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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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Valick Condrat
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Werner Loser
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Thank you for the prompt service. I'm so happy to be able to listen to the radio again.
Tammy Middlewick
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So quick and easy, we had the code in simply a minute. Very happy
Rodion Makhotin
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Good job. Helped with the code for BMW Professional RDS BE2455
Richard Milne
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John Whalley
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Jonathan Allan
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Went on website paid my £4.99 and entered radio serial code and received radio code within seconds . Highly recommend this company

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.



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Many thanks, I've obtained the code for may radio and it work immediately as soon I put it. You have made another person VERY HAPPY to have music in the car. . Massimo Losito


I've been without a radio since changing my battery (first car didn't know) and I just found you guys. You guys are absolute legends, fiver for my radio code. Banging deal, keep up the good work my dudes.. Bradley Green