Hyundai Kia Engineering Mode Password, Dealer Mode, Engineer Mode, hidden Android menu and secret features of radio and navigation

JULY 2025 UPDATE. How to enter the secret Engineering Mode, Dealer Mode, Engineer Mode of Hyundai, Kia, Genesis infotainment system ccNC (Dealer Mode only), Standard Gen5W S5W, Display Audio D2V. DAB/FM, AM, SiriusXM radio.

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Engineering Mode (CTS Test, ADB Connect Type, Android Setting, All Applications)

1. Press the Setup button or choose All menus -> Settings
2. Choose Screensaver
3. Tap below Digital – Analogue – None options from left to right and back 7 times in total (tap below Digital, Analogue, None, Analogue, Digital, Analogue, None)
4. Password is the current time or 2400
5. Choose Send

Engineering Mode (System, Navigation, Reception, …)

1. Press the Setup button or choose All menus -> Settings
2. Choose System Info
3. Tap 4 times on „Firmware“ or „Map“ and tap once on its version on the same line
4. Password is 1111 or 2998
5. Choose Send
6. Choose Reception -> RDS -> RDS State (TestMode); choose DAB -> DAB State (DAB Engineering Mode)

• OR

1. Press the Setup button or choose All menus -> Settings
2. Choose Screensaver
3. Tap below Digital – Analogue – None options from left to right and back 7 times in total (tap below Digital, Analogue, None, Analogue, Digital, Analogue, None)
4. Password is the current time or 2400
5. Choose Send
6. Choose All Applications
7. Choose 3rd Engineering Mode from the top (not the first Engineering Mode, not the DAB Engineering Mode)

• OR

1. Press the Setup button or Choose All menus -> Settings
2. Choose System Info
3. Press the left knob (volume) to turn off the AV
4. In the dark part of the screen tap 4 times in the right bottom and once in the left bottom

• OR

1. Press the Setup button or choose All menus -> Settings
2. Choose System info to see last 6 digits of the Software version (e.g. 221117)
3. Choose Update
4. Imagine the dark part of the screen is a phone dial with buttons 1 to 9 and the button 0 is in the left bottom of the whole screen
5. On the imaginary dial enter last 6 digits of the Software version (e.g. 221117)
6. Password is the current time + last 4 digits of the Software version (e.g. current time is 15:48 -> enter 15481177)
7. Choose Send

Engineering Mode (All in One Version, …)

1. Press the Setup button or choose All menus -> Settings
2. Choose System Info OR General
3. Tap 5 times left from the Update button and tap once right from the Update button or choose Storage and in the dark part of the screen tap 5 times in the left bottom and once in the right bottom
4. Password is 2900 or 2400 or 2702 or 2801 or 2603 or 2504 or 2405 or 2306 or 2207 or 2108 or 2009 or 2014
5. Choose OK
6. Choose Module Info
7. Choose FM -> Launch FM Engineering Mode; choose AM -> Launch AM Engineering Mode; choose DAB -> Launch DAB Engineering Mode

• OR

1. Choose Radio -> FM
2. Set the volume to 2
3. Press the Setup button or choose All menus -> Settings
4. Choose General
5. Tap 5 times left from the Update button and tap once right from the Update button
6. Password is 2900 or 2400 or 2702 or 2801 or 2603 or 2504 or 2405 or 2306 or 2207 or 2108 or 2009 or 2014
7. Choose OK
8. Choose OK
9. Choose Module Info
10. Choose FM -> Launch FM Engineering Mode; choose AM -> Launch AM Engineering Mode; choose DAB -> Launch DAB Engineering Mode

Engineer Mode (Full Engineering Mode) – 2 knobs

1. Choose Radio
2. In a quick sequence set the volume using left knob to level 0, then to level 7 and press the right knob, then set the volume to level 3 and press the right knob, then set the volume to level 1 and press the right knob
3. Password is

0428

0652

500625

19500624

28011618

27021427

26031236

25041045

24050854

23060663

22070472

21080281

20090090

19450815 (works for EUR version 231102)

19190301 (works for EUR versions 240726, 250226)

4. Choose Dynamics -> Radio

Engineer Mode (Full Engineering Mode) – 1 knob

1. Set the volume to 0
2. Press and hold the Star button
3. Choose VOL knob -> Browse media, map zoom in/out
4. Choose Home
5. On the steering wheel set the volume to level 7 and press the Volume knob, then set the volume to level 3 and press the Volume knob, then set the volume to level 1 and press the Volume knob
6. Password is 0652

EngineerMode (System, Diagnostics, Location, Radio, Voice Recognition)

1. Press the Setup button or choose All menus -> Settings
2. Choose General -> System info -> Memory
3. In the dark part of the screen perform 6 taps in a quick sequence: Tap once below „Available…“ and the orange/grey line, tap 2 times below „Used for…“ and the orange/grey line, tap once above the orange/grey line between „Used for…“ and „Available…“, tap once below the middle of the orange/grey line and tap once below „Available…“ and the orange/grey line
4. Password is 1032580 + minutes of current time (e.g. current time is 15:48 -> input 103258048)
5. Choose OK

Dealer Mode ccNC

1. Press and hold the Setup button
2. Choose Software Info/ Update
3. In a quick sequence set the volume to level 7 by scrolling the volume button on a steering wheel and touch the screen in the place of the yellow circle (pictured), then set the volume to level 3 and touch the screen in the place of the yellow circle (pictured), then set the volume to level 1 and touch the screen in the place of the yellow circle (pictured).
4. Password is 2400 (works for EUR 250113 version)

Dealer Mode S5W (Standard-class Gen5W Navigation)

1. Press the Setup button or choose All menus -> Settings
2. Choose System Info
3. In a quick sequence set the volume using left knob to level 0, then to level 7 and press the right knob, then set the volume to level 3 and press the right knob, then set the volume to level 1 and press the right knob
4. Password is 2400
5. Choose Send

• OR

1. Press the Setup button or choose All menus -> Settings
2. Choose General -> System info -> Version info/Update
3. In a quick sequence set the volume to level 7 and tap on the word „Update“ in the title Version info/Update, then set the volume to level 3 and tap on the word „Update“ in the title Version info/Update, then set the volume to level 1 and tap on the word „Update“ in the title Version info/Update
4. Password is 2400
5. Choose OK

DAB 1 – Overview (Freq, …)

1. Go to the Radio mode
2. Tap 5 times in the top right corner, under the Back icon

Dumpfile

1. Press and hold Radio button for 15 seconds

Testmode on older systems – GEN 1.x, GEN 2.0

1. Go to the Radio mode
2. Press and hold the Setup button until a screen with device information appears
3. Touch and hold the screen in the middle until „Testmode“ screen appears
4. Choose OK
5. Password is 123456
6. Choose OK

Hidden service menu on older systems – A-200FDE etc.

1. Acc on, radio off
2. Press and hold preset keys „1“ and „4“ together for 6 seconds
3. Press the preset key „1“ 4 times (1111)
4. Press the preset key „4“ to display settings for RDS

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