Turn off startup chime

JTdrivin1 · 10-20-2008, 11:01 AM

Sorry... i don't have the X5 any longer, and the point i tried to get across on that other post was that there aren't connectors in that place any longer. i attempted to take the panel off to just check myself, but they are special screw heads rather than common phillips.

Mark M · 10-20-2008, 12:10 PM

Guys, before we go pulling panels lets first determine if the gong is coming from the driver's knee area as in older bmws, or if it is software integrated into the stereo speakers?

If it is in the stereo speakers we may be SOL here.

PS, the star screws are likely torqs head screws, easy to remove with the correct driver.

esscolab · 10-21-2008, 02:46 AM

There must be a software/ECU mod that can turn this off.

Mark M · 10-21-2008, 09:11 AM

Checked last night. The 'gong' sound is coming from the audio speakers. So no easy way to disable. If it were a separate module in the kick panel it would be easy to unplug, however looks like it is coded into the audio system.

bman6074 · 10-21-2008, 09:19 AM

All I want to do is change the sound. Make it more like a tradition car sound. In my e36 M3 the noise for leaving my lights on is more like the K band radar sound and really grabs my attention.
I have forgotten to turn my lights off in the 1er cause the gong is not obnoxious enough to grab my attention and since it is the same sound for everything I have tuned it out.

larryn · 10-21-2008, 09:45 AM

There's a thought! If (big if) we were able to get access to the .wav file (or whatever is playing), and replace it with a different sound (or a silent .wav)...

esscolab · 10-21-2008, 09:55 AM

I was thinking about burp.wav

10-20-2008, 11:01 AM	#67
JTdrivin1 1 Love 5 Rep 255 Posts Drives: 2011 135i 6MT Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: NY iTrader: (0)	Sorry... i don't have the X5 any longer, and the point i tried to get across on that other post was that there aren't connectors in that place any longer. i attempted to take the panel off to just check myself, but they are special screw heads rather than common phillips.
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10-20-2008, 12:10 PM	#68
Mark M Major 240 Rep 1,288 Posts Drives: E30M3 E83X3 E90335D Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Lancaster, PA iTrader: (0)	Guys, before we go pulling panels lets first determine if the gong is coming from the driver's knee area as in older bmws, or if it is software integrated into the stereo speakers? If it is in the stereo speakers we may be SOL here. PS, the star screws are likely torqs head screws, easy to remove with the correct driver.
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10-21-2008, 02:46 AM	#69
esscolab Brigadeer 73 Rep 728 Posts Drives: Black 135i Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Colchester - UK iTrader: (0)	There must be a software/ECU mod that can turn this off. __________________ Eibach Sports springs, Evole Remap, Quafe LSD, AR Downpipes, Forge FMIC, Hart'ge Quads, BMS Intake.
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10-21-2008, 09:11 AM	#70
Mark M Major 240 Rep 1,288 Posts Drives: E30M3 E83X3 E90335D Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Lancaster, PA iTrader: (0)	Checked last night. The 'gong' sound is coming from the audio speakers. So no easy way to disable. If it were a separate module in the kick panel it would be easy to unplug, however looks like it is coded into the audio system.
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10-21-2008, 09:19 AM	#71
bman6074 Major 103 Rep 1,254 Posts Drives: 14 M235i and 07 Lotus Exige S Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Connecticut iTrader: (0)	All I want to do is change the sound. Make it more like a tradition car sound. In my e36 M3 the noise for leaving my lights on is more like the K band radar sound and really grabs my attention. I have forgotten to turn my lights off in the 1er cause the gong is not obnoxious enough to grab my attention and since it is the same sound for everything I have tuned it out. __________________
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10-21-2008, 09:45 AM	#72
larryn Lieutenant General 2148 Rep 10,176 Posts Drives: '97 332ti, '21 X5 45e, '16 GT4 Join Date: May 2005 Location: Seattle iTrader: (2)	There's a thought! If (big if) we were able to get access to the .wav file (or whatever is playing), and replace it with a different sound (or a silent .wav)...
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10-21-2008, 09:55 AM	#73
esscolab Brigadeer 73 Rep 728 Posts Drives: Black 135i Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Colchester - UK iTrader: (0)	I was thinking about burp.wav __________________ Eibach Sports springs, Evole Remap, Quafe LSD, AR Downpipes, Forge FMIC, Hart'ge Quads, BMS Intake.
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