RCD 510: Help finding out / resetting PIN code

[javab0y]

I have an RCD 510 which I swapped for an RNS recently; I want to sell the RCD but I don't have the PIN code.

I have asked the dealer over the phone, and he told me they need to swap the units out, plug in the cable to get the PIN out. All this costs $$ of course.

I didn't believe them, based on the advice from the forums so I went in there today with the unit and they tried to tell me the same thing again (different guy). After some "convincing", he then (to his credit) tried to punch in the details into the VW Web site and spent some time trying to put in the various numbers (VIN, serial etc. I assume?) but could not get the PIN number.

I suspect because he did not know the exact procedure. He asked others around him, and they were equally clueless so I came away empty handed: no PIN

Now, my questions are:
1) is there any other way I can find this PIN out?
2) is the unit worth anything without the PIN - ie can people somehow get around this?
3) should I just use the unit as a doorstop? shame if that was the case.. as it it was less than 3 weeks old.. There must be another way?

Thanks in advance

---------- Post added at 01:44 PM ---------- Previous post was at 01:40 PM ----------

Mods - please delete this thread (Post timed out and then ended up with a duplicate). Sorry.

[Bambazonke]

Go to another dealer with the chassis no of the car together with the no etched on the unit. They do not need to have the car wired to the VW network for this. But they will requir e proof that that the car belongs to you or the registerd owner has given you persmission to get the number. By rights they should have given you the code at the time of purchase