Date: Mon, 25 Sep 2000 01:41:20 GMT From: bgordon969nopsamwu.edu (B Gordon) Subject: Re: '93 9000CSE Radio Code problem
On 24 Sep 2000 11:29:04 -0500, MM <xxxnopsamgt; wrote: >Hi, > >I have a 1993 Saab 9000 CSE that I purchased used. It has an in dash >AM/FM cassette stereo as well as it having a combo cd/equalizer unit. > >In the past, the radio has asked for the CODE and I typed in what the >dealer gave me. Sometimes I would have to put it in wrong once before >the radio accepted it the right way. (i.e. if the radio code was 1234, >I sometimes would have to key in 1243 then press the band button and >key in 1234 to make it work.) > >At the moment, the radio is now asking for the code and when I type in >the correct code, the radio displays it, then says CODE again as if I >never typed anything in. If I type in the wrong code, I get the >beeping and have to wait an hour of radio on time before my next >attempt. > >After the hour wait, I press the BAND key and key in the correct code. >The radio displays it as I key it in, but as soon as I type the last >digit, it goes back to showing CODE. I have typeed the correct code >in as many as 30 times in this cycle with it still not working. If i >then key in the wrong code, I have to wait another hour. > >Any way around this to get the radio to work? > >If not, I there is still a CD in the player. What is the best way to >get it out? > >Thanks, >Mike We had an identical problem. We replaced the whole unit with a $150 Circuit City CD receiver. It would be nice to have the equalizer still, but NO MORE GODDAM CODE messages, ever. New unit sounds fine through the Saab speakers. I suspect getting it fixed would be difficult or impossible.
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