[MBZ] Becker 754 - four dashes

2012-01-17 Thread Tim C
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

Re: [MBZ] Becker 754 - four dashes

2012-01-17 Thread Dieselhead
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

Re: [MBZ] Becker 754 - four dashes

2012-01-17 Thread Randy Bennell
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

Re: [MBZ] Becker 754 - four dashes

2012-01-17 Thread Tim C
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

Re: [MBZ] Becker 754 - four dashes

2012-01-17 Thread Jaime Kopchinski
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

Re: [MBZ] Becker 754 - four dashes

2012-01-17 Thread Dan Penoff
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

Re: [MBZ] Becker 754 - four dashes

2012-01-17 Thread Jaime Kopchinski
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

Re: [MBZ] Becker 754 - four dashes

2012-01-17 Thread andrew strasfogel
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