Static through all audio sources + bong.

ryan stewart · 04-22-2014, 04:50 PM

So today my car lost its mind.

It was fine on the commute to work, parked in a garage, but when I fired it up to go home instead of the seatbelt bong and the like I got a loud screeching sound. Then when I go to start playing from bluetooth the audio sounds like its coming through a 1930s stereo, with static over the audio. I changed sources and its still there, audio but a loud static over it. Its also when I back up, the backup sensor screeches through the rear speakers instead of beeping.

I searched but everything that came up is a constant screeching/static with the car "off." Mine isnt doing that. If I turn the head unit off its dead silent until I do something to get a bong and/or backup beep.

The head unit behaves normally. Switches sources, plays CDs, responds to steering wheel commands, etc. Its just the audio.

Im guessing that my amp is dying but I am hoping, even if it is that, someone can evoke a shared experience that would save me time/money in chasing a goose.

ryan stewart · 04-22-2014, 07:55 PM

Okely dokely. I initially tried turning things on/off and resetting the radio and nothing. So I rolled in, the girlfriend came home and we went for a jog. Afterward I went out to pull the fuse on the amp to see if that would do anything and turned it on first to double-check and its all good. Ran the radio a few times and everything sounds normal and behaves.

Software glitch maybe?

04-22-2014, 04:50 PM	#1
ryan stewart Major 2197 Rep 1,322 Posts Drives: 2008 328it Join Date: Aug 2012 Location: Atlanta, GA iTrader: (0)	Static through all audio sources + bong. So today my car lost its mind. It was fine on the commute to work, parked in a garage, but when I fired it up to go home instead of the seatbelt bong and the like I got a loud screeching sound. Then when I go to start playing from bluetooth the audio sounds like its coming through a 1930s stereo, with static over the audio. I changed sources and its still there, audio but a loud static over it. Its also when I back up, the backup sensor screeches through the rear speakers instead of beeping. I searched but everything that came up is a constant screeching/static with the car "off." Mine isnt doing that. If I turn the head unit off its dead silent until I do something to get a bong and/or backup beep. The head unit behaves normally. Switches sources, plays CDs, responds to steering wheel commands, etc. Its just the audio. Im guessing that my amp is dying but I am hoping, even if it is that, someone can evoke a shared experience that would save me time/money in chasing a goose.
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ryan stewart Major 2197 Rep 1,322 Posts Drives: 2008 328it Join Date: Aug 2012 Location: Atlanta, GA iTrader: (0)	Okely dokely. I initially tried turning things on/off and resetting the radio and nothing. So I rolled in, the girlfriend came home and we went for a jog. Afterward I went out to pull the fuse on the amp to see if that would do anything and turned it on first to double-check and its all good. Ran the radio a few times and everything sounds normal and behaves. Software glitch maybe?
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