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Car radio beeps and beeps and beeps
My car radio (a Renault OEM model made by Blaupunkt) is playing up...
as soon as I switch on, it beeps loudly about once every 5 seconds. Now, I've had this for years, and recognise this noise as being the same as the radio makes whenever it gets disconnected from the car battery - ie when it activates its code protection and wants a PIN entering to switch off the whining. However, in that instance, the display flashes "CODE" while you enter the digits, and without that, you can't input the code. So, I thought, - I know, if I actually unplug the radio it will switch into 'code input' mode and all will be well. Clever, huh? Unfortunately not: despite unplugging it for the whole day, when I plugged it in again, there was still no 'code' display, and STILL the bleating. So, is the radio totally stuffed? Thanks David |
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Car radio beeps and beeps and beeps
"Lobster" wrote in message ... My car radio (a Renault OEM model made by Blaupunkt) is playing up... as soon as I switch on, it beeps loudly about once every 5 seconds. Now, I've had this for years, and recognise this noise as being the same as the radio makes whenever it gets disconnected from the car battery - ie when it activates its code protection and wants a PIN entering to switch off the whining. However, in that instance, the display flashes "CODE" while you enter the digits, and without that, you can't input the code. So, I thought, - I know, if I actually unplug the radio it will switch into 'code input' mode and all will be well. Clever, huh? Unfortunately not: despite unplugging it for the whole day, when I plugged it in again, there was still no 'code' display, and STILL the bleating. So, is the radio totally stuffed? What year is the radio/car? They stopped using security codes a few years back now, the radios are coded to the VIN of the car. If it is the later type, then for some reason it is not locking on to the car's VIN. On the other hand, I have had this on an older model, when one of the speaker wires got trapped and was earthing. |
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Car radio beeps and beeps and beeps
"Lobster" wrote in message ... My car radio (a Renault OEM model made by Blaupunkt) is playing up... as soon as I switch on, it beeps loudly about once every 5 seconds. Now, I've had this for years, and recognise this noise as being the same as the radio makes whenever it gets disconnected from the car battery - ie when it activates its code protection and wants a PIN entering to switch off the whining. However, in that instance, the display flashes "CODE" while you enter the digits, and without that, you can't input the code. So, I thought, - I know, if I actually unplug the radio it will switch into 'code input' mode and all will be well. Clever, huh? Unfortunately not: despite unplugging it for the whole day, when I plugged it in again, there was still no 'code' display, and STILL the bleating. So, is the radio totally stuffed? Thanks David The current number one in the hit parade is 'The Bleep Song' and it's on all the playlists. Your radio is probably fine. |
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Car radio beeps and beeps and beeps
Lobster wrote:
My car radio (a Renault OEM model made by Blaupunkt) is playing up... as soon as I switch on, it beeps loudly about once every 5 seconds. Travel news switched on but not tuned to an appropiate station? John |
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Car radio beeps and beeps and beeps
Brian wrote:
"Lobster" wrote in message ... My car radio (a Renault OEM model made by Blaupunkt) is playing up... as soon as I switch on, it beeps loudly about once every 5 seconds. Now, I've had this for years, and recognise this noise as being the same as the radio makes whenever it gets disconnected from the car battery - ie when it activates its code protection and wants a PIN entering to switch off the whining. However, in that instance, the display flashes "CODE" while you enter the digits, and without that, you can't input the code. So, I thought, - I know, if I actually unplug the radio it will switch into 'code input' mode and all will be well. Clever, huh? Unfortunately not: despite unplugging it for the whole day, when I plugged it in again, there was still no 'code' display, and STILL the bleating. So, is the radio totally stuffed? What year is the radio/car? They stopped using security codes a few years back now, the radios are coded to the VIN of the car. If it is the later type, then for some reason it is not locking on to the car's VIN. On the other hand, I have had this on an older model, when one of the speaker wires got trapped and was earthing. Thanks for that. Funnily enough, I tried it again yesterday (I decided to brave listening to the news through the beeps) and suddenly it switched into "CODE" mode. Entered the number and Bob became my uncle. I won't be surprised if it happens again, and if/when it does, I'll suss out the speaker wires. David |
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Car radio beeps and beeps and beeps
On Wed, 28 Nov 2007 07:31:01 -0800 (PST), Lobster
wrote: My car radio (a Renault OEM model made by Blaupunkt) is playing up... as soon as I switch on, it beeps loudly about once every 5 seconds. Good news! I had a Blaupunkt that did that, many years ago, and I fixed it. Bad news! I can't remember how or what! But yeah, as John perhaps suggests, ISTR that it's something that's switched on which isn't set up right, which just needs turning off again. |
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