short version
New battery
Radio dead - 'Code'
Phone up dealers, give details
"Your code is 3211"
"I need a 5 digit code "
"Then its the last 5 digits of the serial number of the unit- you need
to remove it "
"How?
"Can't help."

......google a bit and it suggets that this unit can be removed with
'keys' shoved in slots on its face

This is its face.
And its face within a face

http://vps.templar.co.uk/Freelander%201/radio.JPG

WTF keys do I need and where can I get them or make them? And how do
they work?

I cut some triangluar stuff out of a baked bean can but it doesnt seem
to work





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On 17/10/2017 17:29, The Natural Philosopher wrote:


http://vps.templar.co.uk/Freelander%201/radio.JPG

WTF keys do I need and where can I get them or make them? And how do
they work?

I cut some triangluar stuff out of a baked bean can but it doesnt seem
to work


A couple of quid on Ebay "car radio removal keys"

Many Yuotube videos showing different keying systems


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The Natural Philosopher wrote:

http://vps.templar.co.uk/Freelander%201/radio.JPG

WTF keys do I need and where can I get them or make them? And how do
they work?

https://google.com/search?tbm=isch&q=stereo+removal+tools

The ones I have (but can't ever remember using, so don't know why I have
them) are similar to the ones used here

http://www.myturbodiesel.com/wiki/ipod-dock-install-in-mk5-jetta-tdi/

On 17/10/2017 17:46, Andy Burns wrote:
The Natural Philosopher wrote:

http://vps.templar.co.uk/Freelander%201/radio.JPG

WTF keys do I need and where can I get them or make them? And how do
they work?

https://google.com/search?tbm=isch&q=stereo+removal+tools

The ones I have (but can't ever remember using, so don't know why I have
them) are similar to the ones used here

http://www.myturbodiesel.com/wiki/ipod-dock-install-in-mk5-jetta-tdi/

I am afraid that my rusty old nails will not do TNPs stereo:-)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DpwoHoSHnHY

Maybe bits of a rusty old hacksaw blade would work on that model of stereo?

However if it really is the last five digits of the serial on the back
of the unit then it's not much of a deterrent to a thief is it?

--
Adam

On 17/10/17 17:46, Andy Burns wrote:
The Natural Philosopher wrote:

http://vps.templar.co.uk/Freelander%201/radio.JPG

WTF keys do I need and where can I get them or make them? And how do
they work?

https://google.com/search?tbm=isch&q=stereo+removal+tools

The ones I have (but can't ever remember using, so don't know why I have
them) are similar to the ones used here

http://www.myturbodiesel.com/wiki/ipod-dock-install-in-mk5-jetta-tdi/
probly came with a stereo

those are what i thnk i need = 'mercedes'

On 17/10/17 18:43, ARW wrote:
On 17/10/2017 17:46, Andy Burns wrote:
The Natural Philosopher wrote:

http://vps.templar.co.uk/Freelander%201/radio.JPG

WTF keys do I need and where can I get them or make them? And how do
they work?

https://google.com/search?tbm=isch&q=stereo+removal+tools

The ones I have (but can't ever remember using, so don't know why I
have them) are similar to the ones used here

http://www.myturbodiesel.com/wiki/ipod-dock-install-in-mk5-jetta-tdi/

I am afraid that my rusty old nails will not do TNPs stereo:-)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DpwoHoSHnHY

Maybe bits of a rusty old hacksaw blade would work on that model of stereo?

However if it really is the last five digits of the serial on the back
of the unit then it's not much of a deterrent to a thief is it?


exactly my reaction, also if I phone up dealer and they give them away
fr free its not that secure either

frankly its ********

In article , Tjoepstil
wrote:
On 17/10/17 18:43, ARW wrote:
On 17/10/2017 17:46, Andy Burns wrote:
The Natural Philosopher wrote:

http://vps.templar.co.uk/Freelander%201/radio.JPG

WTF keys do I need and where can I get them or make them? And how do
they work?

https://google.com/search?tbm=isch&q=stereo+removal+tools

The ones I have (but can't ever remember using, so don't know why I
have them) are similar to the ones used here

http://www.myturbodiesel.com/wiki/ipod-dock-install-in-mk5-jetta-tdi/

I am afraid that my rusty old nails will not do TNPs stereo:-)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DpwoHoSHnHY

Maybe bits of a rusty old hacksaw blade would work on that model of
stereo?

However if it really is the last five digits of the serial on the back
of the unit then it's not much of a deterrent to a thief is it?


exactly my reaction, also if I phone up dealer and they give them away
fr free its not that secure either

frankly its ********

It wasn't meant to be a secure fixing - just a universal fixing allowing
you to change your radio without hacking the dashboard to pieces.

--
from KT24 in Surrey, England

On 17/10/2017 17:40, alan_m wrote:
On 17/10/2017 17:29, The Natural Philosopher wrote:


http://vps.templar.co.uk/Freelander%201/radio.JPG

WTF keys do I need and where can I get them or make them? And how do
they work?

I cut some triangluar stuff out of a baked bean can but it doesnt seem
to work


A couple of quid on Ebay "car radio removal keys"

Many Yuotube videos showing different keying systems


http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/8pcs-Car-R...YAAOSw7GRZGpOZ

This is a set which claims to cover Freelanders, but they are from China

(I'd scrounge from my tame mechanic, only costs a pint).

In article ,
alan_m wrote:
On 17/10/2017 17:29, The Natural Philosopher wrote:


http://vps.templar.co.uk/Freelander%201/radio.JPG

WTF keys do I need and where can I get them or make them? And how do
they work?

I cut some triangluar stuff out of a baked bean can but it doesnt seem
to work


A couple of quid on Ebay "car radio removal keys"

Many Yuotube videos showing different keying systems

You can generally manage with a couple of jeweller's screwdrivers. But
last time I looked Halfords sell the real thing.

--
*Rehab is for quitters.

Dave Plowman London SW
To e-mail, change noise into sound.

On Tue, 17 Oct 2017 22:20:19 +0100
charles wrote:

It wasn't meant to be a secure fixing - just a universal fixing
allowing you to change your radio without hacking the dashboard to
pieces.

It's the digital key that's supposed to be a security device, not the
bent coat hanger you need to remove it from the dash.