Brian--
Some people got the code and some didn't. In another thread someone reported today that in the UK, Leica Customer Service said solving the neglected validation code was their biggest problem at the moment.
I think you'll need to contact your Leica distributor about it for a solution. Sorry.
You're not alone. See the also unresolved cases in the thread
http://www.leica-camera-user.com/dig...sed-c1-le.html.
--HC