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No radio code in the factory radio to worry about.

guineafowl21 said:

Or a 9V battery and a diode

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Now i,m lost

anything else to worry about losing.??.Ihave just put the charger on the battery and its not quite fully charged so i,m going to see how i go when its topped up after all i have only had the message flash up the once but i like to be on top of things.Thanks

threelander321 said:

Now i,m lost

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A 9V PP3 battery (square ones with terminals on top) will provide enough voltage to keep radio codes, etc. The diode acts like a one-way valve to prevent the car battery from trying to charge it while it's still connected.

I suspect the device on ebay is just that, with some extra flashy lights. Note they don't even include a battery!

Any old 12V battery will do the job - what about a jump-start pack or even jump leads across from another car?

Nodge68 said:

No radio code in the factory radio to worry about.

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Well thats battery fully charged see how it goes from here.Something else i noticed while i was putting the charger away was that the car was automatically locking its self every 60 seconds.Itried it several times and everytime i unlocked it it locked itself up on 60 seconds.Nothing to worry about i know but i,m just wondering if this is normal when messing with battery or have i hit a button on the dash without knowing it ????

If you unlock the car and don't open a door it will relock as a security measure

Thanks