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      05-18-2008, 05:15 PM   #45
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you probably know this but you can play your radio for 15 minutes without the key in and it shuts off on it's own - at least it did in my X3, it should on all BMW's.
Yep--but in my E92, at least the stupid gong would turn off eventually. In the E82, it just keeps going and going and going.....I have found that if you hit the start button twice (so that the ! comes on in the dash) the chime will go away after a minute or so....

Still stupid....
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With the radio 'gong' setting turned down to '0'. I do not have the sound.
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The Startup Chime Rocks Dude!!! It makes a Bimmer a Bimmer. Do you only get that with I-Drive?
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      05-19-2008, 07:56 PM   #48
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so i got my car, and hate the gong. i looked at the panels under the steering column, and the screws securing one i think you'd need to take off to get to the connectors has the star shaped head. so i can't take off the panel to look. i'll head by the shop later this week to see what the head mechanic says...
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      05-19-2008, 08:17 PM   #49
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With the radio 'gong' setting turned down to '0'. I do not have the sound.
How do you do that without I-drive?? Thx.
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      05-19-2008, 09:18 PM   #50
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How do you do that without I-drive??
Go to settings readout on the Radio head unit, ie where you set Bass/Treble, etc. Hit the far right button which will take you to more settings. There you'll find Gong & SpeedVolume. :w00t:
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Go to settings readout on the Radio head unit, ie where you set Bass/Treble, etc. Hit the far right button which will take you to more settings. There you'll find Gong & SpeedVolume. :w00t:
Only speed volume may be set with iDrive. (Manual, page 152)
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      05-20-2008, 11:01 AM   #52
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Not true. Speed Volume can be set without i-Drive.
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      05-20-2008, 11:03 AM   #53
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Not true. Speed Volume can be set without i-Drive.
I said that only Speed Volume may be set with iDrive - not that Speed Volume can only be set with iDrive! Meaning simply that gong or chime volume cannot be set with iDrive.
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Sorry. Didn't realize that is what that meant.
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      05-20-2008, 11:08 AM   #55
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Sorry. Didn't realize that is what that meant.
No problem. Sometimes I tend to value brevity over clarity :-)
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I'd love a fix for this as well. I turned the volume of the gong as far down as it will go, and it is still WAY too loud for my tastes. Frankly, I like to turn my car on, let the engine run a few seconds, then put my seatbelt on and put it into gear. With the gong, I'm ALWAYS putting my seatbelt on first, which sucks. On my brother's 06' 330i Sedan, the chime doesn't go off (in my recollection) unless I'm sitting in the passenger seat for 30seconds to a minute without putting my seatbelt on. I'm pretty sure it works the same for his side.

We need a fix, ASAP!
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I'd love a fix for this as well. I turned the volume of the gong as far down as it will go, and it is still WAY too loud for my tastes. Frankly, I like to turn my car on, let the engine run a few seconds, then put my seatbelt on and put it into gear. With the gong, I'm ALWAYS putting my seatbelt on first, which sucks. On my brother's 06' 330i Sedan, the chime doesn't go off (in my recollection) unless I'm sitting in the passenger seat for 30seconds to a minute without putting my seatbelt on. I'm pretty sure it works the same for his side.

We need a fix, ASAP!
I completely agree. I was getting stuff out of my back seat this morning, key still in, radio on, and the stupid gong was playing away. It makes me want to punch a hole in the stupid radio......
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What I wouldn't give to have this problem. If I'm lucky, I won't have first-hand experience until sometime in August!!!

The flip side...when I get my 135, I can spend less time trying to solve problems and more time driving.
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      05-23-2008, 10:50 PM   #59
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i turned the volume of the gong to -5, and it's still hella loud...

so i went into the service center this afternoon, and mentioned how the head mechanic told me how to unplug the connector in the X5, and wanted to see if it was the same for the 1. he called the mechanic, and apparently. because it's federally mandated to alert you when the seatbelt isn't buckled, there's no way to bypass and turn off all chimes/gongs. it's routed through the whole system, and there's no way to turn it off. it was a pleasure when i had the X5 and it was totally quiet, and now the 1 chimes at me all the time, but what can we do... i'm hoping the more time the service guys spend with the car the more they'll learn and hopefully find a workaround to this issue...

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Worse case scenario would be to disconnect the speaker/buzzer, no? Just have to find out where it is, and how to get to it, whch I'm suspecting won't be that easy. Later.
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True....but is it really just a small speaker / gong module....or is it software coded to play through the stereo speakers?

Have not researched this one enough yet...but I agree the gong is the most annoying thing about this car!!!
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come on no one has figured out how to turn this off?????
Exactly! I don't need big brother telling me to fasten my belt each time, it's bloody annoying.

I'd love to turn the thing off.
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+ 1 !!!!!! However...when cleaning the car, you can just jam the stereo by having the FOB out and just punching the Stereo "on" button once, it will play for about 10 or 15 minutes then shut off, just hit again to go right back to what you were listening too. The seatbelt GONG appears to not be defeatable at this point.
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unfortunately my baby is only just getting born this week... so i won't have her for awhile. maybe someone who already has one can take a look....

I will have to check under the steering column to see if i can find these plugs. JTdrivin can you take pics of your X5 of the plug you disconeccted? Just trying to get a reference to what I am looking for.
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so i went into the service center this afternoon, and mentioned how the head mechanic told me how to unplug the connector in the X5, and wanted to see if it was the same for the 1. he called the mechanic, and apparently. because it's federally mandated to alert you when the seatbelt isn't buckled, there's no way to bypass and turn off all chimes/gongs. it's routed through the whole system, and there's no way to turn it off. it was a pleasure when i had the X5 and it was totally quiet, and now the 1 chimes at me all the time, but what can we do... i'm hoping the more time the service guys spend with the car the more they'll learn and hopefully find a workaround to this issue...

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      10-20-2008, 10:06 AM   #66
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I read the thread and I know you explained where it is but a picture is always better than words. If you read my post I was only looking for better reference with the pic. If you don't have a pic or don’t' want to take one that’s fine.
Thanks anyway.
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