1997 Chevy Lumina
Hey, I recently wrote you about how i could get my radio out of my
Lumina, after a hell lot of work I finally was able to start working on it
yesterday. But a problem came up I got the old radio out and the new
(not a factory, but one of those Walmart ones) in, the Cd's played great
and all features worked perfectly. Therefore my wiring is ok
(speakers,power,etc...) But the radio didn't play. I tried several adapters and
even put the old one back in and tried to see if it works with the
radio. It did. Now I think the problem is that i didn't unlock my old radio.
I do have the unlock Key for it and even the procedure. Only problem
is it doesn't make any sense to me. I says I'm supposed to hold the hrs
button until I for the first 2 digits (14) and the min button till the
2nd digits appear (94). Then I am supposed to hold the AM/FM button
till SEC appears. I tyred several variations but nothing works. What is
the correct way of doing it?
JK:
It should not matter if you unlocked the radio at all for the new radio to
function. Sounds like new radio's antenna cable maybe not be in correctly, or
the incorrect adapter for the antenna(if it has one.) Possibly a malfunctioning
radio. All of the radio lock functions and logic are internal to the radio and
should have no affect on a non-gm radio. Try this procedure if you wish.....
Unlocking/ deactivating unit with back-up code or customer code - with battery
and ignition voltages applied and radio power off.
Press the HR button until the LOC disappears and 000 appears on the display.
Note: If the display does not change from LOC to 000 the unit is probably in
the INOP stage, secondary lock-out.
Set the first two digits (01-19) of the code with HR (hours) button.
Note: As if you’re setting the time of day you will not see the 0 in the far left
side. Example; if the first two digits of your code is 02 you will scroll with the HR
button until 2 appears on the display.)
Set the next two digits (00-99) of the code with the MIN (minute) button.
Press the AM-FM button to enter the code. The radio will now be unlocked and
the display will change to the clock. Continue with the following steps to
deactivate the theft deterrent.
Press the HR button until display changes 000.
Repeat steps 2-4 above to remove previous code and deactivation the theft
deterrent system.
If you dont have a code, i can show you how to get factory back-up code which
will unlock radio.
Hey, I recently wrote you about how i could get my radio out of my
Lumina, after a hell lot of work I finally was able to start working on it
yesterday. But a problem came up I got the old radio out and the new
(not a factory, but one of those Walmart ones) in, the Cd's played great
and all features worked perfectly. Therefore my wiring is ok
(speakers,power,etc...) But the radio didn't play. I tried several adapters and
even put the old one back in and tried to see if it works with the
radio. It did. Now I think the problem is that i didn't unlock my old radio.
I do have the unlock Key for it and even the procedure. Only problem
is it doesn't make any sense to me. I says I'm supposed to hold the hrs
button until I for the first 2 digits (14) and the min button till the
2nd digits appear (94). Then I am supposed to hold the AM/FM button
till SEC appears. I tyred several variations but nothing works. What is
the correct way of doing it?
JK:
It should not matter if you unlocked the radio at all for the new radio to
function. Sounds like new radio's antenna cable maybe not be in correctly, or
the incorrect adapter for the antenna(if it has one.) Possibly a malfunctioning
radio. All of the radio lock functions and logic are internal to the radio and
should have no affect on a non-gm radio. Try this procedure if you wish.....
Unlocking/ deactivating unit with back-up code or customer code - with battery
and ignition voltages applied and radio power off.
Press the HR button until the LOC disappears and 000 appears on the display.
Note: If the display does not change from LOC to 000 the unit is probably in
the INOP stage, secondary lock-out.
Set the first two digits (01-19) of the code with HR (hours) button.
Note: As if you’re setting the time of day you will not see the 0 in the far left
side. Example; if the first two digits of your code is 02 you will scroll with the HR
button until 2 appears on the display.)
Set the next two digits (00-99) of the code with the MIN (minute) button.
Press the AM-FM button to enter the code. The radio will now be unlocked and
the display will change to the clock. Continue with the following steps to
deactivate the theft deterrent.
Press the HR button until display changes 000.
Repeat steps 2-4 above to remove previous code and deactivation the theft
deterrent system.
If you dont have a code, i can show you how to get factory back-up code which
will unlock radio.
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