1998 Buick Park Avenue Owner's Manual - Page 196

Enter your secret code as ~ Q ~ H O W S ; pause no more than 15 seconds between steps: 1. LOC appears when the igr,ition is on. Enter yorer secret code as ~OIEQWS; pause no more than 15 seconds between steps: 1 1. Turn the ignition to ACCESSORY or RUN. 2. Turn the radio off. 2. Press MfN and 880 will appear on the display. 3. Press M N again to make the fast two digits agree H with your code. 4. Press HRS to ~nake first one or two digits agree the 3. Press the B and 4 buttons together. Hold them down until SEC shows on the display. 4. Press MIN and 000 will appear on the display. with your code. 5 . Press MfN again to make the last two digits agree with your code. 5. Press AM-FM after you have confimed that the code matches the secret code you have writ'een down. The display will show SEC, indicating the radio is ~ Q operable and secure. W 6. Press HRS to make the first one or twodigits agree with your cocie. 7. Press A I - F M after you have confkmed that the code matches the secret code you have written CIOWH~. The display will shaw ---,indicating that the radio is no longer secured. HE you er,ter the wrong code eight times, INQP will appear on the display. Ygu will have t~ wait an hour with the ignition on before you can try again. When you try again, you will O ~ have three more chances Y (eight tries perchance) to enter the correc: code before INOP appears. If you lose or forget your code, contact your dealer. If the code entered is inccnect, SEC will appear on the display. The radio will remain secured until the correct code is entered. When battery power is removed and later applied to a secured radio, the radio won't turn on and EQC wirl appear on the display.