Looking for Becker radio manual

[darek_u]

I have Becker Mexico 2000 model 1460 (Euro version with RDS) installed in my 500E. Car came with all the manuals except for the radio one... I've searched high and low, web resources, eBay, boards etc. but cannot locate either hard or soft copy. If somebody has a copy he would like to share - I'll much appreciate. I can also buy such a manual if somebody has a spare copy and wants to sell it, I'm also willing to pay for a scanned copy - just anything to get a copy of manual and start using all of the radio features. I thought it is straight forward but it looks like it is more complicated than it looks, especially to get to some special functions. Manual is the only option... Picture below for the reference.

 

[doolar]

Have you checked with these guys?

http://beckerautosound.com/

 

[darek_u]

Would they have manual for Euro version? I need to check.

 

[doolar]

Would they have manual for Euro version? I need to check.

Maybe - I don't know. But email them and ask. There shouldn't be too big a difference between the US and Euro version anyway, you'll probably get to know your radio with a US manual.

 

[mercepor]

You should try to download it from here:
http://www.w124.org/?page_id=671

 

[darek_u]

Got it, thanks! It's in French however... All I know in French is merci buku... Anyway, it is better than nothing, some stuff is self explanatory. Still looking for English version.

 

[doolar]

Got it, thanks! It's in French however... All I know in French is merci buku... Anyway, it is better than nothing, some stuff is self explanatory. Still looking for English version.

This one is in English among other languages:

http://www.w124.org/doc/accessoires/Mexico2000-typ1460-1560.pdf

 

[darek_u]

This one is in English among other languages:

Unfortunately not. It is the same document in French only. It lists various languages at the beginning but doesn't contain them...

 

[doolar]

Unfortunately not. It is the same document in French only. It lists various languages at the beginning but doesn't contain them...

I apologize... I saw the first two pages and didn't scroll further down.

 

[darek_u]

I sent an email to beckerautosound.com We will see what they say.

 

[darek_u]

Sent an email to beckerautosound.com on last Sunday - got 0 response from these guys... Still looking for manual

 

[darek_u]

I have to call off what I said about beckerautosound.com - they replied this morning. I don't know if they read this forum or not but I got an answer couple of hours after my post... Anyway, very nice gentleman responded saying that they don't have a manual in their archives, instead he sent me some technical docs and wiring schematic.
Still looking for users manual, hard or soft copy.

 

[darek_u]

I'm bumping up my old thread... I'm still looking for this manual... Anyone has an e-copy he can share? Pdf, jpeg - anything would be much appreciated!

 

[Jlaa]

Here is an English manual for the BE1432. Very similar but not exactly the same. It might help you.

 

[darek_u]

Thank you fellow Rennlister but I have this manual BE1460 has more functions and RDS, in general manual has 28 pages compared to 14 for 1432. I have French version, some stuff is self explanatory but there are some details I cannot decode...

 

[744Brillantsilber]

This could be worth a try: Homepage | Königs Klassik-Radios
They carry many old Becker radios and instructions...

 

[Jlaa]

Thank you fellow Rennlister but I have this manual BE1460 has more functions and RDS, in general manual has 28 pages compared to 14 for 1432. I have French version, some stuff is self explanatory but there are some details I cannot decode...

. Google can translate pdf files as long as those files have been run through an OCR (optical character recognition) engine. The french pdf that you have consists of images. If you just deskew those images, and then run the pdf through an OCR, you can upload the file to google for translation.

 

[darek_u]

This could be worth a try: Homepage | Königs Klassik-Radios

They don't have this manual...

. Google can translate pdf files as long as those files have been run through an OCR (optical character recognition) engine. The french pdf that you have consists of images. If you just deskew those images, and then run the pdf through an OCR, you can upload the file to google for translation.

I'll give it a try but I know from experience that Google translate is, well, not perfect...

 

[gerryvz]

Have you tried www.books4cars.com -- ?

 

[darek_u]

Have you tried www.books4cars.com -- ?

They don't have it. Anyway, I spent some time last night and got it OCR processed with some positive result. I got translated the parts I wasn't sure about, I think I get it sorted for good now.
I wanted to attach it here in case somebody may want it as well but apparently file is too big (11.2MB). Gerry can you sort it out somehow?

 

[gerryvz]

If you email it to me (gerry@vanzandt.us) I'll upload it. We have a size restriction of 8MB on attachments, which is EXCEEDINGLY generous as compared to 99% of forums out there.

 

[darek_u]

Email sent.