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DND E-Dump Decoding Service

Code Retrieval from Memory Dump

As well as our regular decoding services, we are also very aware that there are some of you out there with various electronic programmers and the capability of extracting a Memory Dump from a known chipset, but may not actually have the knowledge or experience required to understand it. Well, now we can help you.

For those of you who do not know what a Memory Dump is, then let me briefly explain. Like a computer runs an operating system, a stereo also has a program running inside it in order to function.

However, unlike computer software that can be changed and reloaded with a CD or DVD, the software in a car stereo is actually programmed into various types of integrated circuit, chips and memory devices, and requires a device called a programmer in order to communicate with them. The programmer can take a snapshot of the program that is running, and this is called a Memory Dump. The Memory Dump will consist of a series of Hex characters (00 to FF) and will look very similar to the picture shown.

It cannot be stressed enough how easy it is to corrupt the data in a Memory Dump, which can have some very expensive and often irretrievable consequences if you are not careful, and for this reason we would strongly advise against going down this route as a DIY option unless you have had some prior experience of programming by these methods.

If in doubt, please send the radio to us for decoding.