okay. Thanks everyone for your tips and help

jablackburn wrote:Mine took about 2 hrs, 45 minutes for it to go back. I checked after 2 hrs, and 2 1/2 hrs, and it hadn't reset yet, so if you haven't got it to go back in just 2, wait longer.

Some of them just mess up entirely, though.

i thought about that, too, so I left it for four hours and still nothing

JRL wrote:What does it display?

it doesn't display anything. when i first turn the car on it shows "OFF" so i hit the power button and it goes blank. I just assumed that meant it was on because it was still receiving power

I recently purchased a 1998 V70 and I love it. The only problem (other than the oil leak, yikes) is that the radio will not allow me to input the code to get it to work. I've read the manual and done what it says, have the key in the I position for two hours with the radio on until it displays "...