posted by
someone claiming to be Yuri
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Sun Jun 12 20:12 CST 2016 [ RELATED]
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My HU-650 radio broke (no sound), I plan to buy a used one and replace it.
The actual job seems to be easy, but do I need to go to a dealer to program it? There is no code on these models.
Thank you
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posted by
someone claiming to be Yuri
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Sun Jul 10 22:36 CST 2016 [ RELATED]
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Posting the answer to my question. I found a radio with the same part number as mine for sale. There are plenty of them, under $100.
Installed it in my V70 and it WORKED right away, everything - radio, steering wheel controls, illumination.
No dealer needed, no codes (Klaus is correct here). This surely applies to 2005-2007, and most likely to 2001-2004 as well.
Some observations:
- It seems that Volvo changed radio part numbers often, every year for sure, but maybe even within a year. HU-650 radio has at least 5 different part numbers. The radio itself seems to be identical, but I did not want to take chances and found my exact number.
- I was doing all swapping with disconnected battery. This is needed for the climate control module. You do need to pull the whole thing and unplug both the radio and CCM to do this swap.
- I was driving without the radio for a couple of weeks, no errors of any sort, the car does not care.
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Wow, I just now saw your July 10 post. That's good news - thanks for the encouragement.
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Current rides: 2005 Volvo S80 2.5T, 2003 Volvo V70 2.4NA, 1973 Volvo 1800ES (getting ever closer to road worthiness)
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No code and no dealer programming. But the HU-650 does tend to break, make sure you can return the 'new' one if it also doesn't work.
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Keeping it running is better than buying new
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posted by
someone claiming to be Yuri
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Tue Jun 14 20:24 CST 2016 [ RELATED]
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Klaus,
I called the nearest dealer and asked about the radio, they said it is ok to replace with the identical model and that they would do some programming, quoted 1/2 hour labor and $28.95 software update (I always get a kick out of this $28.95 software).
My concern is that I would have to spend $100 to find out if a "new" radio is working. Most sellers do take these used radios back, but I would be $100 out anyway.
Driving with a dead radio for now. I have a long commute and used it a lot. Never expected it to fail and did not thing it would be so important to me.
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Yuri,
One of the big issues with these radios is that the volume knob goes hay wire. In my case, when I turn the knob DOWN (counter clockwise), the volume often goes UP. Other times, when the volume is already turned way down, I have spin-spin-spin the knob rapidly and repeatedly in a clockwise direction to get the volume to increase. Have you tried that?
There was some discussion over on Matthew's Volvo Site a few months ago about replacing just the volume control. You might do some searching over there.
Just from what I've experienced myself, along with reading other people's experiences, there's no way I would purchase a used Volvo radio without hearing it work first.
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Current rides: 2005 Volvo S80 2.5T, 2003 Volvo V70 2.4NA, 1973 Volvo 1800ES (getting ever closer to road worthiness)
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posted by
someone claiming to be Yuri
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Wed Jun 15 10:45 CST 2016 [ RELATED]
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I think my failure is different. The radio worked perfectly for many years (I use it a lot), and then, just suddenly lost sound. All controls are operational, it responds to buttons, etc. Display is fine too - shows what it should be.
But there is no sound output. Instead, one speaker (rear door if it matters) makes a short "boom or pop' every 5 seconds, seems pretty regularly timed. This is not depended on the volume knob spinning.
In your case the problem maybe fixable with donor parts. The sound knob probably has some sort of encoder on it, and it probably broke, so the sequence of pulse it generate is reversed, and the direction changed.
Do you have the radio with cassette or later version, without?
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"...No code and no dealer programming...."
Now that's good news. Thanks.
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Current rides: 2005 Volvo S80 2.5T, 2003 Volvo V70 2.4NA, 1973 Volvo 1800ES (getting ever closer to road worthiness)
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If you look at your current radio manual, is there not a code number somewhere in it or on the back cover? If there is then when you buy another one you want to make sure you get its code with it. All this is to deter radio thefts.
Even with the code, you may still need to visit the dealer to get the new radio linked to your car. If for no other reason, it may be the only way the steering wheel controls will function.
I also just purchased a used HU-650 that I confirmed worked as it should in the donor car. After the fact, it occurred to me that there may be a code I need so I have contacted the seller to hang onto the book so I can see if it bears a code. I have yet to try actually making the swap. I know that I won't be able to do that for at least another month.
Note, these radios are so problematic, there is no way you would want to purchase a used one without hearing it play and testing all the knobs/functions, etc.
If you manage to get another radio to work in your car, PLEASE post back here what was involved.
Thanks and good luck.
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Current rides: 2005 Volvo S80 2.5T, 2003 Volvo V70 2.4NA, 1973 Volvo 1800ES (getting ever closer to road worthiness)
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