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Radio Codes from Serial Number
from £5.00

We are able provide you with the manufacturers security code required to unlock and activate your car radio after power loss. Your car radio code information will be delivered digitally following your purchase.
Its fast and easy to obtain the radio code for your stereo, simply follow the steps below to locate your serial and search to see if we have your code available in our extensive database.


Radio Codes from £5.00



Location of Serial No. on Stereos

do not take the serial from a user guideNever take the serial number from any printed paperwork or user guides, since this may not match the actual radio fitted to the car.  Instead, take the serial number from either a label or an engraving on the top or side of your stereo, to ensure the supplied radio code is accurate.


 Radio Code Serial Number Examples

 Radio Code Serial Number Examples

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Just some of our Google Reviews & Ratings

Zoe Barnes
5 Stars
Quick, easy, worked.
Paul Ford
5 Stars
Immediate and accurate code delivered instantly for 27 year old Philips head unit. Thanks, you probably saved me a deal of hassle. Good value service.
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5 Stars
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Alister A
5 Stars
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James Smith
5 Stars
Having replaced the battery on my Focus, them found that there was no radio code in any of the original sales documentation. Ford wanted £20 to get the code, which considering they had not supplied in the first place is a cheek. Once I found the serial no. then went on line to ASW and typed in the no. got a reply within a few seconds. Went out to the car inserted the code and bingo. Excellent service and for a quarter of the price. Well done. Thanks
John daly
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Martin Keveren
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How to Decode your Car Radio

  1. First remove the radio from the car. Our removal guides should help with this.

  2. Locate the serial number, using the illustration(s) as a guide

  3. Enter the serial number into the radio code search

  4. If available, you will be given the option to purchase your code along with delivery information

Once you receive the code, you can use our Free Radio Code Entry Help section to assist you with entering the code.



Serial Number's

car radios will normally contain a 14 digit serial number which can be found either printed on a label or engraved on the side of the unit.

These serials are only visible once the radio has been removed from the vehicle.

Examples of serials include:



More info about retrieving your lost code.

By using our online radio decoding service, you not only save yourself money, but also time and the additional hassle involved. Most vehicle main dealers will require you to book an appointment and take the car and paperwork (v5 logbook) into them before they apply for your radio code.   Once they do apply for the code, 9/10 times it will be based on the vehicle registration or VIN number of the car itself, which is fine if you have owned your car from new. However, receiving the radio code days later only to find that it did not work is yet another inconvenience.

There are a number of reasons why a stereo code based on your vehicle registration or vin number may not work, including:


At Radio-Code, we don't provide radio codes based on the car, instead we provide the code based on the individual and unique serial number of your car radio, regardless of what it was fitted to originally.  Our radio codes have proven to be more accurate than main dealer's because of this.



What our customers have to say...

thank you problem solved. very good service.. Frederick Ade


just wanted to say,, great service and well worth the 5 quid,, saved me loads of hassle of lookin around for code,, keep up the good work. Brian Gilbert


. Deborah Ellis


Hi Sam. Worked perfectly. Many thanks. Pete Brown


Instructions were spot on and the code worked a treat. Thank you very much for the service.. Tony