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Volvo 440, 460 and 480 radio code from your serial

These Volvos have Philips-built radios with a serial starting VO. Take the radio out, type the serial in, and your Volvo radio code comes back in seconds.

Where do I find it?

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  • Years we cover: 1988–1996
  • Serial: 14 letters and numbers starting VO, like VO652FA9008799
  • Where: on the label on the radio
  • Code: in seconds, 246,000 codes held
Radios we cover
  • VC-601
  • VC-608
  • VC-708
  • VC-802
  • £9.99one price per code
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Which radio is in your Volvo 440, 460 and 480?

Volvo fitted the 440, 460 and 480 from 1988 to 1996 with Philips-built Volvo radios: CR-601, CR-602, CR-608, CR-708 and CR-802 (also written VC-). Radios do get swapped, so go by the serial: the free check reads it for you.

YearsRadiosSerialCode
1988–1996440, 460 and 480 Philips-built Volvo radios: CR-601, CR-602, CR-608, CR-708 and CR-802 (also written VC-) 14 characters on the label, starting VO Instant

How to find your Volvo 440, 460 and 480 radio serial number

Where it is

On the label

  1. Take the radio out.
  2. Copy the serial from the label: 14 letters and numbers starting VO.

Photograph the label rather than copying it by hand — 0 and O, 1 and I are easy to mix up.

RADIOPush both keys in until they click, then pull the radio forward

It comes out with a pair of radio removal keys. Which keys, and where they go: how to remove a car radio.

Tips for your Volvo 440, 460 and 480

  • The name on the front reads CR-608 or similar; the trade often writes the same radios as VC-608.
  • The radio has to come out: the serial is on a label on the case, sometimes engraved on the side.
  • Later Volvo radios (the SC- and HU- series in the 850, 940 and S/V cars) use a different system we can’t do.

How to enter your Volvo 440, 460 and 480 radio code

Volvo VC-series (Philips)

  1. VC-601 and VC-608: press P1, set each number with the station button, then press P1 to save.
  2. VC-602 and VC-802: press P1 until COD shows, then set each number with the right tuning arrow.

Every button press, and what the screen does if the code is wrong: How to enter a Philips radio code.

If your Volvo 440, 460 and 480 radio says LOCKED, WAIT or SAFE

RadioWhat to do
Volvo VC-series (Philips)Leave the radio on for up to 2 hours after a failed try.

What LOCKED, WAIT and SAFE mean, and how long to wait →

Volvo 440, 460 and 480 radio code questions

Which Volvo radios can you unlock?

The Philips-built radios of the 440, 460 and 480 with a serial starting VO.

My 850 needs a code.

The 850 and 940 use SC- and CR-900 series radios, which aren’t ones we can do. Type the serial in and the free check will tell you for nothing.

Where is the serial?

On the label on the radio case, after taking the radio out.

What does the serial look like on a Volvo 440, 460 and 480?

1988–1996, Philips-built Volvo radios: CR-601, CR-602, CR-608, CR-708 and CR-802 (also written VC-). 14 characters on the label, starting VO. For example VO652FA9008799.

Do I have to take the radio out of my Volvo 440, 460 and 480?

Yes: the serial is on the label, not the screen. It comes out with a pair of radio removal keys.

How do I enter the code on a Volvo 440, 460 and 480?

On a VC-601 or VC-608: switch on, the display shows C, press P1, then the station-increment button until the first digit shows, and repeat for all four digits before pressing P1 to save. On a VC-602 or VC-802: press P1 until the display shows COD, then the right-hand tuning arrow to set each digit with P1 after each one.

Another Volvo?

Every Volvo radio we can unlock is on our Volvo radio code page. Close to this one: VC Series.

Updated October 2026