RE: E34 unexplained chime

["Michael Barrett" <mbarrett635@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

As well as owners manual impaired (that's okay, my wife won't read it either 
- -- she says that's what I'm for).  Also, she only thinks it's happenning at 
varying times of the day - in fact, its happening at just under one minute 
before the top of the hour.  This is the "Memo" function, and is a feature 
which can be turned on or off by pressing the appropriate button on the OBC 
(some models say 'Memo', and others use a different button - maybe the 
set/reset button when the display shows the time?).  This is designed to 
alert the driver to the fact that it is almost the top of the hour.  
Apparently in Germany, news, weather, whatever comes on the radio every 
hour, and this reminder can be set to go off just before that so you can 
turn on the radio (I think it'goes off about 45 seconds before the hour).  
It can only be turned on or off; you can't change it to go off at any other 
time.  There is also a little display in the OBC to let you know it's set - 
three small concentric arcs that look like a little horn.

Mike Barrett
BMW CA 111632
93 850Ci
88 635CSi

>Posting for a net impaired, car impaired friend who recently bought >a '95 
>525. She has been hearing a chime that sounds 3 times, at >varying times of 
>the day, varying driving conditions, and no >indications on the OBC as to 
>what if any problem there is. No service >indicator lights illuminate 
>either. She called me for advice, but I'm >at a loss myself. I didn't run 
>across anything in the archives. Any >ideas would be greatly appreciated.


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