When you install a head-unit in a different car, it gets locked, and you need an Anti-theft Pin code to unlock it. Obtaining an Anti-theft Pin code is easy:
- Get the headunit's serial number from the sticker on the unit or by OBD using the MBTools app/Vediamo/DTS/Xentry.
- Search for the Anti-theft Pin code here, and use it to unlock the head-unit by the MBTools app/Vediamo/DTS/Xentry, using an OBD Diagnostic device.
- Or you can also run the whole procedure automatically, via the MBTools app
- If you have tokens or after buying some from the MBTools Web Store, the PIN code can be instantly searched for, below.
After a match is found, a confirmation email containing the Anti-theft Pin code will also be sent.
Please keep in mind:
- You are paying for getting 3 tokens, which can be used for checking and obtaining one Anti-theft Pin code.
- The code is not generated or calculated. It is obtained from a database, as long as a match is found for the searched serial number.
- You are guaranteed to obtain the same results, that you would typically get from dealership sources, just with much less hassle and paperwork.
- If the head-unit has been reported stolen, a pin can not be obtained for it.
- Tokens will only be deducted, if the Anti-theft pin code has been successfully obtained.
- If a pin has not been found, the tokens will not be deducted, and you may reuse them for another search, either for correcting the serial number you searched with, or for a future car.
- A refund is not available under any circumstances.
Search for your Anti-theft Pin code today for only 30 €
Antitheft service has been discontinued, please do not ask for it, we no longer have the ability to help you with antitheft pins
The recommended method involves using a diagnostic device and either the MBTools app or Xentry to read out the serial number.
If you cannot currently connect to the headunit, you can find the serial number on a physical sticker located on the top of the headunit.
The serial number must consist of exactly 14 characters.
It will begin with one of the following sequences: 'AL', 'GA', 'HB', 'HM', 'ME', 'PA', 'VT'.
If you read the serial number from the sticker and it starts with 'BE', replace it with 'HB'.
If you are unable to identify the serial number on the sticker, that meets the specified criteria mentioned earlier, please use a diagnostic device to read the serial number directly from the headunit.
