How to enter a Daiichi radio code

Which buttons set the numbers, which one finishes, and what the screen does if it is wrong.

Before you start

Get the code right first time if you can. Most radios allow a set number of tries and then lock themselves for an hour or more — and a few stop for good. If you are not certain of the code, stop and check the serial against the label rather than guessing.

Fiat Daiichi / 199 CD

Units: Fiat 199 CD, Daiichi and Mopar radios
Fitted to: Fiat Punto, Grande Punto, Punto Evo, 500, Panda, Bravo, Doblò, Idea, Sedici, Croma, Strada, Linea, Fiorino, Qubo and Ducato; the Alfa Romeo MiTo and Giulietta; the Lancia Ypsilon, Musa and Delta; the Abarth 500 and Punto; the Vauxhall and Opel Combo of 2012–2018; and the Peugeot Boxer and Bipper and Citroën Relay and Nemo.

Getting the serial first

You need the code before any of this is any use, and the code comes from the serial.

  1. The serial is not shown on screen.
  2. Take the radio out with 4 removal pins (2 each side).
  3. Read the serial on the label on the radio (on a Grande Punto it is on the back, by the plug).
  4. Type in the last 4 numbers, or the letter and 4 numbers.

What it looks like: 4 numbers, or a letter and 4 numbers

Putting the code in

  1. For each number in your code, press the button with that number on it, once.
  2. There is no OK button: the radio takes the code after the 4th number.
  3. You have about 20 seconds for the whole code.

If it refuses the code: WAIT — the delay grows after each wrong try. Leave the radio on until it clears.

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If the code is refused

Nine times in ten it is one of three things. The code belongs to a different radio, because the serial was misread — an O taken for a zero, or a 1 for an I. The numbers went in in the wrong order. Or the radio is already counting down from an earlier attempt and will not take anything until it clears.

Stop before you use up the tries. Read what the display is telling you first: LOCKED, WAIT, SAFE and ERR each mean something different, and most of them just want the ignition left on for an hour.

Still stuck?

If the code came from us and the radio will not take it, say so on your order page and we will put it right or refund you. That is the whole point of the guarantee: a code that does not work is not a code you paid for.