How to turn off radio??
11-02-2007, 02:25 PM
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Is it me, or does any other 5-series owner have difficulty turning off their radio?
I press the button (supposedly the on-off button) but it all does it mute the radio, it is not actually off, as the radio station displays are still there on the screen.
Is there anyway to turn off the radio? And I mean really turn it off?
Sometimes I like to drive and enjoy the road sounds and not have radio on.
Thx
I press the button (supposedly the on-off button) but it all does it mute the radio, it is not actually off, as the radio station displays are still there on the screen.
Is there anyway to turn off the radio? And I mean really turn it off?
Sometimes I like to drive and enjoy the road sounds and not have radio on.
Thx
11-02-2007, 09:34 PM
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Originally Posted by juniorbmw' post='489194' date='Nov 2 2007, 06:25 PM
Is it me, or does any other 5-series owner have difficulty turning off their radio?
I press the button (supposedly the on-off button) but it all does it mute the radio, it is not actually off, as the radio station displays are still there on the screen.
Is there anyway to turn off the radio? And I mean really turn it off?
Sometimes I like to drive and enjoy the road sounds and not have radio on.
Thx
I press the button (supposedly the on-off button) but it all does it mute the radio, it is not actually off, as the radio station displays are still there on the screen.
Is there anyway to turn off the radio? And I mean really turn it off?
Sometimes I like to drive and enjoy the road sounds and not have radio on.
Thx
11-02-2007, 09:49 PM
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Originally Posted by EBMCS03' post='489286' date='Nov 2 2007, 10:41 PM
just like iPod doenst turn off...
mute works just as good.
mute works just as good.
11-02-2007, 10:02 PM
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Originally Posted by ksleher' post='489312' date='Nov 3 2007, 01:49 AM
Something i should check t'rrow.....and i don't want to do it now. :-)..... So, if the mute is on (ie. radio is off), does the other audio services (eg. nav, phone etc) stay on or will that be turned off too ??
Nothing is "turned off" like the old days. The nav, phone, etc. will always remain on. If you don't want to see anything on the screen, then you can turn that off too. Even then, the phone, nav, etc. is "powered up", you just don't see anything...
11-03-2007, 03:55 AM
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Originally Posted by ksleher' post='489312' date='Nov 3 2007, 01:49 AM
Something i should check t'rrow.....and i don't want to do it now. :-)..... So, if the mute is on (ie. radio is off), does the other audio services (eg. nav, phone etc) stay on or will that be turned off too ??
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I'd like to add something...
If you don't like the stations on display while you turned off (muted
) the radio, move the idrive into the climate control area. Then you really turned off the radio and you won't see the stations any longer. You could also turn off the display but it's still lighted... 
If you don't like the stations on display while you turned off (muted
) the radio, move the idrive into the climate control area. Then you really turned off the radio and you won't see the stations any longer. You could also turn off the display but it's still lighted...