CAR STEREO MANUAL DECODING

This service is for units not covered by our Serial Number Decoding service. This includes Philips and Grundig models after the year 1999. Manual decodes have to be sent to our workshop for decoding, when they arrive we will read the code from the memory IC (EEPROM) inside the unit, the unit will then be sent back with a code card with the correct code and instructions how to enter the code if required.

These are some of the tools we use for decoding and programming car radios, some radios can be decoded by connecting a probe to the EEPROM, others need the EEPROM removing.

 


The radio on the left is more difficult to decode, the micro processor has to be removed as the EEPROM that stores the code is inside it.

 

 


These images show the removal of a 24C32 serial EEPROM from a Philips car CD player.

 

 

 


The EEPROM is then connected to the programmer and decoded.

 

 

 

  


All manual decodes are done and re-sent the same day they arrive.

Decodes can be done while-u-wait at our shop.  Note: some models can take up to 1hr.

 

To have a radio manually decoded please click here