Date: Tue, 28 Jun 2005 23:25:38 +0100 From: Pooh Bear <rabbitsfriendsandrelationsnospamail.com> Subject: Re: my Saab chirps when I shut if off!
Grunff wrote: > Laura K wrote: > > >>Do you have a Sony radio/CD with removable front panel? > > > > > > YES! > > It's an x something or other, aftermarket radio that is made by Sony. The > > panel doesn't remove -- at least not that I can figure out -- but it does > > drop down to load a cassette. It looks like it should remove, but the car -- > > which I bought used in January -- didn't have the radio owners manual with > > it. > > The radio and cassette player are working fine. > > The panel is indeed removable. The (very annoying) chirps are to remind > you to remove the panel as you exit the car. I ignore mine. > > If you do want to remove it, there are two main types. Either there is a > small, black steel lever which you can push when the panel is flipped > down, or the panel hinges are sprung, allowing you to push the panel > sideways in order to release it. Personally, I'd find the chirpy noise transducer and silence it on a permanent basis ! Do car radio manufacturers do this just to annoy us - or was it Saab ? Graham