sj1202
Member Since: 31 Jan 2009
Location: Shropshire
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Can anyone tell me if there is a way to turn of or disable the ping that accompanies the dash display telling you that the key is in the ignition etc.
Many thanks
Scott
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 29th May 2009 1:03 pm |
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Rescue01
Member Since: 14 Jan 2008
Location: Aberdeen
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Don't think it can be done mate. i am sure someone smarter will be along soon to confirm.
if you leave the key in the ign the car is still "awake" and can flatten the battery so either take the key out or open the drivers window and leave it in  Its not the height of the fall but the sudden stop at the bottom that hurts!!
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| 29th May 2009 1:08 pm |
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SJR
Member Since: 09 Aug 2006
Location: East Manchester
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Why would you want to disable it?
It is there for a reason, LR deem it not safe/sensible to start the car until a startup sequence/check has been completed - the ping tells you that has happened, there is no other indication so how would you know when it was safe to fire the ignition?  I believe that every human has a finite number of heart-beats. I don't intend to waste any of mine running around doing exercises.
Buzz Aldrin (1930 -
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| 29th May 2009 1:15 pm |
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Rescue01
Member Since: 14 Jan 2008
Location: Aberdeen
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think i misunderstood the question  Its not the height of the fall but the sudden stop at the bottom that hurts!!
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| 29th May 2009 1:18 pm |
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Ken
Member Since: 20 Feb 2006
Location: Here
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SJR the system check ping has gone ISTR from 08my onwards
The key in IGn Bing BING BING is here to stay at the mo
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| 29th May 2009 1:35 pm |
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SJR
Member Since: 09 Aug 2006
Location: East Manchester
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Fair enough Ken 
But have they replaced it with some other visual prompt that the startup sequence is complete 
And after reading your post it is possible i was thinking about a different BING to the original poster, sorry to sj1202 if my reply therefore seemed OTT I believe that every human has a finite number of heart-beats. I don't intend to waste any of mine running around doing exercises.
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| 29th May 2009 1:37 pm |
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stapldm
Member Since: 11 Sep 2006
Location: Swine Town
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My MY07 has no "I'm ready" Bong, so I just wait for the last of either the SRS light or the glow-plug lights to go out. If you have the aircon on automatic, this also comes on around the same time so you don't necessarily have to watch. Dr. Ian Malcolm:
"Yeah, but your scientists were so preoccupied with whether or not they could, they didn't stop to think if they should."
Transgenic tomato anyone?
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| 29th May 2009 2:12 pm |
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sj1202
Member Since: 31 Jan 2009
Location: Shropshire
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Not a prob SJR, it bings all the time if the key is in the ignition (without key being turned on), for example if cleaning the car ie. doors open and radio on bing, bing, bing!!!!
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| 29th May 2009 2:45 pm |
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Rescue01
Member Since: 14 Jan 2008
Location: Aberdeen
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I was right then Its not the height of the fall but the sudden stop at the bottom that hurts!!
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| 29th May 2009 3:06 pm |
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stapldm
Member Since: 11 Sep 2006
Location: Swine Town
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Rescue01 wrote:if you leave the key in the ign the car is still "awake" and can flatten the battery so either take the key out or open the drivers window and leave it in
Scott, he wasn't kidding. The car draws major amps when the key is in, even when not turned on. It's much better to take it out and put it in your pocket. If you want the radio, just turn it on in the usual way once the key is withdrawn. This will also cancel the "You're about to abandon me with the keys in" warning; it's annoying on purpose Dr. Ian Malcolm:
"Yeah, but your scientists were so preoccupied with whether or not they could, they didn't stop to think if they should."
Transgenic tomato anyone?
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| 29th May 2009 3:32 pm |
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sj1202
Member Since: 31 Jan 2009
Location: Shropshire
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Thanks for all the replies guys will just have to put up with it.
Many thanks
Scott
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| 1st Jun 2009 11:00 am |
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soundsolutions
Member Since: 11 Jun 2009
Location: The shires, Yorkshire & Cheshire
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Slightly of topic, but I don’t seem to have the hang of the search feature. My 57 has just started doing the random Bing!
Whilst driving, no warning lights, nothing on the display, just every now & again, a random BING!
Bloody annoying!!  The music business is a cruel and shallow money trench, a long plastic hallway where thieves and pimps run free, and good men die like dogs. There's also a negative side.
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| 31st Jul 2009 8:30 am |
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NoDo$h
Member Since: 02 May 2006
Location: Finding new and exciting ways to milk badgers.
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Quite often that's a problem with the seat wiring harness. A search with +seat +wiring +bong might help, or something similar to that. I know it's not considered "kind" to say no these days, but no. Just no, ok? And if it's not ok, still no.
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| 31st Jul 2009 9:15 am |
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JR
Member Since: 23 Jul 2009
Location: Cape Town
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soundsolutions wrote:My 57 has just started doing the random Bing! Whilst driving, no warning lights, nothing on the display, just every now & again, a random BING!
The car is lonely. It's trying to communicate with you.
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| 31st Jul 2009 11:59 am |
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AndrewS
Tarquin of the Desert
Member Since: 06 May 2005
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soundsolutions wrote:Slightly of topic, but I don’t seem to have the hang of the search feature. My 57 has just started doing the random Bing!
Whilst driving, no warning lights, nothing on the display, just every now & again, a random BING!
Bloody annoying!!
Does it do this bing when the fuel level is low In the Beginning there was nothing, which exploded.
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| 31st Jul 2009 12:05 pm |
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