Problem: dead microphone or CCC problem?
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Driving to one of my favorite Austrian restaurants, Caf? Steinhof (yes, that?s really its name), my Voice Command was acting funny.
Actually, it wasn?t acting at all - it turned out it could not hear any of my commands (although it prompted me correctly). This was not limited to making calls via my mobile, I tried normal satnav commands and also called BMW Assist.
I pulled over and turned the car off for a few minutes before continuing. No change.
I rebooted the CCC - no change.
I continued to Caf? Steinhof and enjoyed my meal (they have G?sser Bier on tap).
When I came back to the car, everything worked.
So, is it the mic, the CCC, or something else.
Actually, it wasn?t acting at all - it turned out it could not hear any of my commands (although it prompted me correctly). This was not limited to making calls via my mobile, I tried normal satnav commands and also called BMW Assist.
I pulled over and turned the car off for a few minutes before continuing. No change.
I rebooted the CCC - no change.
I continued to Caf? Steinhof and enjoyed my meal (they have G?sser Bier on tap).
When I came back to the car, everything worked.
So, is it the mic, the CCC, or something else.
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The nav was most likely muted. When you are in the navigation map screen, on the very top-left hand corner you will see a volume icon. If the icon has a slash through it, then the entire system is muted....aside from the radio, cd, ipod etc. hope this helped.
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Originally Posted by JSpira' post='591664' date='May 30 2008, 08:09 PM
Anyone?
Needs booting but could be a connection failure, too.
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Originally Posted by dbae1978' post='591683' date='May 30 2008, 01:30 PM
The nav was most likely muted. When you are in the navigation map screen, on the very top-left hand corner you will see a volume icon. If the icon has a slash through it, then the entire system is muted....aside from the radio, cd, ipod etc. hope this helped.
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Originally Posted by Ricracing' post='591692' date='May 30 2008, 01:39 PM
Microsoft and Intel inside
Needs booting but could be a connection failure, too.
Needs booting but could be a connection failure, too.
I hate spurious problems.
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Originally Posted by JSpira' post='591305' date='May 29 2008, 11:18 PM
Driving to one of my favorite Austrian restaurants, Caf? Steinhof (yes, that?s really its name), my Voice Command was acting funny.
Actually, it wasn?t acting at all - it turned out it could not hear any of my commands (although it prompted me correctly). This was not limited to making calls via my mobile, I tried normal satnav commands and also called BMW Assist.
I pulled over and turned the car off for a few minutes before continuing. No change.
I rebooted the CCC - no change.
I continued to Caf? Steinhof and enjoyed my meal (they have G?sser Bier on tap).
When I came back to the car, everything worked.
So, is it the mic, the CCC, or something else.
Actually, it wasn?t acting at all - it turned out it could not hear any of my commands (although it prompted me correctly). This was not limited to making calls via my mobile, I tried normal satnav commands and also called BMW Assist.
I pulled over and turned the car off for a few minutes before continuing. No change.
I rebooted the CCC - no change.
I continued to Caf? Steinhof and enjoyed my meal (they have G?sser Bier on tap).
When I came back to the car, everything worked.
So, is it the mic, the CCC, or something else.
Of courses could be something entirely different but this unusual software/TCU interaction seems to be a growing trend I have noticed in a wide variety of BMW models.
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Dave, that's along the lines I was thinking - which means it's really hard to troubleshoot.
I was hoping it was just a dead mic but that's obviously not it and the connection for the mic was good and tight.
My SA is out sick today but I'll see if the head of the BMW Assist program has any ideas (maybe he'll give me a new TCU that supports GSM)
I was hoping it was just a dead mic but that's obviously not it and the connection for the mic was good and tight.
My SA is out sick today but I'll see if the head of the BMW Assist program has any ideas (maybe he'll give me a new TCU that supports GSM)
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I agree that it's not likely related to the hardware mic since the problem is intermittent. Sounds like the car needed a good sleep to reset whatever wasn't working.
I think this will be one of those typical "update the progman and see if it goes away" issues before they start throwing parts at it.
(BTW, when I first started reading your thread, I thought you were back in Europe and I was trying to figure out what car you were driving... )
I think this will be one of those typical "update the progman and see if it goes away" issues before they start throwing parts at it.
(BTW, when I first started reading your thread, I thought you were back in Europe and I was trying to figure out what car you were driving... )
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Originally Posted by Rudy' post='591849' date='May 30 2008, 05:09 PM
(BTW, when I first started reading your thread, I thought you were back in Europe and I was trying to figure out what car you were driving... )