# Resetting radio after battery is replaced

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/resetting-radio-after-battery-is-replaced/38619>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Tags:** radio, avalon, toyota\
**Created:** [October 26, 2009, 12:14am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/resetting-radio-after-battery-is-replaced/38619 "2009-10-26T00:14:04Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![Muchmo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7bcc69/32.png) [@Muchmo](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Muchmo)\
**Post date:** [October 26, 2009, 12:14am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/resetting-radio-after-battery-is-replaced/38619/1 "2009-10-26T00:14:04Z")

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Just had the battery replaced in my '96 Toyota Avalon & now the radio won’t operate, it just displays SEC (security??). What’s more, the auto-retracting antennae is always in the up position. Any ideas on what to do to reset the radio?

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**Author:** ![Caddyman](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/caddyman/32/23_2.png) [@Caddyman](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Caddyman)\
**Post date:** [October 26, 2009, 12:23am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/resetting-radio-after-battery-is-replaced/38619/2 "2009-10-26T00:23:32Z")

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There will be a reset code that you must enter. Hopefully someone wrote the code in your owners manual…Lacking the code, call a dealer and ask what they will charge to reset your radio. If its more than the cost of a replacement radio, …Try googling “Toyota radio code” and see what you can come up with…