Thank you everyone for your time, effort, and suggestions on this issue. I am truly very sorry that opinions got aired. Probably best to leave it there. As I said, I will run the car for two continuous hours this weekend and if it works then great. If it doesn't then I still have the other radio :-)...

While I still do very much appreciate all your help, I must say that like MANY others on here I find your tone rude, ignorant, and insulting. I am SO sorry that I missed the part about not turning the car off. I'm pretty sure you could have nicely pointed that out rather than being a complete ass ab...

Last night I drove to a store, taking about an hour and twenty minutes. I turned the car off and was in the store for about fifteen minutes. I then drove home, taking about a half an hour, and then let the car run for and additional hour or so. When I was at the store the car was turned off so maybe...

I have allowed the car to run a total of about two and a half hours with the radio turned on and it is still displaying OFF. I'll leave it in the car for a day or two to see if it resets. Does it need to be on for two continuous, uninterrupted hours? If so, would it be bad if I removed it again and ...

I will make sure to let you know one way or the other if it works or not. I'll work on getting the radio reset back to CODE when my girlfriend gets home tonight. I don't think I have a battery with enough power to put in the other car to get it done

-Scott

Thank you so much JRL! I cannot express enough my gratitude to you for your time and effort in helping me out. I will give that a try tonight.

As long as the serial number on the radio matches to the VIN on the car then it should be original, correct?

-Scott

Thanks rspi! I've viewed a few of your clips and like them very much. Informative without being overly technical. I appreciate you bringing these to my attention. I've searched all sides of the radio and the opening looking for a code without any luck, but didn't think to look in a couple of other a...

Thanks JRL! VERY much appreciated

Hopefully this picture is readable. The numbers below the 3533771-1 are 4980 on the left and 9709 on the right. There is also the number 816GB printed on the side of the radio.

-Scott

Thank you JRL! I appreciate the help! I suppose it would be groovy to know if that happens to not be the original radio. It's supposed to be.

-Scott