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How to enter a VW RCD 200 radio code
The RCD 200 CD radio in the Polo and the Golf Mk4. It shows SAFE, then 1000, and you confirm with the knob on the right.Drawn from a photo.
Type it and every step uses your own digits. It stays on this page.
Switch the radio on. SAFE shows, then 1000 by itself. You do not press anything to get there.
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Every step
Checked against VW's workshop manuals for the Golf Mk4 and Polo.
If it locks
2 SAFE
You get two tries. After the second wrong code SAFE stays on, with a small 2 at the left of the display. Leave the radio switched on for about an hour, then you get two more. What each lockout screen means
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