Time when i change the battery, i need set time again, this is a second radio! thanks

IMPORTANT NOTE:
You must have the security anti-theft code for your VW radio from the car manufacturer, or from a VW dealer!

You can find the radio code at: http://www.radio-code.co.uk/

The sequence of programming for a 1999 VW Passat radio is:
1. Simultaneously push "SCAN" and "RDS" keys until on the screen will appear "1000" displayed.
2. Release keys. No more push on "SCAN" and "RDS" keys because otherwise number "1000" will be considered as first safe code attempt.
For example: we have the security code "5079". Then:
3. By the no.# 1 key you will set up the first safe code digit. Push 5 times on the no.# 1 button. The "5" number will be setted.
4. By the no.# 2 key you will set up the second safe code digit. Push 10 times on the no.# 2 button. The "0" number will be setted.
5. By the no.# 3 key you will set up the third safe code digit. Push 7 times on the no.# 3 button. The "7" number will be setted.
6. By the no.# 4 key you will set up the four-th safe code digit. Push 9 times on the no.# 4 button. The "9" number will be setted.
7. Then simultaneously push again "SCAN" and "RDS" keys to confirm this safe code. On the screen will be displayed "SAFE" notice. Release keys! For few seconds a radio frequence will be displayed.
The radio is now ready to use!

Why would he need the manual to do that ???

The time is self setting !
and to chage the battery just take out the back cover and slide the pin holding the battery in place, and replace it with the with similar battery...

I will try to find the manual for you..

post back in a second

Please follow these steps:

* Press and hold MODE button for 3 seconds: the year digit will flash.
* Press UP ( + ) or DOWN ( - ) to change flashing digits.
* After the first value is set, press MODE button again to confirm and move to the next parameter.
* Continue setting month, date, hour, minutes and temperature display format.
* Press MODE button for the last time to return to the time of day with seconds, after the last parameter is set.

I hope I could help.
Thanks.
gylacz

Hello
To adjust time:
1 Set the power button to ON

2 Press the CLOCK button 3 square cloumms will blink
in the display

3 Set to 13:15 by pressing the DOWN/UP
buttons

(When the button is kept pressed, the minute/
hour indication changes continuously.)

4 Press the SET button; the time will light in
the display

To set to the nearest second...

Press the SET button when you hear the time
signal from a TV or radio

To confirm the time while listening to a CD

or radio broadcast

Press the DISPLAY button briefly on the

remote control unit. Press it again to return to
the previous display

If memory back-up batteries are exhausted

or not installed, and the power cord is plugged

in again after being disconnected, or power is

restored after a power failure, "CLOCK" will
blink in the display. Set the current time again.

Here's the thing: When you change the batteries, the radio thinks you need to reset the time, even though the time has been preserved and is correct even after you change the batteries. Here's what you do: Pretend you need to reset the time. With the radio off (recommended), press and hold the "Band" button with the "set" notation underneath it. The hour will flash. "Reset" the hour by using the tuning buttons, as you would if the radio were new, and then change it back to the correct hour. Press the "Band" button again and repeat the process for the flashing minute display. Press "Band" again to end the process. You will have successfully fooled the H201 into thinking that you have reset the time, and the time display will have stopped flashing. (This does not appear to work if you do not actually pretend to change the hour and minute and just keep pressing the "Band" button -- you have to go through the procedure as though you were actually changing the time.)

Normally there is a "set" and "time" button on the clock itself. By pressing and holding down the "set" button for a second or so, you should access the setting sequence, and the "hour" should start flasshing. Set the hour with the "time" button". Press "set" button again to move to minutes and set. To exit settings, press and hold "set" button again. Hope this helps

If it's the original radio, you have to hold the "set" button and press some of the other buttons to change the hour and minutes. Sorry, can't remember which ones exactly but the "set" button for sure.

Hi,
Download user manual of ICF-SW35 Sony Radio from Sony Support and hope this will help you to turn on the unit.
Thank you.

The radio may not be able to get a strong enough or clear enough signal to process (night is best away from TV, computers and radios).  To regain "control" of the clock, take the battery out, wait 30 seconds and then reinstall it.  This will reset the clock.  You can then manually set the clock. 
Press SET for a few seconds until the hour starts flashing in the display.  Then press the ADJUST button to set the hour.  Press SET to move to the different functions (Hour -> Minutes -> Seconds-> Month -> Date -> Year) each time using the ADJUST button to correct the setting.  Finally press MODE to exit the setting mode.  
If the time zone is incorrect for your area (default is PST), press MODE to enter the Alarm Time Mode; then press SET to flip through the time zones; then press MODE again to exit.
The little "reset" is for use if the LCD display doesn't come on when the battery is changed. It doesn't affect any of the clock settings per se.

Hold the Alarm Set button down for about 5-7 seconds. The year will flash. Skip the year and date by pressing Alarm Set a couple times until the time is displayed. Use the Up and Down to change, then press Alarm Set one more time to save it. This clock is ****, by the way. I run into them in hotels and it makes me nuts as well. Very non-intuitive.

On the time lost issue...there is a button battery (CR2032) in a compartment underneath. That battery keeps the internal time so when the clock is plugged in, it "instantly" sets the time. Problem is, if the internal time is set wrong, then it instantly sets the wrong display time when it it plugged in. See procedure above to correct that.