Radio's gone doolally...
 

Started up the car this morning and the radio came on as usual (I
usually have it defaulting to 'on'); however, the normal music and chat
was accompanied by a high-pitched 'beep' about once very second. I've
switched on and off, disabled all the radio's clever functions, but
can't get rid of the beeping. What on earth is it? Help please!

Background:
This is an original factory-fitted radio in a 1998 Renault Laguna (think
it's a Blaupunkt?). I've had the car 5-6 years so am very familiar with
the radio; the noise isn't related to traffic alerts or anything like
that. Happens on all channels, on both FM and MW.

The radio has a security feature whereby you need to enter a PIN if the
power is interrupted; however (a) it wasn't interrupted; (b) it goes
into a mute status with a PIN prompt on the display; mine didn't do
either. I just mention this in case anyone thinks that's what the
problem is.

Any suggestions would be gratefully received!

Thanks
David

Radio's gone doolally...
 

is there some sort of battery back up on the unit, that would maybe
hold vital things such as station presets, time....... when the power
from the battery is disconnected?
if there is such a feature on your radio, maybe it is siginaling that
the back-up battery is running low on charge and is in need of
replacing. i know that i have just such an option on my head-unit,
cause i hate to reprogram presets, and various other things that my
head unit can control, when i disconnect the main battery.
link to what i am talking about:
http://www.autosportcatalog.com/index.cfm?fa=p&pid=52

Radio's gone doolally...
 

winkenstein wrote:
is there some sort of battery back up on the unit, that would maybe
hold vital things such as station presets, time....... when the power
from the battery is disconnected?

I agree it does sound like something alon those lines, doesn't it? But
there's no mention of anything like that in either the radio's owner's
manual or the Haynes manual for the car.

Thanks
David

Radio's gone doolally...
 

In ,
Lobster decided to enlighten our sheltered
souls with a rant as follows
Started up the car this morning and the radio came on as usual (I
usually have it defaulting to 'on'); however, the normal music and
chat was accompanied by a high-pitched 'beep' about once very second.
I've switched on and off, disabled all the radio's clever functions,
but can't get rid of the beeping. What on earth is it? Help please!

Background:
This is an original factory-fitted radio in a 1998 Renault Laguna
(think it's a Blaupunkt?). I've had the car 5-6 years so am very
familiar with the radio; the noise isn't related to traffic alerts or
anything like that. Happens on all channels, on both FM and MW.

The radio has a security feature whereby you need to enter a PIN if
the power is interrupted; however (a) it wasn't interrupted; (b) it
goes into a mute status with a PIN prompt on the display; mine didn't
do either. I just mention this in case anyone thinks that's what the
problem is.

Any suggestions would be gratefully received!

quite often the AF/TA function on Blaupunkts can do that.

Turn the traffic reports off.


--
Pete M

Alfa 155
Ford Capri (still broked)
Porsche 911 3.2 (For Sale - ebay soon)
COSOC #5, OMF#9
Scouse Git extraordinaire. Liverpool, Great Britain

Radio's gone doolally...
 

Pete M wrote:
In ,
Lobster decided to enlighten our sheltered
souls with a rant as follows

Started up the car this morning and the radio came on as usual (I
usually have it defaulting to 'on'); however, the normal music and
chat was accompanied by a high-pitched 'beep' about once very second.
I've switched on and off, disabled all the radio's clever functions,
but can't get rid of the beeping. What on earth is it? Help please!

Background:
This is an original factory-fitted radio in a 1998 Renault Laguna
(think it's a Blaupunkt?). I've had the car 5-6 years so am very
familiar with the radio; the noise isn't related to traffic alerts or
anything like that. Happens on all channels, on both FM and MW.

The radio has a security feature whereby you need to enter a PIN if
the power is interrupted; however (a) it wasn't interrupted; (b) it
goes into a mute status with a PIN prompt on the display; mine didn't
do either. I just mention this in case anyone thinks that's what the
problem is.

quite often the AF/TA function on Blaupunkts can do that.

Turn the traffic reports off.

Yep, did that (see above!)
David

Radio's gone doolally...
 

Does the cd play normally or not?

The only time I've heard of that same problem the cd was jammed with a disc
inside of it, never did pull it out to check as it was a company car and the
guy only had to keep it 3 weeks.

He eventually pulled the fuse out supplying power to the radio :-) plugged
it back in the day the lease company collected it.

As long as you have the radio code go ahead and pull it out, pop the lid and
see if there is one stuck in the drive.

Chris

Radio's gone doolally...
 

Chris Dugan wrote:
Does the cd play normally or not?

Nope, no matter how hard I try I can't fit a cd into the cassette
slot... :-)

David

Radio's gone doolally...
 

"Lobster" wrote in message
...
Chris Dugan wrote:
Does the cd play normally or not?

Nope, no matter how hard I try I can't fit a cd into the cassette
slot... :-)

David

Try harder ;-)

Seriously though, try pulling the head units connectors out so that there's
no power to the unit (not even backup power) and give it a 'hard reset' as
we call it in the pc world.

Chris

Radio's gone doolally...
 

I am assuming this is the Blaupunkt G5 unit. How long have you left it on
for whilst it is beeping? It normally does this for about 5 - 10 minutes and
then asks for the code. Once the code is entered it will be fine.

Andy


"Lobster" wrote in message
...
Started up the car this morning and the radio came on as usual (I usually
have it defaulting to 'on'); however, the normal music and chat was
accompanied by a high-pitched 'beep' about once very second. I've
switched on and off, disabled all the radio's clever functions, but can't
get rid of the beeping. What on earth is it? Help please!

Background:
This is an original factory-fitted radio in a 1998 Renault Laguna (think
it's a Blaupunkt?). I've had the car 5-6 years so am very familiar with
the radio; the noise isn't related to traffic alerts or anything like
that. Happens on all channels, on both FM and MW.

The radio has a security feature whereby you need to enter a PIN if the
power is interrupted; however (a) it wasn't interrupted; (b) it goes into
a mute status with a PIN prompt on the display; mine didn't do either. I
just mention this in case anyone thinks that's what the problem is.

Any suggestions would be gratefully received!

Thanks
David

Radio's gone doolally...
 

ANDY FAGAN wrote:

"Lobster" wrote in message
...

Started up the car this morning and the radio came on as usual (I
usually have it defaulting to 'on'); however, the normal music and
chat was accompanied by a high-pitched 'beep' about once very
second. I've switched on and off, disabled all the radio's clever
functions, but can't get rid of the beeping. What on earth is it?
Help please!

The radio has a security feature whereby you need to enter a PIN if
the power is interrupted; however (a) it wasn't interrupted; (b)
it goes into a mute status with a PIN prompt on the display; mine
didn't do either. I just mention this in case anyone thinks that's
what the problem is.

I am assuming this is the Blaupunkt G5 unit. How long have you left
it on for whilst it is beeping? It normally does this for about 5 -
10 minutes and then asks for the code. Once the code is entered it
will be fine.

Bingo! Sorted; thanks very much.

Do you know what would have prompted this behaviour? I'm sure that in
the past if ever I've disconnected the power, the unit switched on
silently, asking for the code immediately.

David