Serial Number, Software Version, Manufacturing Date - The Definitive Answer

[DougiesGoinDeep]

Based on this

Originally Posted by MetalFlame
Find out when it was made?

The last 3 digits of the serial number indicate the year of production.

-399 MFG 1992 to 1996
400 to 439 MFG 1997 to 1998
440 to 599 MFG 1998 to 2001
600 and up MFG 2001 to 2005

I want to start this thread to track serial number, software version, and manufacturing/purchase dates.

Please help out by giving:

1. Last 3 digits of your serial number
2. Original software version (prior to any updates)
3. Original date of purchase

The results will be listed here and hopefully the numbers above can be further narrowed down to specific dates and version numbers if the database gets large enough.

[DougiesGoinDeep]

reserved for results

[DougiesGoinDeep]

I'll start out:

1. 794
2. 3.824
3. Unknown, bought used, estimated past 2001

[FoolishOne]

1. 936
2. 3.863
3. December 2007, 2nd week

[thestaton]

made this post a sticky. hopefully we get some useful data.

[noTe]

1. 844
2. v3.826 (Mine was probably upgraded when I had it tuned in 07, not sure tho!)
3. Purchased in person on 5-18-2006

[Cips]

Last three digits of serial number: 943.
Originally came with 3.863.
Ordered via online store on February 20 2008.

[DougiesGoinDeep]

Originally Posted by thestaton

made this post a sticky. hopefully we get some useful data.

Nice, thats what I was hoping for. Thanks.

[MetalFlame]

V1 Dave didn't made that chart,he just copy/paste from my thread.This s/n chart was created by me in 2006,but that does not matter anymore,because when something is posted online it becames public property.I don't mind if someone takes the credits for something that I did,because I made that chart for all V1 users,not just for myself.
It was a pain in the a$$ to ghater all/correct info and at VR were very tight-lipped about disclosing that info.I realized that it would took me YEARS to get all info,so I had to use a somewhat illegal or should I say semi-legal method...lol(please DON'T ask what I did),to obtain faster the correct info about s/n-to-MFG relation.

I first posted this chart couple months ago,at the bottom of the first post:
Frequency Coverage in EURO-mode/VR's answer

Let me tell you what happened last year after I posted that chart on one EUROPEAN RD/LJ forum/blog.
One RD online store in EU posted on their website that all V1 that can be bought from US.E-Bay are not suitable for EU,because they don't have EURO-mode.They claimed that MikeV. developed exclusively for them,a EURO-version of V1 which displays E-U-R sequence when powered on.They even stated that US versions of V1 can be ID'ed by letter "A" on display,which means "America"...lol.
...and then I saw my chart posted on their website,again with their BS comments where they offered a V1 up-grade and tune-up for 250€(that's $403!!!)...by the way,they want 700€( $1085)for new V1 with special Euro-mode.
Anyways,I was pissed that they used my chart to milk more money from poor un-educated buyers,so I sent them a e-mail where I asked them where/how did they get that chart and if they are 100% sure that it's the correct info.Next day I got an e-mail from them,where they claimed that all the info,including my chart,came directly from Mike V.

I want to thank DougiesGoinDeep for starting this thread.I appreciate your self-iniciative.I tought about doing it myself,but I chose not to,because based on past experiencies,it takes waaay too long to get info that way and -if not stickied- the thread goes cold in less than a week.I also want to thank TheStanton for making it a sticky.

[StealthyPhantom]

1. 879
2. 3.858
3. December, 2006