Pontiac 1998 Sunfire Owner's Manual page 164

Unlocking the Theft-Deterrent Feature After
a
Power Loss
Enter your secret code
as follows;
pause
no more
than
15 seconds between steps:
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
LOC appears when the ignition is on.
Press
MIN and 000 will appear on the display.
Press MIN again to make the last two digits agree
with your code.
Press
HR
to make the first one or two digits agree
with your code.
Press AM-FM after you have confirmed that the
code matches the secret code you have written down.
The display will shlow SEC, indicating the radio is
now operable and secure.
If you enter the wrong code eight times, INOP will
appear on the display. You will have to wait an hour
with the ignition
on
before you
can
try again. When you
try again, you will only have three more chances (eight
tries per chance) to enter the correct code before
INOP appears.
If you lose
or
forget your code, contact your dealer.
Disabling the Theft-Deterrent Feature
Enter your secret code as follows; pause no more than
15
seconds between steps:
1. Turn the ignition to ACCESSORY or RUN.
2. Turn the radio off.
3. Press the 1 and 4 buttons together. Hold them down
4. Press
MIN
and 000 will appear on the display.
5. Press MIN again to make the last two digits agree
until SEC shows on the display.
with your code.
6 . Press HR to make the first one or two digits agree
7. Press AM-FM after you have confirmed that the
with your code.
code matches the secret code you have written down.
The display will show
---,
indicating that the radio is
no
longer secured.
If the code entered is incorrect, 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 LOC will
appear on the display.
To unlock a secured radio, see "Unlocking the
Theft-Deterrent Feature After a Power
LOSS"
earlier in
this section.