Pioneer Component Serial Numbers

[Dr. Strangelove]

Whoa... That is excellent. Thank you very much.

Doc

 

[Glenz75]

Pioneer Serial Number Age Indicator

Hi all, I did some research ages ago into the first two letters and found that they both denote the year/month of when the unit was made. I did post this forum about this about 2 years ago, am just wondering since there is now a database for Pioneer serials numbers, whether this finding might create some interest.

Here is what I wrote and my findings :



Cheers
Glen

 

[Dr. Strangelove]

Glenz75,

Your year data is off by 1.

Please check this thread: http://audiokarma.org/forums/showthread.php?t=56786

This error was discovered a while ago, and verified. Both you and StereoManuals.com were off by 1. StereoManuals.com has since corrected their table.

Look at the stickys under the main Pioneer forum. Lots of new information has been posted.

Doc

 

[Brockster]

Pioneer SX-750, #WF3604283S
The 3 is REALLY faint.
Serial numbers and VIN codes are kind of neat if you know how to decode them.
You can also tell the year of your motor vehicle by looking at the tenth digit of the VIN number. This works from 1980 to the present.
Code Year
A 1980
B 1981
C 1982
D 1983
E 1984
F 1985
G 1986
H 1987
J 1988
K 1989
L 1990
M 1991
N 1992
P 1993
R 1994
S 1995
T 1996
V 1997
W 1998
X 1999
Y 2000
1 2001
2 2002
3 2003
4 2004
5 2005
6 2006
7 2007
8 2008
9 2009
In 2010, they will start over with 'A' again.
There can be other info in the VIN also, but I won't cover that in a stereo forum!

 

[Lefty]

Pioneer SX-750, #WF3604283S
The 3 is REALLY faint.
Serial numbers and VIN codes are kind of neat if you know how to decode them.
You can also tell the year of your motor vehicle by looking at the tenth digit of the VIN number. This works from 1980 to the present.
Code Year
A 1980
B 1981
C 1982
D 1983
E 1984
F 1985
G 1986
H 1987
J 1988
K 1989
L 1990
M 1991
N 1992
P 1993
R 1994
S 1995
T 1996
V 1997
W 1998
X 1999
Y 2000
1 2001
2 2002
3 2003
4 2004
5 2005
6 2006
7 2007
8 2008
9 2009
In 2010, they will start over with 'A' again.
There can be other info in the VIN also, but I won't cover that in a stereo forum!

Wow, there really was a Y2K bug in the year 2000

 

[Dr. Strangelove]

Pioneer SX-750, #WF3604283S

Look here:

http://audiokarma.org/forums/showthread.php?t=56786

Doc

 

[Family_Dog]

Another (apparently) uncommon addition to my collection:

SX-410 - Serial Number: OE 18517

which thus makes it a May, 1968 model.

-F_D

 

[thenewguy]

Here's a couple of the Pioneer pieces I have:

SX-650.....WL3639184S
SX-780.....AA3655037S

There're more out in the barn, but they're kind of buried right now.

 

[Zeppo]

A-9 BF9402903M
D-23 XH3000566M

Cheers,
Rob

 

[Twenty20Man]

SX-939....UB3905310M
SX-838....UF3911372M
SX-838....WA3933331M
SX-737....WA3959708T
SX-1250..WE2601381M
SX-636....WD3980746S
SX-1050...XH3625149S

I'll get the 636 when my son is awake its in his B/R......



Edited 4/1/2007 to add the s/n for my 636
5/2 added my 1050

 

[Brian4561]

Pl-112d Xa68354np

 

[Avocado Dream]

SX-737 #VJ3946534T, October 1975

 

[gab73]

Sa-5300 Wi1921990f
Sa-6300 Vf1901050n
Sa-7300 Wh1900597f
Sx-408 Af5506477m
Tx-5500ii Za2618268m
Ct-f2121 Wb9421165
Ct-f4040 Xl8429462
Project 100a Yi97031
Yi97155

 

[Twenty20Man]

update

my SX-1250-WE2601381M

 

[lorne]

SA-8900: VH 1022487

Yes, that's right, 8900. It's a domestic Nippon model — maybe = SA-8500 export. Yummmy!

 

[Dr. Strangelove]

Does it look like this:

Doc

 

[lorne]

Sorry Doc, yer pic/graphic is not coming up on the page — just a question mark. Your sticky data base says it's an SA-8500 — 60 watts.

 

[Hildy]

Sx-1980 S# Ya3400254s

 

[lorne]

Hi Doc: The graphic finally came up. Yes, it looks exactly the same. Mine is minus the veneer. And of course, it is rigged for 100 VAC at 50/60 Hz. (Apart for recapping as I write). THANKS!

 

[ferninando]

New owner 12/21/06
Pioneer SX-727
SN TA3721013