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Title: what are those 4 beeps???????
Post by: wakeyomega on 07 April 2007, 19:45:21
Now I've got the grease off my hands from the HBV change, (and changed my pants from the close call with the radiator tap) - here's a question thats has bothered me from day one of owning this car , nearly seven years ago. On occasions when I turn off the ignition I get 4 'beeps', which I now believe come from the horn sited underneath the scuttle on the drivers side. It usually happens when I have turned off the ignition and removed the key in one swift movement. It certainly never happens all the time, quite the opposite. I'm sure its some part of the system telling me off.

Any ideas

Thanks Pat
Title: Re: what are those 4 beeps???????
Post by: Taxi_Driver on 07 April 2007, 19:50:51
It usually means the battery in the power sounder alarm is fubared.....vx dealer will try to sell you complete new replacement.....but it can be taken apart and replacement batteries fitted  :y
Title: Re: what are those 4 beeps???????
Post by: STMO123 on 07 April 2007, 19:52:32
The dreaded 4 beeps Pat. It means that the batteries in your power sounder have had it. We've had this question a few times on the forum, I'll see if i can find the appropriate thread and post back
Title: Re: what are those 4 beeps???????
Post by: tunnie on 07 April 2007, 19:53:59
yup backup alarm module is on its last legs, its under the scuttle on the drivers side.

Remove and replace battery, or a much easier option is just unplug it!  ;)
Title: Re: what are those 4 beeps???????
Post by: omegalyn on 07 April 2007, 20:46:09
I have had the same beeps since I've had my 2.0 gls, but I thought it had something to do with the Sony sound system.  what dose this battery thing look like, and what is it for!!!

Omegalyn
Title: Re: what are those 4 beeps???????
Post by: RossPhim on 07 April 2007, 21:06:18
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Now I've got the grease off my hands from the HBV change, (and changed my pants from the close call with the radiator tap) - here's a question thats has bothered me from day one of owning this car , nearly seven years ago. On occasions when I turn off the ignition I get 4 'beeps', which I now believe come from the horn sited underneath the scuttle on the drivers side. It usually happens when I have turned off the ignition and removed the key in one swift movement. It certainly never happens all the time, quite the opposite. I'm sure its some part of the system telling me off.

Any ideas

Thanks Pat

It sounds like an intermitent fault and if it's been happening every now and again for seven years, it sounds more like a loose or semi-not-happy connection.
Surely if it was the batteries giving up it would have died years ago!
It can be removed you know!   ;)
HTH
Title: Re: what are those 4 beeps???????
Post by: Taxi_Driver on 08 April 2007, 07:46:02
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I have had the same beeps since I've had my 2.0 gls, but I thought it had something to do with the Sony sound system.  what dose this battery thing look like, and what is it for!!!

Omegalyn

Some Sony car stereos do beep when you turn the ign off.....its a warning to remove the front panel off the stereo.....so dont get it confused with this.

If the power sounder goes off....this is a warning that the car battery has been disconected...and therefore disabling the main car alarm

You can tell if its the Sony stereo beeping.....coz the beeps come from the front speakers  :y
Title: Re: what are those 4 beeps???????
Post by: omegalyn on 08 April 2007, 20:39:42
Thanks TD, yes my beeps do come from the front speekers, so its a sony thing for me.

Thanks.

Title: Re: what are those 4 beeps???????
Post by: Tony H on 08 April 2007, 21:24:18
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Thanks TD, yes my beeps do come from the front speekers, so its a sony thing for me.

Thanks.

Result :y
Title: Re: what are those 4 beeps???????
Post by: TheBoy on 08 April 2007, 21:42:57
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Thanks TD, yes my beeps do come from the front speekers, so its a sony thing for me.

Thanks.

That would annoy me.

Yet another reason, as if I needed more, to avoid Sony junk.
Title: Re: what are those 4 beeps???????
Post by: Taxi_Driver on 08 April 2007, 21:48:25
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Thanks TD, yes my beeps do come from the front speekers, so its a sony thing for me.

Thanks.

That would annoy me.

Yet another reason, as if I needed more, to avoid Sony junk.

Thats the reason......to annoy you...so you do remove the front panel off the stereo  ;D
Title: Re: what are those 4 beeps???????
Post by: TheBoy on 08 April 2007, 21:58:42
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Thanks TD, yes my beeps do come from the front speekers, so its a sony thing for me.

Thanks.

That would annoy me.

Yet another reason, as if I needed more, to avoid Sony junk.

Thats the reason......to annoy you...so you do remove the front panel off the stereo  ;D
Sammy Sledge would sort the beeping  >:(
Title: Re: what are those 4 beeps???????
Post by: Taxi_Driver on 08 April 2007, 22:08:20
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Thanks TD, yes my beeps do come from the front speekers, so its a sony thing for me.

Thanks.

That would annoy me.

Yet another reason, as if I needed more, to avoid Sony junk.

Thats the reason......to annoy you...so you do remove the front panel off the stereo  ;D
Sammy Sledge would sort the beeping  >:(

If you hadnt been careless and lost him  ::)
Title: Re: what are those 4 beeps???????
Post by: TheBoy on 08 April 2007, 22:19:29
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Thanks TD, yes my beeps do come from the front speekers, so its a sony thing for me.

Thanks.

That would annoy me.

Yet another reason, as if I needed more, to avoid Sony junk.

Thats the reason......to annoy you...so you do remove the front panel off the stereo  ;D
Sammy Sledge would sort the beeping  >:(

If you hadnt been careless and lost him  ::)
But Percy Pick is a suitable alternative....
Title: Re: what are those 4 beeps???????
Post by: Taxi_Driver on 08 April 2007, 22:49:34
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Thanks TD, yes my beeps do come from the front speekers, so its a sony thing for me.

Thanks.

That would annoy me.

Yet another reason, as if I needed more, to avoid Sony junk.

Thats the reason......to annoy you...so you do remove the front panel off the stereo  ;D
Sammy Sledge would sort the beeping  >:(

If you hadnt been careless and lost him  ::)
But Percy Pick is a suitable alternative....

You sure you havent lost him too  ;D
Title: Re: what are those 4 beeps???????
Post by: Kevin Wood on 08 April 2007, 23:13:23
Graham Grinder is my personal favourite, but each to their own..

Kevin
Title: Re: what are those 4 beeps???????
Post by: TheBoy on 09 April 2007, 09:18:09
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Graham Grinder is my personal favourite, but each to their own..

Kevin
Nah, takes too much time/effort to set up - advantage of Sammy/Percy is that all aggression is instantly lost in a moment.  If I had to think about getting out a grinder, and plugging in etc etc, the moment would have passed.  Actually, that my be a good thing..... ::)
Title: Re: what are those 4 beeps???????
Post by: Kevin Wood on 09 April 2007, 11:27:44
I guess it's horses for courses. Sometimes instant gratification is required. Sometimes a calculated and thorough dismemberment over the course of several minutes is the only solution.  >:(

Kevin