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Irritations

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Irritations

Post by henrym3 » Sat Nov 05, 2016 7:18 pm

I have a Dynavin N6 fitted plus the standard head unit in the boot. Both show identical time, click over on the hour together. BUT I get an hourly chime via the OBC 10/12 seconds before the hour, where is it coming from, what is generating it??
Next, one of my rear door puddle lights comes on when the door is opened to the first spring, when you go fully opened the light goes out. Can anyone save me a load of hassle trying to find out why, I'll fix it, I just want to go down the easy route with all the knowledge on here.
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Re: Irritations

Post by X5Sport » Sat Nov 05, 2016 9:55 pm

There was a chime function in the MID/OBC unit so it may be coming from that?
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Re: Irritations

Post by henrym3 » Sat Nov 05, 2016 10:53 pm

But wouldn't that be in sync with the OBC clock?
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Re: Irritations

Post by X5Sport » Sun Nov 06, 2016 8:38 am

The chime occurs 15 seconds before the hour change.  No idea why BMW did it that way, but that's how it works. ???
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Re: Irritations

Post by henrym3 » Sun Nov 06, 2016 9:29 am

Excellent, now I know it will stop bugging me.
E53 X5 4.6is, Carbon Black, LPG, Paddle Shift, Dynavin N6, Lowered, 22"Wheels, Side Bars. Perfusion Exhaust
E30 M3 Black, S50B32 Engine, 6 Speed Box, Ireland Engineering ARBs & Big Brake Conversion, Lowered, 18"LMs, CF CAI, CF Splitter & Barge Board, ZM3 Quad Exhaust.
VW R32 Gone

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