Car stereo not working

gizmodaisy45, Jan 11, 8:54pm
I have a toyota starlet carot. a few months ago had a flat battery, and stereo hasnt been working since. Got my friend to look at it, and they cant get it going either. Anyone got any suggestions. I dont know anything about cars. lol

gizmodaisy45, Jan 11, 9:41pm
oh come on. there must be some car nuts on here.

alan1111, Jan 11, 9:48pm
More than likely a blown fuse.

richard198, Jan 11, 9:48pm
You need to pull the head unit out and check the inline fuse first.

gizmodaisy45, Jan 11, 9:57pm
thanks. i have made a note, and will see if my friend can do that. if not will i have to go to the garage or the toyota place!

gadgit3, Jan 11, 10:00pm
What year! it may just require a code.

gizmodaisy45, Jan 11, 10:17pm
its a 98 i think.

gadgit3, Jan 11, 10:54pm
I would call into a Toyota dealer as being that year it could just require a code. The code can't be given over the phone.

gizmodaisy45, Jan 11, 11:02pm
thanks gadgit. i shall do that after work. cheers everyone

richard198, Jan 12, 1:21am
Display on head unit would light up to allow code to be entered!

gadgit3, Jan 12, 1:24am
Not an Alpine or early Fujitsu factory unit. only the late model stuff will display SEC in the display

flea_sss, Jan 14, 9:29am
Got mine over the phone about 3 months ago. Just gave rego details.

gadgit3, Jan 14, 7:13pm
Ok lets just say a Toyota dealer is not allowed to give out the stereo codes over the phone. The customer needs to come into the dealership to prove ownership. You may have got yours over the phone but it wouldn't be good advice given as the person you tell next may not get theres over the phone. TNZ mystery shop the dealers on a regular basis and penilize if codes are given out without proof of ownership.