Radio beeping

[grant_w]

Today when I started my car the radio started beeping at about 1 second intervals and I couldn't do anything to stop it. The screen also flashed up with something about selecting a language like it has been reset. The DAB also didn't work, FM worked though. I tried restarting the car a couple of times but it made no difference.
I looked in the diagnostics on screen and there were no messages so I started my journey.

After about 5 minutes, and me being annoyed with the beeping, the DAB started working, so I pulled over and turned the car off and on again. This time the beeping stopped but the screen didn't come on.
So I turned it off and on again and everything was fine this time.

Looking online it seems like the beeping is something to do with the radio and ECU losing connection

Since I had the screen software update the whole radio system had been a heap of crap, can't play mp3s now this

[lfcrule1972]

I don't recall reading about this issue before, if the problems have started since the firmware update I'd get it back to the dealer with a list of the issues and see if they can help. Good luck

[grant_w]

I've taken it back once and they re-applied the software update and it made no difference. If I take it back again all they said they can do is re-apply it again.
All seemed fine this morning, the beeping seemed like a one-off

[lfcrule1972]

And the mp3 issue ?

[JEZDS3]

All the tech on cars can over complicate things now. I remember I actually had a car in the early 1990s that had a radio,no cassette player or c.d player. How times change with DAB radio almost standard now and Sat Navs built in! I still carry a road atlas just in case it is needed!

Hope your radio etc behaves itself now.

[Bigfeet]

Be worth speaking with your dealer as there is a IR on this.

[grant_w]

IR?

don't know about the mp3 issue, I've given up.. edited to say the mp3 issue was still evident after the dealer had it back, that's why I gave up

[lfcrule1972]

Inforapid - basically a tech update note for the dealers about the issue and remedy steps

[grant_w]

OK thanks, I've phoned the dealer, waiting for a call back

[WTF]

Let us know what they say

[grant_w]

They rang back yesterday afternoon, hadn't heard of the problem at all. I mentioned about the update note and they didn't know anything about this so have gone away again to find out more information and i'm again awaiting a phone call, apparently was going to be about an hour from the last one, which was 2pm yesterday

[Jan79]

This happened to my brand new ds3 2 weeks ago when I picked him up from my dealer.
He was really startled as half an hour before everything worked fine.
After a longer search he found out that the head unit had lost the VIN of my car and this beeping sound was a warning.
Problem finding this was that no error code was set and he couldn't find out why this happened.
He had to reprogramm the head unit with the lexia and insert the VIN again. After this everything was working fine.

Hope this will help you solve the problem.

[grant_w]

Mine appears to be OK now. It's only done it the once on Sunday evening.
The dealer still hasn't rung me back anyway!

[cyclone]

Mine appears to be OK now. It's only done it the once on Sunday evening.
The dealer still hasn't rung me back anyway!

Wouldn't hold my breath on that call. It is Citroen

[alfaowner]

Happened to me but a full factory reset resolved it.