Re: [MBZ] Becker 754 - four dashes
I think you are asking for the unlock code. Check the glovebox books, and it is not there and if you are reasonably sure it is the original radio, call Rusty with your VIN and he will GIVE your the unlock code. Okay, so the web forum consensus seems to be that you have to send your Becker 754 (Grand Prix, 86-87) back to Becker when it gets four dashes, or that the dealer can magically reset it somehow and the dealer is sometimes free. I can replace the battery myself, but my sort-of-local dealer wouldn't even order me a key so I'm expecting them to hang up on me when I call. It seems overkill to send the radio back to Becker, I like originality but not at that price. ..but surely Okiebenz doesn't give up so easily? Is there a way to clear the four dashes? Thanks, -Tim ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] Becker 754 - four dashes
On 17/01/2012 5:08 PM, Dieselhead wrote: I think you are asking for the unlock code. Check the glovebox books, and it is not there and if you are reasonably sure it is the original radio, call Rusty with your VIN and he will GIVE your the unlock code. Okay, so the web forum consensus seems to be that you have to send your Becker 754 (Grand Prix, 86-87) back to Becker when it gets four dashes, or that the dealer can magically reset it somehow and the dealer is sometimes free. I can replace the battery myself, but my sort-of-local dealer wouldn't even order me a key so I'm expecting them to hang up on me when I call. It seems overkill to send the radio back to Becker, I like originality but not at that price. ..but surely Okiebenz doesn't give up so easily? Is there a way to clear the four dashes? Thanks, -Tim ___ You sure he is not saying that after having had the radio in 4 different dashes, it is time for a rebuild? If it outlasted 4 cars, that might be reasonable. Randy - as I said, who has lots of great ideas late in the day ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] Becker 754 - four dashes
On Tue, Jan 17, 2012 at 6:08 PM, Dieselhead 126die...@gmail.com wrote: I think you are asking for the unlock code. Check the glovebox books, and it is not there and if you are reasonably sure it is the original radio, call Rusty with your VIN and he will GIVE your the unlock code. No unlock code in the 754, everyone seems to agree on that; the four dashes are the security setting when it is removed without the alarm disabled. I was hoping I could use the code generator that Jim linked a long time ago, so I was disappointed on that as well. The forums talk of some tool that the dealers would use to reset the thing. It was my own fault, I installed it in my '77 without grounding the security pins. D'oh! I'd like to recover it but obviously I'm not too attached to it, since I'm not even sure it works. Thanks, -Tim ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] Becker 754 - four dashes
The guys at Becker will disable that security feature, so you'll never see it again. Other than that, you need to find someone with the original unlock tool. All the dealers used to have them, but there are not too many people left who remember that. Sending it back to Becker isn't such a bad thing... get an iPod cable installed while its there. Rebuild the tape deck, etc. Jaime On Tue, Jan 17, 2012 at 6:01 PM, Tim C bb...@crone.us wrote: Okay, so the web forum consensus seems to be that you have to send your Becker 754 (Grand Prix, 86-87) back to Becker when it gets four dashes, or that the dealer can magically reset it somehow and the dealer is sometimes free. I can replace the battery myself, but my sort-of-local dealer wouldn't even order me a key so I'm expecting them to hang up on me when I call. It seems overkill to send the radio back to Becker, I like originality but not at that price. ..but surely Okiebenz doesn't give up so easily? Is there a way to clear the four dashes? Thanks, -Tim ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com -- Jaime Kopchinski http://www.jaimekop.com/ ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] Becker 754 - four dashes
Jaime, I was thinking about sending my Becker in to Ed for just that - adding the aux input. Do you have his contact information these days? I really liked the stock stereo in my 91 300E, so I may return this one to the original. I saw the amps and related goodies in the trunk when I was cleaning it the other day. Thanks, Dan On Jan 17, 2012, at 7:24 PM, Jaime Kopchinski wrote: The guys at Becker will disable that security feature, so you'll never see it again. Other than that, you need to find someone with the original unlock tool. All the dealers used to have them, but there are not too many people left who remember that. Sending it back to Becker isn't such a bad thing... get an iPod cable installed while its there. Rebuild the tape deck, etc. Jaime On Tue, Jan 17, 2012 at 6:01 PM, Tim C bb...@crone.us wrote: Okay, so the web forum consensus seems to be that you have to send your Becker 754 (Grand Prix, 86-87) back to Becker when it gets four dashes, or that the dealer can magically reset it somehow and the dealer is sometimes free. I can replace the battery myself, but my sort-of-local dealer wouldn't even order me a key so I'm expecting them to hang up on me when I call. It seems overkill to send the radio back to Becker, I like originality but not at that price. ..but surely Okiebenz doesn't give up so easily? Is there a way to clear the four dashes? Thanks, -Tim ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com -- Jaime Kopchinski http://www.jaimekop.com/ ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] Becker 754 - four dashes
Hi Dan, The best contact information is on their website: http://beckerautosound.com/ Good luck, Jaime On Tue, Jan 17, 2012 at 7:49 PM, Dan Penoff lwb...@yahoo.com wrote: Jaime, I was thinking about sending my Becker in to Ed for just that - adding the aux input. Do you have his contact information these days? I really liked the stock stereo in my 91 300E, so I may return this one to the original. I saw the amps and related goodies in the trunk when I was cleaning it the other day. Thanks, Dan On Jan 17, 2012, at 7:24 PM, Jaime Kopchinski wrote: The guys at Becker will disable that security feature, so you'll never see it again. Other than that, you need to find someone with the original unlock tool. All the dealers used to have them, but there are not too many people left who remember that. Sending it back to Becker isn't such a bad thing... get an iPod cable installed while its there. Rebuild the tape deck, etc. Jaime On Tue, Jan 17, 2012 at 6:01 PM, Tim C bb...@crone.us wrote: Okay, so the web forum consensus seems to be that you have to send your Becker 754 (Grand Prix, 86-87) back to Becker when it gets four dashes, or that the dealer can magically reset it somehow and the dealer is sometimes free. I can replace the battery myself, but my sort-of-local dealer wouldn't even order me a key so I'm expecting them to hang up on me when I call. It seems overkill to send the radio back to Becker, I like originality but not at that price. ..but surely Okiebenz doesn't give up so easily? Is there a way to clear the four dashes? Thanks, -Tim ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com -- Jaime Kopchinski http://www.jaimekop.com/ ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com -- Jaime Kopchinski http://www.jaimekop.com/ ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] Becker 754 - four dashes
I remember once going to the dealer with that problem. With the radio still in the dash but with the face plate removed, the tech inserted a special tool that reset the radio. Don't recall if that was a 754 but it very well could have been. On Tue, Jan 17, 2012 at 9:36 PM, Jaime Kopchinski jaime...@gmail.comwrote: Hi Dan, The best contact information is on their website: http://beckerautosound.com/ Good luck, Jaime On Tue, Jan 17, 2012 at 7:49 PM, Dan Penoff lwb...@yahoo.com wrote: Jaime, I was thinking about sending my Becker in to Ed for just that - adding the aux input. Do you have his contact information these days? I really liked the stock stereo in my 91 300E, so I may return this one to the original. I saw the amps and related goodies in the trunk when I was cleaning it the other day. Thanks, Dan On Jan 17, 2012, at 7:24 PM, Jaime Kopchinski wrote: The guys at Becker will disable that security feature, so you'll never see it again. Other than that, you need to find someone with the original unlock tool. All the dealers used to have them, but there are not too many people left who remember that. Sending it back to Becker isn't such a bad thing... get an iPod cable installed while its there. Rebuild the tape deck, etc. Jaime On Tue, Jan 17, 2012 at 6:01 PM, Tim C bb...@crone.us wrote: Okay, so the web forum consensus seems to be that you have to send your Becker 754 (Grand Prix, 86-87) back to Becker when it gets four dashes, or that the dealer can magically reset it somehow and the dealer is sometimes free. I can replace the battery myself, but my sort-of-local dealer wouldn't even order me a key so I'm expecting them to hang up on me when I call. It seems overkill to send the radio back to Becker, I like originality but not at that price. ..but surely Okiebenz doesn't give up so easily? Is there a way to clear the four dashes? Thanks, -Tim ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com -- Jaime Kopchinski http://www.jaimekop.com/ ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com -- Jaime Kopchinski http://www.jaimekop.com/ ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
