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Driving and Roads

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It is still a thing. We had a temporary replacement work van a couple of weeks ago with a radio that sat there saying

WAIT 11 MINUTES THEN ENTER THE SECURITY CODE

Except even after much longer than 11 minutes it did not let you enter the code. That is why I have a portable Bluetooth speaker to use when the radio on whichever van I am on that shift is not working. Just got myself a small Bluetooth controller to use with it which I can strap to the steering wheel to Play/Pause/Skip/V-/V+ without having to stretch to the speaker placed on the dashboard. This is in readiness for the new fleet of Iveco EV vans we are getting and current Iveco vans have awful radios even when working as (badly) designed - the Italians are hopeless at auto-electrics!
 
It's as Gomezz described, quoting from the book: "Security coded radio: To deter thieves, a radio or CD unit that requires a security code (or pin number) to operate it." I stand corrected as I didn't realise it was still a thing, I can't remember the last time I saw one, and our cars aren't anywhere near new. And yes, it does say "pin number", all in lower case.
 
DIN slots for car radios and the like are from a different age. All cars come with an integrated thing now. There is nothing to nick. Except the car itself of course. Or just bits off it in broad daylight if parked in certain cities apparently.
 
prpr said:
There is nothing to nick. Except the car itself of course. Or just bits off it in broad daylight if parked in certain cities apparently.
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I'm going to assume that the car on bricks in someone's front drive was a DIY mechanic dealing with a problem around the front axle - otherwise they've had two front wheels nicked.
 
prpr said:
DIN slots for car radios and the like are from a different age. All cars come with an integrated thing now. There is nothing to nick. Except the car itself of course. Or just bits off it in broad daylight if parked in certain cities apparently.
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And yet aftermarket screens that plug into old DIN slots are readily available to provide older vehicles with the modern ICE experience.

I recently changed to a newer car (from 1999 to 2019) yet was disappointed with its ICE screen. In particular when playing music/podcasts over Bluetooth from my phone it does not display the elapsed/total playing time. I could add a wireless Android Auto dongle to rectify that curious omission but hardly worth it as these days i mostly just trundle round on short local journeys.
 
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