Radio in 'safe' mode

[Tingle13]

Hiya I put a new battery on the car yesterday and now my radio says 'safe' on it. I have tried a few things like leaving it on for a few hours and also leaving the ignition on but still displaying 'safe' any ideas ?
I need my music back

 

[domin8or]

There's a guide in FAQ's but off the top of my head,switch radio ON & go away for an hour leaving it on,you can remove key,ignition OFF but leave radio on manually.come back and should show 2000,which will allow code to be entered

 

[Tingle13]

I have done this and all that happend was the radio turned off :/ getting angry with it now

 

[domin8or]

You have to go out in exactly an hour,if you leave it to long it doesn't work.
Believe me it does work,check out the threads.

 

[andycupra]

exactly an hour? lol never heard of this one.
although you are right, once 2000 is displayed enter the code via the radio pre-set buttons then press PTY i think to enter.

All this assumes you have the correct code

Each incorrect attempt will lead to a longer and longer delay before you can enter a code again.

 

[Brettyboy]

I read the book about the stereo & once you got it working you can set it so you don't have to type code in every time power is disconnected

 

[motty225]

try, keys in the ignition (not switched on) and the radio on for an hour, this was the only way i could get mine to let me put the code in

 

[mclay]

Ive left my radio on for an hour but its still saying safe do I have to press something to be able to enter the code or something

 

[mclay]

Right got it out of safe mode but I type the code in and press the pty button but it doesnt do anything? Any ideas guys

 

[andycupra]

do you have the handbook? does this confirm that the pty button is for entering it?
not much of a help but with mine when you press the pty button to enter it comes straight on

 

[mclay]

I have some literature for my car but not the handbook unfortunatley I tried pressing all the buttons to tell the truth lol but nothing happend so just gave up for today.

 

[Muttley]

There's a sticky thread in the modifications section about getting the Aura unit out of SAFE

 

[Tingle13]

All sorted whoever wrote the code down in my service book got two numbers round the wrong way di#%s

 

[Gaz44]

I have the same problem, the given stereo code doesn't seem to be right. When I enter it and press PTY, nothing happens. So annoying!