esn problems
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Forum Name: Car Audio
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Printed Date: May 16, 2024 at 11:24 AM
Topic: esn problems
Posted By: eightem
Subject: esn problems
Date Posted: May 30, 2006 at 12:04 PM
do any of you know how to unlock a eclipse deck with esn?
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Posted By: killer sonata
Date Posted: May 30, 2006 at 12:06 PM
I sure do. You have to call eclipse and prove to them that the deck belongs to you. Then they will help you
Posted By: forbidden
Date Posted: May 30, 2006 at 1:17 PM
Or take it to any authorized dealer and have them do it on your behalf. In either case, you must be able to prove that you are the legal owner of the cd player.
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Posted By: eightem
Date Posted: May 30, 2006 at 2:02 PM
thank u will do
Posted By: killer sonata
Date Posted: May 30, 2006 at 2:07 PM
I doubt there is any way round it. If there was that would defeat the purpose of the security. I personally own an Eclipse deck and I love ESN!
Posted By: djtecthreat
Date Posted: May 30, 2006 at 10:06 PM
This kind of hijacks the topic.. but i fail to see the point in ESN. I mean, the unit doesnt have a detachable face, so it still has the appeal to be stolen. Sure the idiot who stole it cant use it, but neither can i now, becuase he stole it! Not to mention that he may have tore my dashboard apart to steal it. When a detachable face could have made him move along to another car.
Maybe someone can shed some light on this.
Posted By: mustangfoo
Date Posted: May 30, 2006 at 10:24 PM
Well then maybe he will read the warning sticker and move on to another car.
Posted By: zhalverson
Date Posted: May 30, 2006 at 11:58 PM
djtecthreat wrote:
This kind of hijacks the topic.. but i fail to see the point in ESN. I mean, the unit doesnt have a detachable face, so it still has the appeal to be stolen. Sure the idiot who stole it cant use it, but neither can i now, becuase he stole it! Not to mention that he may have tore my dashboard apart to steal it. When a detachable face could have made him move along to another car.
Maybe someone can shed some light on this.
Nah I agree totally. When I was looking at that feature I thought the exact same thing. The only thing I can think of is a thief that knows what he's doing knows not to steal those but if not it's basically pointless. I can just see it... "Umm, hi, I stole this from you last week but I can't get it to work so here ya go, you can have it back."
Posted By: killer sonata
Date Posted: May 31, 2006 at 12:18 AM
From what Ive been told by several ppl is that after you buy it and send in your registration card, Should it get stolen you report it right away to eclipse as well as the cops. Then when whomever stole it calls eclipse or takes it into an authorized dealer to get it unlocked, they first check to see if it was stolen. If it is and they are calling eclipse a trace of some sort (phone or satellite) is done and the cops are alerted of their location. If they walked into a store to do it the place is locked down and the cops are called.
Posted By: Hornshockey
Date Posted: May 31, 2006 at 1:02 AM
haha; I doubt their tactics for catching criminals are that involved, that sounds like a huge commitment of time and resources. Especially considering most police agencies are hesitant to even send an officer out to the scene of a vehicle burglary. I heard that same thing years ago when they first started with the ESN system, or that the eclipse rep they talk to on the 800 number gives them an address so they can send in the deck to be unlocked. I haven't had the unfortunate opportunity to deal with the ESN replacement guarantee, but I do know they don't lock a store down and send in the SWAT team for a $300 radio(Unless they happen to walk into Forbidden's shop, right?)
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Posted By: ferretvw
Date Posted: May 31, 2006 at 10:03 AM
The nice thing about ESN is if the unit does get stolen Eclipse will replace it for up to a year as long as it is registered.
Posted By: forbidden
Date Posted: May 31, 2006 at 11:51 AM
A cd player, any cd player can and will get stolen. A detach face for the most part tells the thief that it is in the glove box, the center console or somewhere else in the car (like on the headunit). In 10 years time I have had 6 theft replacements and 1insurance replacement as compared to 50 or so insurance claims for detach face units. I think ESN works just fine. (and when it doesn't you had best hope that I do not catch you).  ------------- Top Secret, I can tell you but then my wife will kill me.
Posted By: haemphyst
Date Posted: May 31, 2006 at 12:49 PM
I have had personal experience with ESN... I like it. My Nak was stolen once, a Pioneer stolen once, and several other flavors of "lesser" brands "borrowed" from my car...
My 8051 was NEVER stolen... had it over 5 years, and I parked in places FAR worse than my old neighborhood, (where the otheres were stolen) and never once have I come out to a busted winow and a hole in my dash. Even if they WEREN'T the best sounding decks in the industry, I'd buy them FOR the ESN... Good technology that WORKS, and if nothing else, a good deterrent.
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