Radio wont take code.

[Vic Mayer]

The radio in My 94 325Is is acting funny since the battery went dead.The car barely started I got the car home & put a new battery in it . I went to put code into radio but it wont take code ,It just beeps I have in the past had to reset the radio and had no problem How many time can you push bottons befor radio shuts down completely. Any help would be great Thanks Vic

[Wayne 962]

Hi there. It may be that you need to remove power to the radio if you don't enter the proper code the first time? Pull it out and reset power, here's how:

http://www.pelicanparts.com/bmw/techarticles/E36-Radio/E36-Radio.htm

-Wayne

[bigbris1]

This happened to me. It was fuse #44 which also ties into the glove box light. The radio uses 2 fuses & once I replaced #44 I was able to enter the code.

Hope this helps

[BMWCowboy]

U have to leave your key on with the radio showing CODE for one hour before re-entering the correct code~

[sayah]

BMW cowboy is right. Same damm thing happend to me.