stereo volume

Brknbones · 08-10-2010, 08:42 PM

The stereo volume in my car goes to zero every time it is turned off? Is there a way to turn this off? I want it to go to the level that it was before I turned the care off.

gthal · 08-10-2010, 08:52 PM

Maybe there is something wrong? Mine always maintains the same volume and I don't recall ever seeing an option in iDrive for anything else.

JCtx · 08-10-2010, 09:17 PM

Mine stays where I left it too. Only thing that sucks is volume level doesn't show; even the crappiest cars nowadays show volume level. Oh well.

Mjolnir · 08-10-2010, 09:21 PM

Mine is low when I turn it back on but that's probably a good thing for me given how loud I have it.

Brknbones · 08-10-2010, 09:36 PM

I have my speed volume turned up, I don't know if that has anything to do with it. But when I pull into my garage it is still much louder then when I pull out.

哇靠M3 · 08-10-2010, 09:37 PM

mine doesn't go to Zero. have the dealer check it out

M3Ronin · 08-10-2010, 09:42 PM

My volume drops as well when I start her up. Not all the way down do zero, but just quiet enough that the engine drowns it out. Annoying.

Brknbones · 08-10-2010, 11:00 PM

My 335 did not so this.

808MGuy · 08-10-2010, 11:09 PM

I believe there is a preset max volume that the stereo can start at. Its a convenience feature so you don't accidentally blast your ears off when you first start the car. Those of you who have never experienced the volume going down after you turn off the car have probably never reached the threshold. I actually like the feature. I thought I remember reading something about being able to adjust that threshold but only if you don't have iDrive. Someone else can comment or confirm that.

BigHat · 08-11-2010, 07:46 AM

Mine does it as well. Doesn't bother me aside from one point -- I'm always afraid that I'm in a lull in the media (radio, iPod, etc) and when it source returns it will boom!!

I have another not scientifically proved factoid regarding this. I FEEL the volume comes up faster via the the volume switch on the wheel than the rotary switch on the dash. Sometimes I think I'm spinning that thing to volume.

Have to check the manual again but I've never noticed an iDrive option regarding this.

DiRTyDeLuX · 08-11-2010, 11:36 AM

When I turn off any radio I ever owned, the volume went to zero as well and I was unable to hear it anymore. Im thinking the volume went to zero because the power was off... but I'm no radiologist.

08-10-2010, 08:42 PM	#1
Brknbones Private First Class 19 Rep 140 Posts Drives: 2011 e93 M3 Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Scottsdale iTrader: (0)	stereo volume The stereo volume in my car goes to zero every time it is turned off? Is there a way to turn this off? I want it to go to the level that it was before I turned the care off. __________________ 2011 E93 M3 Jet Black/Fox Red/Carbon Fiber/DCT/Premium/Tech/Premium Sound/USB/Sat 2008 E92 Jet Black/Saddle/Dark Burll/6MT/CA/NAV/Sport/Sat/USB (RIP)
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08-10-2010, 08:52 PM	#2
gthal Major General 1903 Rep 5,678 Posts Drives: 2018 340i xDrive Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Canada iTrader: (2)	Maybe there is something wrong? Mine always maintains the same volume and I don't recall ever seeing an option in iDrive for anything else. __________________ 2020 X3 M40i \| Black \| Current DD 2020 C8 Corvette \| Z51 \| Torch Red ... built and waiting for delivery 2016 M2 \| Long Beach Blue \| 6MT 2015 M4 \| Austin Yellow \| DCT 2012 MB C63AMG \| 2011 E92 M3 \| 2010 E92 M3
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08-10-2010, 09:17 PM	#3
JCtx Major General 258 Rep 5,012 Posts Drives: No BMW yet Join Date: May 2008 Location: El Paso TX iTrader: (0)	Mine stays where I left it too. Only thing that sucks is volume level doesn't show; even the crappiest cars nowadays show volume level. Oh well.
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08-10-2010, 09:21 PM	#4
Mjolnir Second Lieutenant 7 Rep 264 Posts Drives: 2011 M3 Le Mans Blue ZCP DCT Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Virginia iTrader: (0)	Mine is low when I turn it back on but that's probably a good thing for me given how loud I have it.
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08-10-2010, 09:36 PM	#5
Brknbones Private First Class 19 Rep 140 Posts Drives: 2011 e93 M3 Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Scottsdale iTrader: (0)	I have my speed volume turned up, I don't know if that has anything to do with it. But when I pull into my garage it is still much louder then when I pull out. __________________ 2011 E93 M3 Jet Black/Fox Red/Carbon Fiber/DCT/Premium/Tech/Premium Sound/USB/Sat 2008 E92 Jet Black/Saddle/Dark Burll/6MT/CA/NAV/Sport/Sat/USB (RIP)
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08-10-2010, 09:37 PM	#6
哇靠M3 Captain 85 Rep 781 Posts Drives: e92 M3 Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: 加州到台北 iTrader: (5) Garage List 2009 E92 M3 [9.00]	mine doesn't go to Zero. have the dealer check it out
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M3Ronin Bleifuß 0 Rep 1 Posts Drives: '09 E92 M3 Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: NYC iTrader: (0)	My volume drops as well when I start her up. Not all the way down do zero, but just quiet enough that the engine drowns it out. Annoying.
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08-10-2010, 11:00 PM	#8
Brknbones Private First Class 19 Rep 140 Posts Drives: 2011 e93 M3 Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Scottsdale iTrader: (0)	My 335 did not so this. __________________ 2011 E93 M3 Jet Black/Fox Red/Carbon Fiber/DCT/Premium/Tech/Premium Sound/USB/Sat 2008 E92 Jet Black/Saddle/Dark Burll/6MT/CA/NAV/Sport/Sat/USB (RIP)
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08-10-2010, 11:09 PM	#9
808MGuy Colonel 219 Rep 2,339 Posts Drives: 2009 E90 M3 Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Oahu, Hawaii iTrader: (3)	I believe there is a preset max volume that the stereo can start at. Its a convenience feature so you don't accidentally blast your ears off when you first start the car. Those of you who have never experienced the volume going down after you turn off the car have probably never reached the threshold. I actually like the feature. I thought I remember reading something about being able to adjust that threshold but only if you don't have iDrive. Someone else can comment or confirm that. __________________ 2016 Porsche Cayman GTS - Sapphire Blue / Black Full Leather Interior / Carrera S Wheels
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08-11-2010, 07:46 AM	#10
BigHat Lieutenant 7 Rep 513 Posts Drives: '11 M3 E93 Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: NoVa iTrader: (0)	Mine does it as well. Doesn't bother me aside from one point -- I'm always afraid that I'm in a lull in the media (radio, iPod, etc) and when it source returns it will boom!! I have another not scientifically proved factoid regarding this. I FEEL the volume comes up faster via the the volume switch on the wheel than the rotary switch on the dash. Sometimes I think I'm spinning that thing to volume. Have to check the manual again but I've never noticed an iDrive option regarding this.
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08-11-2010, 11:36 AM	#11
DiRTyDeLuX Private First Class 7 Rep 130 Posts Drives: 2011 AW E92 M3 ZCP ZCV ZP2 Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: NYC iTrader: (0)	When I turn off any radio I ever owned, the volume went to zero as well and I was unable to hear it anymore. Im thinking the volume went to zero because the power was off... but I'm no radiologist.
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