{"id":28650,"date":"2004-08-24T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2004-08-24T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sweetwater.com\/sweetcare\/?p=28650"},"modified":"2007-04-27T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2007-04-27T00:00:00","slug":"bfd-having-trouble-entering-serial-licence-number","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/www.sweetwater.com\/sweetcare\/articles\/bfd-having-trouble-entering-serial-licence-number\/","title":{"rendered":"BFD:  I am having trouble entering my serial (licence) number"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There is no difference between &#8216;serial&#8217; and &#8216;license&#8217;. The terminology is different, but the number is the same. It begins with FXBFD- followed by 5 groups of 5 characters, separated with hyphens. (i.e. in this format: FXBFD-xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxxx).<\/p>\n<p>Some people are having problems entering the number. In these cases, please follow these guidelines:<\/p>\n<p>* Firstly, ensure you have a recent version of BFD installed. 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