Radio code/display message

[MarioAraujo]

Hi everyone,
Im a new member around here, and I found this community beause of one problem with my radio as the title sugests, my car is a fiat Punto from 2000

My old radio broke so a friend of mine gave me an old fiat Punto Radio, i installed it and he gave me one code, but said he wasn't sure if it was the right one.
The radio displayed "Wait" and i entered the code several times, than the message changed to "Identify". I dont know what to do at this point so I came here to ask for some help.

I would be glad if someone could help me
Merry Christmas

(PS:Sorry if my english is not to good

 

[varesecrazy]

Hello, and welcome to the Forum,

as far as i understand....,

the Body Computer of your car is set to recognise it's ORIGINAL radio..so never asks for a CODE,
BUT you've now got a different radio , and you car will not Recognise it..,

Charlie

 

[Davren]

If the display show " WAIT ", it means that someone has entered the wrong code too many times. When the display shows " WAIT " you need to leave the radio and ignition switched on continuously until the display shows "CODE", then " - - - - ", then enter the correct code. Depending on how many times a wrong code has been tried, the waiting time could be up to 24 hours.

I have never seen " Identify " on the display so don't know what that means.
.

 

[MarioAraujo]

If the display show " WAIT ", it means that someone has entered the wrong code too many times. When the display shows " WAIT " you need to leave the radio and ignition switched on continuously until the display shows "CODE", then " - - - - ", then enter the correct code. Depending on how many times a wrong code has been tried, the waiting time could be up to 24 hours.

I have never seen " Identify " on the display so don't know what that means.
.

I think that varesecrazy may be right, because i did what you said about leaving the car and the ignition on and then the display switched to "Identify" instead of the typical "Code" that I was expecting.
I searched all over the internet and found nothing about how to solve this problem

 

[oldhammer]

Might be CANCHECK error,

 

[Davren]

On cars that have the radio code stored in the Body Computer, when fitting a replacement radio, you just enter the code for the replacement radio and the BC automatically stores the new code. This system would only work if your replacement radio is compatible with the BC, so if your car has a BC (I don't know if a 2000 Punto has a BC or not) and your "old fiat Punto" radio is from a car prior to the introduction of the BC in Puntos, then it would not work.

 

[Davren]

Might be CANCHECK error,

" CANCHECK " appears on the radio display if you fit a CAN equipped radio into a car that doesn't have the CAN, or if the CAN wires are not connected.

 

[MarioAraujo]

On cars that have the radio code stored in the Body Computer, when fitting a replacement radio, you just enter the code for the replacement radio and the BC automatically stores the new code. This system would only work if your replacement radio is compatible with the BC, so if your car has a BC (I don't know if a 2000 Punto has a BC or not) and your "old fiat Punto" radio is from a car prior to the introduction of the BC in Puntos, then it would not work.

Thank you very much for your help Darven. Should I replug the radio to see if it helps?

 

[oldhammer]

" CANCHECK " appears on the radio display if you fit a CAN equipped radio into a car that doesn't have the CAN, or if the CAN wires are not connected.

agreed,


what ishouid of put was can communication error, (mismatch)


sorry for bad spelling im dyslexic,

 

[homeward]

sorry for bad spelling im dyslexic,

You wouldn't know... -- your posts are amongst the most lucid around...! :worship:

My step-son is dyslexic; and I know what a barsteward it can be to live and deal with....

 

[oldhammer]

You wouldn't know... -- your posts are amongst the most lucid around...! :worship:

My step-son is dyslexic; and I know what a barsteward it can be to live and deal with....

Thanks,

yes its not easy, ithink the internet helps alot tho, autocorrect function,
not sure if the forum has it or its my browser but sometimes ican see it underlining errors,

iguess it dont matter acording to this http://help.com/post/220484-this-proves-spelling-doesnt

 

[s and b]

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[MarioAraujo]

MarioAraujo get yourself on aliexpress they do well known cd car player lookalikes without the badge of well know brands for 3 camel cigarettes and a sheeps head in brine junk the one your friend offered

well i didnt get what you tried to say, at all

 

[s and b]

well i didnt get what you tried to say, at all

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