Reversing Bleeper

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Reversing Bleeper

Post by Kawabongo » Mon Jul 21, 2014 11:08 pm

Is there anyway of disabling the reversing bleeper but still retain the other warning functions ? :?
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Re: Reversing Bleeper

Post by Bob » Mon Jul 21, 2014 11:14 pm

Yes.
Take a torch, toilet roll, and tea bags.

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Re: Reversing Bleeper

Post by Kawabongo » Tue Jul 22, 2014 6:13 am

Bob wrote:Yes.
Glad to hear that Bob :lol: :roll:
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Re: Reversing Bleeper

Post by mikeonb4c » Tue Jul 22, 2014 8:13 am

Kawabongo wrote:
Bob wrote:Yes.
Glad to hear that Bob :lol: :roll:
:lol: :lol: There's a connector block under the steering wheel and a wire you can snip, but that's all I can remember (Bob even less :lol: ). There might be a fact sheet in the members area or else have a search as it used to be discussed a lot. Personally, I hate the snip and have got used to the Lilliputian peal of bells when my reversing sensors, the reversing bleeper and the AFT-up warning light are all at it while I reverse with the roof up :lol: :lol: :lol:
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Re: Reversing Bleeper

Post by Bob » Tue Jul 22, 2014 8:16 am

That's more help, Mike. =D>


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Take a torch, toilet roll, and tea bags.

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Re: Reversing Bleeper

Post by helen&tony » Tue Jul 22, 2014 8:23 am

Hi
At my age, the beeper's useful...or how else do I know when I'm going backwards....???? 8) 8) 8) Oh....not only have I got my beepers still....but I've added a few more...One went off in the winter...Coo...that's a new one, I thought....It was the ice warning....but....and here's where it gets technical....an inner sixth sense clicked in moments before the beep and let me know about the ice....on reflection, the shiny white stuff on the road was a bit of a give-away!!!!!!
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Re: Reversing Bleeper

Post by teenmal » Tue Jul 22, 2014 9:50 am

Kawabongo wrote:Is there anyway of disabling the reversing bleeper but still retain the other warning functions ? :?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=avbhnk8k8lI

If you just want the reversing beeper shut up, remove the red/yellow tracer wire.
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Re: Reversing Bleeper

Post by mikeWalsall » Tue Jul 22, 2014 11:13 am

It's the key in the ignition / door open buzzer I was glad to be rid of ..!!
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Re: Reversing Bleeper

Post by Idris » Tue Jul 22, 2014 1:05 pm

I don't know why everyone want's to disable these beeps - I pluged them all back in when I bought mine - the reverse on stops the wife trying to go forward in reverse - the light's on one stops the battery going flat and the key in the ignition makes sure I take the keys into the house and lock the Bongo!
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Re: Reversing Bleeper

Post by helen&tony » Tue Jul 22, 2014 1:39 pm

Hi
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It's the key in the ignition / door open buzzer I was glad to be rid of ..!!

Yes, but it's great for annoying those mechanics who leave your door open in the workshop for someone to bump into! :lol:
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Re: Reversing Bleeper

Post by Diplomat » Tue Jul 22, 2014 11:02 pm

Idris wrote:I don't know why everyone want's to disable these beeps - I pluged them all back in when I bought mine - the reverse on stops the wife trying to go forward in reverse - the light's on one stops the battery going flat and the key in the ignition makes sure I take the keys into the house and lock the Bongo!

They are all worth having but not so loud.

I've reduced the output of the sounder to an acceptable level for late night residential parking by poking a bit of matchstick into the hole in the sounder and, more significantly, by applying a ring of Blutack around the cylindrical cover where it sits on the circuit board. A hell of a lot of the sound comes out through that gap.


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