ok here we go :drink:
* After many hours not being able to remove the single disc, I give up and go to a local radio installation place and they pop it out for me in the car park
* put the 6 disc in. Rejects the PIN number. Ask the original owner, he checks, correct PIN supplied.
* Try to ring various holden dealerships to confirm that this is the correct PIN, they all knock me back as they need to see the car
* I then visit 3 different dealerships on 3 different sides of Sydneys CBD with proof of ownership (a written letter from the original owner that includes the radios part number, serial number, his VIN number and phone number) they still knock me back because they cant understand what someone would be doing with a "6 stacker just lying about", because "they need to see the original owners car to prove he took the radio out to install a sat nav / dvd system" and because they "cant check the PIN of a radio thats not fitted into a car due to theft issues".
* I then get told the BCM needs to be updated with the new PIN as the car is rejecting the PIN, no the radio. I wait a few weeks till its time for the first 3000 K service. So I ask Holden to program it while its there (this is another dealership I might add)
They spend an hour trying to do it, the BCM got updated ok for no reason, but it didnt fix the problem. :whistling They were nice enough not to charge me for the time or the download (put it under warranty some how) but since Tuesday its been sitting on the passenger floor while I think what to do with it because its an expensive paper weight at the moment.
Holden told me that apparently theres a compatibility issue with VY to VZ radios and although they look the same their designed not to be compatible with the other model, but they gave it a shot anyway in the odd chance it would work. I wish I'd been told this before I brought the darn thing!