If the Volvo dealer cannot supply your code then your only option now is to remove it from the dashboard and take it into a Decoding Service.(or your local Car Radio / Audio Store )
They will connect it up to a laptop and electronically read / recode the security memory chip (EEPROM)
Testimonial: "thank you i will try that. it is hard to get a 24v radio .12v get to hot and damage cds ."
The reason is because your radio code is not built in the radio, the code is programmed by the owner. If you dont who owned it before you to ask, it maybe written down in the owners manual. If not it will to go to a dealer or good radio service. Center.
The four-digit code is unique to your radio; your neighbor's code will not work on your radio. So what to do if you've misplaced, or never received, the white card, like most people?
Dealers have your radio code in a database, and can look it up. Many will give you the code over the phone if you've lost your card. You can call any Volvo dealer: they all have the same computer system to look up your Volvo radio code.
Sometimes the code is written on the radio itself. But you have to pull the radio out (not hard) to see it.
Other dealers will have you drive to their lot and speak to them in person. Because the dealer will need to read off the radio's serial number to cross-reference it with the unique code, bring your radio, and your Volvo. Some reportedly charge US$10-$100 for this. Hmmmmm. I suppose dealers can choose to charge for this, and we can choose to not go back, right?
Finally visit this site & keep your VIN no. ready
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