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That annoying beep
Posted: Sun Jul 17, 2005 6:01 pm
by Bennoz
To those of you handy with wire cutters & soldering irons, has anyone figured out how to disable that annoying noise the car makes when the keys are in the ignition & the door is open??
Posted: Sun Jul 17, 2005 8:42 pm
by onnzo
Yep
A how to is on the ftooc forums. I also disabled the annoying reverse beep.
Mike
Posted: Mon Jul 18, 2005 8:21 am
by Boris
reverse beep?
fto's have a reverse beep?
Posted: Mon Jul 18, 2005 10:41 am
by FTO338
Yeah on the Tip there’s a continues beep when you put it on reverse, is a safety device, but my friends thought it was a parking sensor, how embarrassing.
Posted: Mon Jul 18, 2005 3:20 pm
by Bennoz
Thanks Mike,
Dont spose you have a link for it? Been searching ftooc for a while now & cant seem to find it
Posted: Mon Jul 18, 2005 9:32 pm
by Bennoz
Posted: Mon Jul 18, 2005 9:46 pm
by onnzo
Edit - it looks like you beat me to it! I'm on dial up speeds
That is the link to get rid of the reverse beep. The ignition reminder beep is on the same circuit board. To disable it you have to remove a different diode or resistor if I remember correctly.
Mike
Posted: Mon Jul 18, 2005 10:26 pm
by Bennoz
Ahhh... thanks mate - I'll double check before I go hacking with the side cutters!
Posted: Mon Jul 18, 2005 10:38 pm
by Bennoz
Ok, bit more homework into this & those 3 diodes do 3 different things:
1 is key in ignition bleep, 1 is reverse bleep in Tip & the other is headlights left on bleep... gonna take my soldering iron & try until I find.
Posted: Mon Jul 18, 2005 11:00 pm
by BuCkEt
Hahaha, you're game enough to do that?
Or are you going to get a few beers into your first?
Posted: Mon Jul 18, 2005 11:13 pm
by Bennoz
Heheeeee, beer first mate!!
Im too bad with the old soldering iron - good for lighting the cigs with as well! Got one of them wizz bang ones with the interchangable size tips - just make sure I got the little one on for this
Posted: Tue Jul 19, 2005 11:53 pm
by onnzo
Yeah that looks familiar. I didnt know that FTO's had headlight reminders?
Mine didnt. I bought a headlight reminder kit from Jaycar and installed it after a flat battery!
In any case it is pretty easy to do. Good luck.
Mike
Posted: Wed Jul 20, 2005 8:43 am
by Bennoz
Thats one beep I don't mind hehe... have run the battery flat one 2 many times with lights left on