Where to Find the Serial Number on a Becker Radio
To get the code for a Becker radio you need two numbers from the radio itself: the model number, which starts with BE, and the serial number. Both are printed on the same label on the radio housing. Here is how to find that label, how to read it, and which digits actually matter.
What a Becker label looks like
On a Mercedes-Benz unit the label carries four things worth knowing:
- Typ: the name Mercedes gave the radio, here AUDIO 30.
- Model-No.: the Becker model number, here BE 3309. This is what identifies your radio.
- Serial-No.: the serial number of this one unit, here X1028846.
- The Mercedes part number under the Mercedes-Benz logo, here A 208 820 10 86.
On labels like this one the serial is also repeated in the line of text under the barcode, after the model digits. If the printed field is scuffed, that line is a useful second place to read it.
Where the label is
The label is on the radio housing itself, on the top or on the side depending on the model, not on the front panel. On most cars that means sliding the radio out of the dashboard. Becker radios come out with a pair of extraction keys, which are cheap and widely available.
The name on the front is not enough
Mercedes-Benz reused names such as Classic, Exquisit, Audio 10 and Audio 30 on several different Becker radios, and each model has its own codes. The Classic alone covers the BE1150, BE1151, BE2010 and BE2011, and the Audio 10 covers the BE3100, BE3101 and BE3200 among others. A code for the wrong model will not work, so always go by the Model-No. on the label.
Which digits we need
Only the last four digits of the serial. In the example above that is 8846. Enter them together with the BE number in our Becker radio code finder and it tells you straight away, for free, whether your code is on record.
Take your time reading them. Photograph the label and zoom in if a digit is unclear: a misread digit gives a code that will not work, and wrong codes count against the attempts the radio allows.
Can you read the serial without removing the radio?
Some units can show their serial in a service menu, but the key combinations differ from model to model, so the label is the dependable way. One example: on the Porsche CR-210 and CDR-210 the serial can be called up from the radio's own menu, step by step on our CDR-210 page.
Next step
With the BE number and the last four digits of the serial, check for your code. Checking is free, and if we have it, the code is emailed to you automatically, usually within minutes of payment. Once you have it, our guide on how to enter a Becker radio code takes you through putting it in.