I bought a Concert Radio, single CD unit from a guy on e-bay. He said it's from an 04, my car is a 99, it's plug and play, but comes up safe mode. He said he has no code for it and gave me the VIN for car. I called dealer with VIn and radio number, they want me to bring car in, closest dealer is an hour away and 100 bucks. They also claimed if the previous owner changed the code from the factory setting, they won't be able to retrieve i, I don't have 100 bucks to throw away. There's gotta be some other way. Can I change it with the Vag Com? I searched and someone mentioned a thread showing radio codes, but can't find it. Can anyone help me?

 

ECStuning sells them for like $40 (The radio WITH the code).

 

I looked all over the site, can't find it. But I do have a radio now , am I stuck with no way to unlock it?

 

Try calling Audi of America with the VIN and see if they'll get you the code. If you talk to the right person, they may give it to you for free.

 

I was going to post the link for the Concert Radio at ECS Tuning yesterday, but apparently they are out of stock right now. They only have the Symphony II and Delta radio in stock.

You should keep checking back there, though, because ECS usually has Concert radios for about $35.

 

Is that the Concert I with cassete or Concert II with CD, mine is CD

 

The one they usually sell on ECS is the cassette version.

 

I also read somewhere that the stereo manual states if you lose your code, Audi will provide it free of charge,anyone know if its true.

 

https://www.audiforums.com/forum/b5-...4/#post1336596

 

Call AoA with the vin.