Philips car radio code

Philips car radio serials start with PH and have 14 characters. Enter the full serial below to look up your code.

Updated September 30, 2026 · Reviewed by the GetRadioCode team

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Serial number

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Enter the full 14-character serial number (starts with PH).

Looked up in our database

Up to 3 different serials every 24 hours per visitor – checking the same serial in another calculator does not count. Only use this for a radio you own. A wrong code can lock the radio for a while – check the serial before entering the code.

Which part of the serial to enter

Philips PH501FR0123456

Philips serial Serial PH501FR0123456 → enter PH501FR0123456

How to use the Philips lookup

Enter the full 14-character serial starting with PH. The code is searched in our database and shown in a second. If the serial starts with GM instead, the radio was made for General Motors – use the Opel / Vauxhall page.

How a Philips serial is built

Every Philips serial in our database (about 4.25 million) starts with PH, followed by a three-character model code, two letters and seven digits – for example PH501FR0123456. Always enter all 14 characters.

The most common model codes in our database:

After “PH”	Serials
785…	444,000
501…	272,000
APB…	201,000
711…	194,000
ACC…	144,000
511…	122,000
701…	115,000

A Philips radio fitted by Opel or Vauxhall may carry a GM serial instead – use the Opel / Vauxhall page for those.

Frequently asked questions

What does a Philips serial look like?

14 characters starting with PH, for example PH777SL0004117. Enter all of them without spaces.

My radio was fitted by Opel or Vauxhall and the serial starts with GM.

GM serials are covered by the Delco and Grundig lookups – see the Opel / Vauxhall page.