the 7 safe that sometimes appears on the display, 7 safe means that a wrong code has been entered and the time between attempts gets longer and longer until you reach 10 wrong attempts and the radio is useless. My radio said 7 safe but I knew it would because I had entered the wrong code trying to get it working, heres what to do,
1 Turn on the ignition and if the radio is on turn it off.
2 Hold the AS button and turn the radio on hold the AS till you hear a bleep
3 If the display says 7 safe leave the ignition on and don't touch anthing.
4 After the waiting time is up, ten minutes in my case the display will read 10 _ _ _ _
5 Enter your code using 1 for the first digit, 2 for the second, 3 for the third and 4 for the fourth then press and hold AS button till it bleeps and the radio should work.
To give you some idea of how long you'll have to wait before you can attempt re-entering the code if you do get it wrong:- (and by wait, that means having to leave the key in the ignition, turned to position one, and the stereo switched on as well)
Attempt 1 - wait 10 secs. (Display shows 10SAFE)
Attempt 2 - wait 10 secs. (Display shows 9SAFE)
Attempt 3 - wait 10 mins. (Display shows 8SAFE)
Attempt 4 - wait 20 mins. (Display shows 7SAFE)
Attempt 5 - wait 40 mins. (Display shows 6SAFE)
Attempt 6 - wait 80 mins. (1 hr 20 mins) (Display shows 5SAFE)
Attempt 7 - wait 160 mins. (2 hrs 40 mins) (Display shows 4SAFE)
Attempt 8 - wait 320 mins. (5 hrs 20 mins) (Display shows 3SAFE)
Attempt 9 - wait 640 mins. (10 hrs 40 mins) (Display shows 2SAFE)
Attempt 10 - Time to re-write the bin - on the eeprom (Display shows 1SAFE)
hay88, January 2011
