After 3 or 4 attempts with incorrect codes, radios “seize” & won’t accept
the correct code without being left turned on for 2-3 hours before
resetting - not just a jag phenomenon - also affects bimmers (personal
experience w/both)
Chances are the code the shop gave you is correct - leave the radio on
(powered), go out for a couple of hours & then try it.
cheers, Brad
1952 MGTD
1988 Jag XJS - both sleeping for the winter &
1963 Series 1 FHC undergoing reno at www.marsland.on.ca/Obsession.htm
(hopefully done by the time the snow’s gone)
the non-Lucas cars -
1994 BMW 325ic convertible
1999 BMW 540iat racewagon
Orig message - Date: Sat, 10 Feb 2001 10:30:27 -0600
I am a new owner of an XJS and am trying to figure out the code for the
radio. The Radio Model # is AJ8700 and Serial# B61024125, I had a shop look
it up and they gave me a code of 14333 but it did not work. Is this the
wrong code or am I not doing something right in punching it in.
Thanks for the help.
Kevin Brady
1988 XJSFrom: Kevin Brady KBRADY@agchem.com
Subject: [xj-s] Radio Code
You have to keep the car running for 1 hr before you input the code.
Not exactly true. You need to have the ignition & radio switched on. The
engine does not have to be running.“Fred Roberts” us014372@mindspring.com wrote:
You have to keep the car running for 1 hr before you input the code.
From: Peter_Cohen@Dell.com
Not exactly true. You need to have the ignition & radio switched on. The
engine does not have to be running.
On my car with Jag radio, I only had to keep the radio on - used the ‘Aux’ position
on the ignition switch. Saved a load of fuel.
Keith Lumsdaine
1994 6.0 V12> “Fred Roberts” us014372@mindspring.com wrote:
I know this is a very old thread, but I don’t want anyone else to make the mistake I did. I pried an old tape out of the cassette deck of the OEM radio in my '88 XJS convertible. THEN I followed the one-hour rule; drove the car for an hour, plugged in the radio code, and it worked. Except now I have to keep a tape jammed in the cassette player to keep it from trying to eject non-existent tape after I pried it out of the mechanism and broke it. Just FYI. The waiting one hour while driving and then entering the code does work. Don’t pry out a tape if it’s in there, just eject it after you enter code. I regret the mistake I made. Patience pays off…