Honda Car Forum

I just bought a used '02 Accord LX. The owner's manual talks about the code
needed in some models to restart the radio once power is disconnected from
it but I do not know if the radio in my car has this requirement. Does
anyone know if the '02 LX (4 cylinder) came equipped with this radio? How
can I tell, and if I DO need the code, will Honda be able to furnish it for
me, or will I have to buy a new radio once I replace my battery?

Jay A wrote:
>
> I just bought a used '02 Accord LX. The owner's manual talks about the code
> needed in some models to restart the radio once power is disconnected from
> it but I do not know if the radio in my car has this requirement. Does
> anyone know if the '02 LX (4 cylinder) came equipped with this radio? How
> can I tell, and if I DO need the code, will Honda be able to furnish it for
> me, or will I have to buy a new radio once I replace my battery?
we bought a 01 honda, civic back in 01 whwen it was new.. the salesman
put the car radio code on the owners manual cover and explained what it
was and how to reset it if we ever remove the battery... go back to the
previous owneer and get this info. you will need it to get the radio
back playing if you disconnect the battery.. its a theft deterret... no
one is gonna steal a radio that they cannot get to play.......

In article <4O_rb.35275$p9.6216@nwrddc02.gnilink.net>,
"Jay A" <jayfromca@verizon.net> wrote:

> I just bought a used '02 Accord LX. The owner's manual talks about the code
> needed in some models to restart the radio once power is disconnected from
> it but I do not know if the radio in my car has this requirement. Does
> anyone know if the '02 LX (4 cylinder) came equipped with this radio?

Not the LX, no. Your owner's manual should have specified that.

In article <4O_rb.35275$p9.6216@nwrddc02.gnilink.net>,
"Jay A" <jayfromca@verizon.net> wrote:

> How
> can I tell, and if I DO need the code, will Honda be able to furnish it for
> me, or will I have to buy a new radio once I replace my battery?

IF you had such a radio, it would have a flashing red light on it when
the key is turned off. Does yours?

IF you had such a radio, all you need is the radio serial number in
order for Honda to give you the radio code. On your car, IF you need to
find that, and IF the previous owner didn't put the radio serial number
sticker in the glove box like he was strongly advised to, it's brutally
simple to pull the radio and look on the radio itself.

But the LX doesn't come with such a radio. IF you have such a radio,
the previous owner added it afterward.

Thanks to all. No, I have no blinking red light on the radio so I guess it's
not the one.

One thing I don't understand...if the idea of such radios with the code is
as a theft deterrent, well then isn't it only a deterrent to those who KNOW
about it? How much of a deterrent is it to someone who doesn't know what he
is doing...in other words, why bother with this?