Hello,

My mechanic was taking my '87 560SL dash apart to replace something and disconnected my radio. Problem is, the alarm was going off at the time (previous owner had disconnected the horn, so mechanic had no way of knowing!) As a result, the Becker radio scrambled itself and now shows "-- -- -- --" on the display.

I know at this point, the dealer has to remove the faceplate and plug some kind of "key" unit into the radio to reenable it.

Took it to an MB dealer and the service manager obviously didn't know what he was doing. He tried for a few minutes and came back with two techs to help him. I wasn't near the car but was watching through the window.

He gave me the key back and said he tried but couldn't enable the radio. Said the radio kept coming up with a garbled display after he did it (said he tried 4 times) and that I should send the radio out for repair (!?!?!?)

This radio worked right before the alarm set it off.. I'm going to try another dealer tonight.. is there anything special I should tell them and is it possible that this radio is now hosed? Can't figure out why it now needs repair when it worked fine 2 days ago!!

Thanks!
Neal

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