Hello All,

 

I can't seem to search the forum on my iPad.

we have a 64 Rapid and a 63 Polo. They both have similar radios.

I need to charge the batteries as the cars don't do many miles. 

I have looked in the manuals, but can't find any radio codes. 

Will I need codes if I disconnect the battery's?

If so, how would I find out what they are?

 

many thanks in advance, Alex

 

no, radio will be coded to the car one would expect.

Ahh, I see. The radio checks the car to see if it's the right one.

that does make sense in this day and age.

many thanks,

Alex

Do you need to disconnect the battery to charge it, or can you simply charge it up in situ on your driveway/in garage or what have you?

15 hours ago, RMurphy195 said:

Do you need to disconnect the battery to charge it, or can you simply charge it up in situ on your driveway/in garage or what have you?

 

I agree with that question, if the charger you currently own is not "smart" or modern, bin it and get a better quality one that you can trust to use on modern cars without disconnecting the battery, save a lot of time and effort.  I have a C-TEK that is connected to my lightly used car when it is not required to get used, and a cheapish "RAC" (Argos distress purchase from years ago) 8 amp "kind of smartish maybe" charger that I use on the late 2009 Ibiza when it has not been used for a while and needs a top up. I think that I passed most or all of my older nastier chargers to a "good home" for charging tractor batteries (so he said!).

Edited 12 February, 20179 yr by rum4mo

Thanks for your advise. I bought a smart charger from Amazon, as when I looked at the connections to the battery in the car, it looked quite tricky to remove. The + had a whole module of cables bolted to the top.

The charger did a test at the start on the polo and gave it 20%

its been recharging since yesterday now and seems to be sitting at 90% now. 

I bought a Ring 12A Smart Charger as it said it was safe to use connected as it's is very careful with what it does.

Careful is good.  My workmates jump started a Toyota Prado V6 petrol last autumn and fried the ECU... which led to several inconvenient breakdowns and then a 40 mile tow to the repair shop.