2002 e39 - Stereo not working after low battery

#11

On Wed, 14 Oct 2009 00:07:05 +0100, Dave Plowman (News) wrote:

Quote:

In article <7jgbhfF35o8lgU1 (AT) mid (DOT) individual.net>,
smb <invalid (AT) invalid (DOT) invalid> wrote:
I don't drive my 520 that often - once a week maybe, sometimes less.
Yesterday I got in and turned the key and just got a clicking noise. I
put a voltmetre on the battery and it read about 9.2 volts. So I
charged it via the jump start connections under the bonnet and then it
was fine. However, now the stereo won't turn on. It just doesn't
respond to the push button to turn it on. It still shows the time on
the display, which is backlit when the headlights are on. Is there a
connection with the low batter and recharge, or just a coincidence?
Any ideas?

Only thing that happens to my E39 radio if you disconnect the battery is
you lose the station memory.

The battery obviously did get that low, as now that I've got the radio
working again it still has all the stations in memory. I think it's just
a coincidence that the CD changer stoped working at the same time. It
just won't repsond. It won't play anything, and I still can't get it to
eject the CD cartridge.

#12

smb wrote:

Quote:

Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
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Only thing that happens to my E39 radio if you disconnect the battery is
you lose the station memory.

The battery obviously did get that low, as now that I've got the radio
working again it still has all the stations in memory. I think it's just
a coincidence that the CD changer stoped working at the same time. It
just won't repsond. It won't play anything, and I still can't get it to
eject the CD cartridge.

You just need a bigger hammer. 8)

When I changed the battery on my E46, I lost nothing at all.

#13

In article <7jmpbqF36a8a9U1 (AT) mid (DOT) individual.net>,
smb <invalid (AT) invalid (DOT) invalid> wrote:

Quote:

It won't play anything, and I still can't get it to
eject the CD cartridge.

Think there's some sort of mechanical release - like on a single CD player.

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Dave Plowman dave (AT) davenoise (DOT) co.uk London SW
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#14

On Thu, 15 Oct 2009 00:13:46 +0100, Dave Plowman (News) wrote:

Quote:

In article <7jmpbqF36a8a9U1 (AT) mid (DOT) individual.net>,
smb <invalid (AT) invalid (DOT) invalid> wrote:
It won't play anything, and I still can't get it to
eject the CD cartridge.

Think there's some sort of mechanical release - like on a single CD player.

I don't see anything obvious, and I wonder how that would work if the
unit stopped working whilst a disc was being played. I think I'll have to
take it to bits to get my 6 CDs back!

#15

On Wed, 14 Oct 2009 22:52:47 GMT, dizzy wrote:

Quote:

smb wrote:

Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
?

Only thing that happens to my E39 radio if you disconnect the battery is
you lose the station memory.

The battery obviously did get that low, as now that I've got the radio
working again it still has all the stations in memory. I think it's just
a coincidence that the CD changer stoped working at the same time. It
just won't repsond. It won't play anything, and I still can't get it to
eject the CD cartridge.

You just need a bigger hammer. 8)

lol. I don't really want to resort to the big hammer approach until I
know for sure that it's the changer units that's failed, and not just
something daft like the cable connections. But it's heading that way..

> When I changed the battery on my E46, I lost nothing at all.

#16

Quote:

GUEST wrote:
I don't drive my 520 that often - once a week maybe, sometimes
less.
Yesterday I got in and turned the key and just got a clicking
noise. I
put a voltmetre on the battery and it read about 9.2 volts. So I
charged
it via the jump start connections under the bonnet and then it was
fine.
However, now the stereo won't turn on. It just doesn't respond to
the
push button to turn it on. It still shows the time on the display,
which
is backlit when the headlights are on. Is there a connection with
the low
batter and recharge, or just a coincidence? Any ideas?

Thanks

I was just wondering if the problem was fixed as my
situation is exactly same, after battery change the radio is not
working, CD cartridge is not coming out i think I can see a cd stuck.
tried all the fuses no joy.
Thanks

#17

On Sun, 25 Oct 2009 22:46:40 -0500, driton wrote:

Quote:

GUEST wrote:
I don't drive my 520 that often - once a week maybe, sometimes
less.
Yesterday I got in and turned the key and just got a clicking
noise. I
put a voltmetre on the battery and it read about 9.2 volts. So I
charged
it via the jump start connections under the bonnet and then it was
fine.
However, now the stereo won't turn on. It just doesn't respond to
the
push button to turn it on. It still shows the time on the display,
which
is backlit when the headlights are on. Is there a connection with
the low
batter and recharge, or just a coincidence? Any ideas?

Thanks

I was just wondering if the problem was fixed as my
situation is exactly same, after battery change the radio is not
working, CD cartridge is not coming out i think I can see a cd stuck.
tried all the fuses no joy.
Thanks

My radio turned out to be just fine. It was just the CD changer that had
stopped working. I haven't got it to work yet, sadly.

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