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Radio codes and car pass
21. Sep 2008 at 18:27

I retrieved my car pass details from vauxhall over the summer which contains my radio code. This radio code matches the code on the CCRT 2008 unit in the car. Its just that in my car I found a manual for another unit the CAR 2004 which someone has hand written the code on.

I just wanted to check that the CCRT 2008 will be the original unit because the radio code matches the one on the car pass. Are these units interchangeable?

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Re: Radio codes and car pass
Reply #1 - 21. Sep 2008 at 20:02

Omegadoha, Desert Member wrote on 21. Sep 2008 at 18:27:

I retrieved my car pass details from vauxhall over the summer which contains my radio code. This radio code matches the code on the CCRT 2008 unit in the car. Its just that in my car I found a manual for another unit the CAR 2004 which someone has hand written the code on.

I just wanted to check that the CCRT 2008 will be the original unit because the radio code matches the one on the car pass. Are these units interchangeable?

Usually, the carpass says radio type and code,
eg:

Radio 2008/xxxx (where xxxx is code)

Radios are generally interchangable.

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Omegadoha, Desert Member Omega Knight Offline Posts: 1357 Doha, Qatar Drives: 3.2 V6 2002	Re: Radio codes and car pass Reply #2 - 22. Sep 2008 at 07:03 My car Pass only has one radio code on and it works with my current radio the CCRT 2008. So surely this has to be the original one. Please let it be.
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TheBoy Administrator Offline TBE has an MOT! Posts: 64817 Brackley, Northants Gender: Drives: 98 MV6, 03 Elite, 00 25, 89 ZX10	Re: Radio codes and car pass Reply #3 - 22. Sep 2008 at 08:20 Omegadoha, Desert Member wrote on 22. Sep 2008 at 07:03: My car Pass only has one radio code on and it works with my current radio the CCRT 2008. So surely this has to be the original one. Please let it be. Likely to be, else dealer has officially changed radio and updated GM's central database. But, does it matter?
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Re: Radio codes and car pass
Reply #4 - 22. Sep 2008 at 08:48

It sounds as though you have a handbook in the glovebox for a different stereo. Don`t quite see the problem here?

Undecided

However, here is a quick fix.

1: Open Glovebox
2: Locate manual that covers the radio that is not fitted to your car.
3: Remove said manual and offer to someone who can make use of it.
4: Close glovebox

Follow those instructions, and not only will your problem have gone away, but from what I can make out from your original comments, you will be left with the correct working car pass for your stereo.

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Re: Radio codes and car pass
Reply #5 - 22. Sep 2008 at 08:51

Omegadoha, Desert Member wrote on 21. Sep 2008 at 18:27:

I retrieved my car pass details from vauxhall over the summer which contains my radio code. This radio code matches the code on the CCRT 2008 unit in the car. Its just that in my car I found a manual for another unit the CAR 2004 which someone has hand written the code on.

I just wanted to check that the CCRT 2008 will be the original unit because the radio code matches the one on the car pass. Are these units interchangeable?

Others may be able to answer this one better than I can,

but if a vehicle came down the production line with a CAR2004 originally fitted, would a CCRT2008 have been offered as a dealership upgrade from new? It would explain the working car pass, the accurate (Ahem!) GM database, and the fact that the old manual was still in the glovebox?

Undecided

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dave@dndservices.co.uk
www.dndservices.co.uk
www.instant-radio-codes.com

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TheBoy Administrator Offline TBE has an MOT! Posts: 64817 Brackley, Northants Gender: Drives: 98 MV6, 03 Elite, 00 25, 89 ZX10	Re: Radio codes and car pass Reply #6 - 22. Sep 2008 at 08:58 pretty certain the facelift audio manual i have covers all the 20xx radios in the range
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Re: Radio codes and car pass
Reply #7 - 22. Sep 2008 at 10:23

Dave DND wrote on 22. Sep 2008 at 08:48:

It sounds as though you have a handbook in the glovebox for a different stereo. Don`t quite see the problem here?

Undecided

However, here is a quick fix.

1: Open Glovebox
2: Locate manual that covers the radio that is not fitted to your car.
3: Remove said manual and offer to someone who can make use of it.
4: Close glovebox

Follow those instructions, and not only will your problem have gone away, but from what I can make out from your original comments, you will be left with the correct working car pass for your stereo.

Grin

Thank you for your comments. Thumbs Up!

But thats no way to talk to a potential customer. Grin

The reason why I was getting so paranoid is becasue I have a couple of issues with my existing CCRT 2008, i.e no light and CD jammed. I have purchased a replacement from ebay which hopefully I can pick up in December, when I am back in the country. But then it occured to me that the CCRT 2008 might have not been the original and therefore I might expereince similar problems again.

But obviously the CCRT 2008 must be the original as there is a built in microphone at the courtesy light.

So thanks for putting my mind at rest anyway, enough said and matter closed. Cool

I hope I don't get booked for timewasting. Embarrassed

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Re: Radio codes and car pass
Reply #8 - 22. Sep 2008 at 10:34

Dave DND wrote on 22. Sep 2008 at 08:51:

Omegadoha, Desert Member wrote on 21. Sep 2008 at 18:27:

I retrieved my car pass details from vauxhall over the summer which contains my radio code. This radio code matches the code on the CCRT 2008 unit in the car. Its just that in my car I found a manual for another unit the CAR 2004 which someone has hand written the code on.

I just wanted to check that the CCRT 2008 will be the original unit because the radio code matches the one on the car pass. Are these units interchangeable?

Others may be able to answer this one better than I can,

but if a vehicle came down the production line with a CAR2004 originally fitted, would a CCRT2008 have been offered as a dealership upgrade from new? It would explain the working car pass, the accurate (Ahem!) GM database, and the fact that the old manual was still in the glovebox?

Undecided

The answer to this would be no, the CCRT2008 requires a number of additions that are not part of the standard loom.

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Re: Radio codes and car pass
Reply #9 - 22. Sep 2008 at 11:09

Omegadoha, Desert Member wrote on 22. Sep 2008 at 10:23:

Dave DND wrote on 22. Sep 2008 at 08:48:

It sounds as though you have a handbook in the glovebox for a different stereo. Don`t quite see the problem here?

Undecided

However, here is a quick fix.

1: Open Glovebox
2: Locate manual that covers the radio that is not fitted to your car.
3: Remove said manual and offer to someone who can make use of it.
4: Close glovebox

Follow those instructions, and not only will your problem have gone away, but from what I can make out from your original comments, you will be left with the correct working car pass for your stereo.

Grin

Thank you for your comments. Thumbs Up!

But thats no way to talk to a potential customer. Grin

The reason why I was getting so paranoid is becasue I have a couple of issues with my existing CCRT 2008, i.e no light and CD jammed. I have purchased a replacement from ebay which hopefully I can pick up in December, when I am back in the country. But then it occured to me that the CCRT 2008 might have not been the original and therefore I might expereince similar problems again.

But obviously the CCRT 2008 must be the original as there is a built in microphone at the courtesy light.

So thanks for putting my mind at rest anyway, enough said and matter closed. Cool

I hope I don't get booked for timewasting. Embarrassed

If your CCRT2008 is functionally working, esp wrt phone, the replacement will just slot in fine.

Knacked CD units in the GM 20xx range of stereos are common - yours sounds like a simple failure

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Re: Radio codes and car pass
Reply #10 - 22. Sep 2008 at 11:34

Marks DTM Calib wrote on 22. Sep 2008 at 10:34:

Dave DND wrote on 22. Sep 2008 at 08:51:

Omegadoha, Desert Member wrote on 21. Sep 2008 at 18:27:

I retrieved my car pass details from vauxhall over the summer which contains my radio code. This radio code matches the code on the CCRT 2008 unit in the car. Its just that in my car I found a manual for another unit the CAR 2004 which someone has hand written the code on.

I just wanted to check that the CCRT 2008 will be the original unit because the radio code matches the one on the car pass. Are these units interchangeable?

Others may be able to answer this one better than I can,

but if a vehicle came down the production line with a CAR2004 originally fitted, would a CCRT2008 have been offered as a dealership upgrade from new? It would explain the working car pass, the accurate (Ahem!) GM database, and the fact that the old manual was still in the glovebox?

Undecided

The answer to this would be no, the CCRT2008 requires a number of additions that are not part of the standard loom.

Does that mean then that the CCRT2008 would have to be specified at purchase and the car built accordingly, and not available as a dealership upgrade?

Omegadoha,
If you are replacing an existing CCRT2008 with a similar model, all you should need to do is plug it in and enter the code. The main board contains the important code number, meaning you can also swap the changer section or front panel over if your ebay find proves to be faulty also, or without code.
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Dave

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dave@dndservices.co.uk
www.dndservices.co.uk
www.instant-radio-codes.com

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