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rickman

wrote on 8/4/2017 8:47 AM:
On Thursday, August 3, 2017 at 10:52:23 PM UTC-4, wrote:
I have a 2006 Chevy Express van. The radio is the stock Delco AM/FM radio. All my music is on cassettes so I would like to replace it with an equivalent junk yard Delco AM/FM/cassette unit. The problem is that these radios talk to the body control module, and when power up is attempted compare the vehicle's VIN number to that which was programmed into the radio. If they match the unit will work. If they don't, (as would be the case if one were to just switch radios) the "new" radio will not do anything. This is apparently their anti theft scheme.

I have been told that only a GM dealer can reprogram one of these radios for it to work in another vehicle. For the simple procedure of what is probably just erasing an eprom the dealer charges 115.00

The radio is 45.00 plus the 115.00 and I'm way beyond what I want to spend for this.

Does anyone know of a way around this. Thanks, Lenny

I don't understand what you mean that my truck "has one year left". I may only have one year left but that has nothing to do with this discussion either. Perhaps you were being sarcastic. I don't know . It's hard to read people sometimes. I've been an electronics tech for most of my life,(I'm 71) and of course I can install my 1990 Delco AM/FM cassette if need be but a factory radio that would just fit perfectly would be so much easier. So, sure I know what USB is and how it can input to a newer radio and if you don't with all due respect, what are you doing on this forum? Did you read my post? Lenny

He is not saying your truck has one year or ten years left on it, he is just
talking about the fact that you are trying to make the swap with as little
effort as possible, as if you weren't expecting to see it continue to run
for more than a year.

If you think about it, if there was a way to bypass the anti-theft feature,
the thieves would have been the first to learn about it. The difficulty of
installing a new radio is the main reason why I haven't fixed the burned out
lamp in my radio. That and the fact that I don't listen to more than one
station most of the time.

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Rick C