[HighlandPete]

Originally Posted by dopper99

When you mentioned "battery protection kicks in", it got me thinking........ Maybe the car is clever enough to switch the radio off immediately on turning the car off if it detects a low battery? So it may not be a worry.

Yes, you'll get something like this:



Mine occurred due to a discharge caused by a comfort access fault, but similar for low battery, in that consumers are switched off to protect for an engine start up.

Should also get a message on the Check Control, if the battery has been discharged to a level where the energy management takes over, identifying the issue. A discharge fault or "battery charge low", with something like "charge by driving for longer periods or use external charger. Functions requiring battery will be switched off".

My car gave the discharge while stationary warning. As it had a continuous power drain.

[dopper99]

^^^ there we go then. The OP need not worry

Seems some smart electronics are at work here.

[graham8728]

Originally Posted by dangerous_al

Same here, code it to turn the radio off when the car door is opened, and while you are in there, code stop/start to remember last setting

Apologies for my ignorance (new to this forum and just bought my F30), but how do you ‘code’ it to do this?

[Kendo67]

Originally Posted by graham8728

Apologies for my ignorance (new to this forum and just bought my F30), but how do you ‘code’ it to do this?

Bimmercode app and a bluetooth OBD adapter.

The app is a free download , but costs £27 to unlock it in order to code your car. The OBD adapter is around £20 from Amazon.

I did my F32 a few days ago and it was super easy.

I also coded : Alarm Bleeps , RR Warning sounds , Tyre Temps , Volume PopUp , Start Animation , Video via USB , Rear Camera Zoom. Ambient Lighting , Angel Eye brightness , Shut off nav (doors) , LED lights in reverse , Mirror Tilt in reverse, Digi Speed in cluster , M Perf Logo in cluster.

Kenny

[SynTom]

I sit in my garage for literally HOURS in my car with leather cleaner and what not (Opal White Extended Merino), not the easiest leather to contend with, cleaning the car.

Always have the radio or Bluetooth on, the car eventually shouts at me, tells me to pack it all in. This usually takes about 3 hours with radio on, 4 cameras running and lights on.

All in all these systems are good, a good drive and the alternator does its magic and everything's back to normal. I wouldn't worry about battery drain, I'd be more worried about the stealership cleaning my car!!!

They've already damaged the leather, a TPMS sensor and an alloy wheel, the less time they spend around the car, the better.

[aquazi]

Been meaning to code this to turn off when the door is open for ages....

Bad enough when the volume isnt even that loud people can hear what you are listening too really clearly... but even more annoying when i park up at work and open the door - the whole car park can hear it!

[graham8728]

Originally Posted by Kendo67

Bimmercode app and a bluetooth OBD adapter.

The app is a free download , but costs £27 to unlock it in order to code your car. The OBD adapter is around £20 from Amazon.

I did my F32 a few days ago and it was super easy.

I also coded : Alarm Bleeps , RR Warning sounds , Tyre Temps , Volume PopUp , Start Animation , Video via USB , Rear Camera Zoom. Ambient Lighting , Angel Eye brightness , Shut off nav (doors) , LED lights in reverse , Mirror Tilt in reverse, Digi Speed in cluster , M Perf Logo in cluster.

Kenny

Originally Posted by Kendo67

Bimmercode app and a bluetooth OBD adapter.

The app is a free download , but costs £27 to unlock it in order to code your car. The OBD adapter is around £20 from Amazon.

I did my F32 a few days ago and it was super easy.

I also coded : Alarm Bleeps , RR Warning sounds , Tyre Temps , Volume PopUp , Start Animation , Video via USB , Rear Camera Zoom. Ambient Lighting , Angel Eye brightness , Shut off nav (doors) , LED lights in reverse , Mirror Tilt in reverse, Digi Speed in cluster , M Perf Logo in cluster.

Kenny

Thanks for the info Kenny. 👍

[Pequin]

Originally Posted by mofomat

And that would be annoying if you didn't want everything shut down. I think the present way works fine. I've never had an issue with it in over 11 years of driving BMWs with the push button ignition.

^^
What they both said.

[sahajesh]

Originally Posted by Pequin

^^
What they both said.

Agree - pity the OP never did a poll, I'd like to have seen the outcome of giving that to BMW