Hi and happy new year to you all !

 

I hope someone can give me a definitive answer before I make a mess of this.

 

My question is very basic - if I disconnect the battery will I need to put a radio security code in when I reconnect it ?

 

I'm asking because I haven't got a code.

 

I found this in the repair manual which seems to suggest that I'll need it paired again:

 

"The Infotainment unit must be paired with an appropriate vehicle using the ⇒ Vehicle diagnostic tester. The security code is no longer entered. The Infotainment unit, which is assembled at the factory, is paired only when it is used for the first time with the corresponding ve‐ hicle. If the battery is disconnected and then reconnected or if the Infotainment unit is removed from a vehicle and then re-installed in the same vehicle, pairing with the corresponding vehicle is no longer valid. If the dash panel insert is replaced, the Infotainment unit must be paired with the relevant vehicle once again. The user must have valid authorisation to use a programme to pair the Infotainment unit."

 

Hellllllllpppppppppppppppp!!!!

 

thanks 

 

Simon

No. 

 

Only if you fit a new unit to the car, does the new unit need coding to the car.

 

Thanks. AG Falco

As this question has been asked, I'll add in a bit more just in case you need/want to replace/upgrade that radio in the future.  Quite a lot of the assembles or components as they are referred to, have CP which is Component Protection, what this means is that if you started breaking into cars and stealing any of these protected components, you would have difficulty using them or making money out of them as long as the owners had reported the theft and in theory they get placed on a VW Group banned register.  So if you want/need to replace or upgrade one of these protected components, you can just buy a used one online as long as you trust where it came from, ie a written off car or from an owner, what happens next is, you book your car in o get CP removed from that "new" component, the VW Group Indie or VW Group dealership, check that component on that marque's "mothership" and if it is not listed as stolen, it will get returned to being a "virgin" unit and assigned to your car - and all will be well - but remember that the previous component can now not just get swopped back in as it is no longer assigned to that car, it would need returning to a "virgin" state and then assigning to that car.  This is all just for information and does not change anything that @AGFalco wrote in the previous posting.      I have managed to upgrade a radio from a non DAB one to a DAB one in my own car and the re-assigning of a used one from a scrappy went very well via my local proper VW Group Indie who has the correct VW Group tools and licences.