R56 Things you didn't know about your R56 MINI
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Jim
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AAACCTUALLY...it happens if the radio has the "Traffic" or "alert" setting on it. It'll switch and make the announcement for weather, traffic, etc. My '04 MCS kept doing it to me in Germany, and due to my poor Deutsche language skills, I couldn't figure it out at first. Once I did, and it happened in my '07 MCS, I knew what was causing it. Too many traffic jams! ANyway...I do NOT have sirus, only the radio and now iPod jack. ~~ (insert spooky voice) Listen to the voices....~~
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Here's something I did not know about my MINI: The DSC light on the tach will flash at you when you take those under-pass u-turns at speed. It is good to be done with the break-in and be able to drive aggressively again. It was great going from a dead stop to a flashing yellow light halfway through the turn.
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Here's something I did not know about my MINI: The DSC light on the tach will flash at you when you take those under-pass u-turns at speed. It is good to be done with the break-in and be able to drive aggressively again. It was great going from a dead stop to a flashing yellow light halfway through the turn.
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It's the radio in your car - I'd have to mess with mine for a minute, but I think it's part of the settings on the "i" (for information) in your setup...you might have to check the manual, though...I can't remember and can't get out to fiddle with mine to help at the moment!
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Traveling in the UK its really handy with TA (traffic announcement) on, it'll break in to whatever you're listening to (including the iPod) and give you traffic news. With EON (Enhanced Other Network) it'll temporarily retune your radio to another station to give you the traffic, it'll also hand you off to another radio station when you go out of range. The US radios are kind of primitive by comparison.
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I didn't think the US spec radios did that.
Traveling in the UK its really handy with TA (traffic announcement) on, it'll break in to whatever you're listening to (including the iPod) and give you traffic news. With EON (Enhanced Other Network) it'll temporarily retune your radio to another station to give you the traffic, it'll also hand you off to another radio station when you go out of range. The US radios are kind of primitive by comparison.
Traveling in the UK its really handy with TA (traffic announcement) on, it'll break in to whatever you're listening to (including the iPod) and give you traffic news. With EON (Enhanced Other Network) it'll temporarily retune your radio to another station to give you the traffic, it'll also hand you off to another radio station when you go out of range. The US radios are kind of primitive by comparison.
Yup - even though I got both the MCS there, they were stil US Specs. It's just the radio community picked up on it better over in Europe and they're just now getting on board with it in the US. You're right on that one!
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Mine triggers occasionally, usually on the street out of my subdivision onto a highway. There are some overhanging trees that often make the pavement slippery. Fortunately it hasn't been used "for real," and the highway rarely has traffic.
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It's probably like the other power circuits. My radar detector goes off when the key is out, too. Mighty convenient--I often forgot to unplug in my old car. OTOH, my GPS doesn't charge once the engine is off. Oh well, can't have it both ways, I guess. I'd rather have the radar off.
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