HSE '03 Disco and I will be attempting to pull the head nav unit out in the am, not sure how to do this but form what I have seen on youtube it is pretty simple using a pair of thin metal strips about 1/4" wide and 6-8" long to insert into the slits on the radio border to depress the locking mechanism within the head unit that holds it secure to the dashboard. In any event I too called LR USA and a local dealership and got no where aside form a four digit 0000 code which is useless. I am going to use the serial number and call back LR USA and see if I get anywhere with that approach. My question is, what is the procdure for actually inserting the numbers on one of these nav units, like manually, and are there any other buttoons to press, etc. mIf anyone knows the answer please help. Sorry to be so long with this but that is where I have gotten with my codeless radio.....

 

Mine does this too. I have the code, and I know it's right because it's unlocked the radio in the past. But now the radio just blinks and beeps nonsensically when I try to input it and won't accept a thing. And yes I've done the long reset period.

 

I had the battery on mine disconnected for two days last week and afterwards the radio would not accept the code. I left the key in the aux position with radio on and displaying "code" for about two hours yesterday and it took it on the first try.

 

After reading this thread I went out and checked the bottom of the rubber mat for a radio code. There was none, but there is now - good idea.

When I bought my 98 last year I called the LR dealer in Little Rock, was transferred to the service department, asked for a code, was told it probably had a different radio by now and wouldn't work, but Mike took the vin and after a minute came back with a code that worked like a charm. Turned on the radio - entered the code - and on it came. Sounded pretty good too, and once I learned to put CDs in the changer label-side-down it works too and I also like having the weather channels.

Don't see why some folks bash the original radio unless they are among the booming-base-that-rattles-other-cars-at-the-stoplight crowd. It suits my needs just fine.

 

to the one that got the code from their dealer with no problem, can you possibly give the phone number for them, and I will sure try them first. Thanks in advance.