How To Take Of The Mute Mode Of The Original Radioof A P38 1996 .

chabrolly · Jun 19, 2007

Hi All
I Pressed The Midle Button In The Steering Wheel , And The Radio Sound Went To Mute Mode ... I Pressed The Same Button Again , But The Situation Persists ... If Any One Can Help Me : How To Take Off The Mute Mode I will be thankful ..

Regards
Charbel .

The Mad Hat Man · Jun 19, 2007

try altering the volume.

chabrolly · Jun 19, 2007

The Mad Hat Man said:
try altering the volume.

thanks for replying but sorry , i tried to alter the volume but no result ..
i think that i must press somthing ... but i forgot what to press !!!!!!!

The Mad Hat Man · Jun 19, 2007

have yu rung the local stealer and tried the dumb bimbo act?

chabrolly · Jun 19, 2007

it happened once with me ... but if someone has the same model , i think he will have the solution ....

The Mad Hat Man · Jun 19, 2007

so instead of ringing someone who wud know - or doing a search on here - yu just want us to find out for you?

try here

chabrolly · Jun 19, 2007

sorry .. but i'm in my car trying to do somthing ... I'M USING MY LAPTOP ..
BUT EVEN IN THE USER MANUEL , THERE'S NOTHING ABOUT THIS .
NOTE : I FOUND THAT THERE WAS A MOBILE PHONE IN MY P38 AND IT HAD BEEN TAKEN OFF ..
AND THE WIRES ARE CUTTING ... COULD THIS AFFECT THE RADIO
( MUTE MODE ) COZ WHEN THE PHONE'S RINGING THE MUTE MODE GOES AUTOMATICALY ON .

The Mad Hat Man · Jun 19, 2007

The film switches on the steering wheel can play up,the most common fault is the "radio mute" issue.The procedure to change the switches is simple and is described in the Rave Cd info,disconnect the battery and get on with it

garioch43 · Jun 20, 2007

Chabrolly,

I had this problem with my P38.

The radio does not have a manual "MUTE" function. It only operates when it gets a signal from the phone kit when a call is in progress.

However, if the steering wheel button contacts become dirty, they send a dodgy signal to the radio, which puts it into "MUTE" mode.

You just have to keep pressing the buttons to clear the fault.

As The Mad Hat Man says, you can replace them, but I just shouted at them, gave them a damned good blow out and started using them regularly and the problem went away.

Good luck!

The Mad Hat Man · Jun 20, 2007

As i sed yesterday - look here or if yu wanna find out where your mute wire is - check here

chabrolly · Jun 20, 2007

The Mad Hat Man said:
As i sed yesterday - look here or if yu wanna find out where your mute wire is - check here

thank you very much ..
I SOLVED THE PROBLEM BY TAKING OFF THE RADIO OF ITS PLACE .. THEN I UNPLUG THE HIGH BLACK WIRE ( IT LOOKS LIKE RF ) THEN I PLUGGED IT AGAIN .. SO THE RADIO RETURN TO ZERO SITUATION , AND THE LCD DISPLAYS " CODE IN " , AND AS I HAVE THE CODE , I ENTERED IT , AND THE " MUTE " WORD DISAPPEARED ...
AND EVERYTHING RETURN TO NORMAL POSITION ..
I SWEAR , I WILL NEVER PRESS THOSE BUTTONS AGAIN .

REGARDS TO YOU ALL .
NOTE : IF THERE'S ANY DANGER ABOUT WHAT I DID , PLEASE NOTIFY ME .

CHARBEL .

garioch43 · Jun 20, 2007

Well done Charbel!

The Mad Hat Man · Jun 20, 2007

good on yu Charbell - wish you wouldnt SHOUT

tho

chabrolly · Jun 20, 2007

garioch43 said:
Well done Charbel!

THANKS FOR YOUR SUPPORT AND YOUR HELP .

The Mad Hat Man · Jun 20, 2007

DONT FOOKIN SHOUT - ITS RUDE!

chabrolly · Jun 20, 2007

The Mad Hat Man said:
good on yu Charbell - wish you wouldnt SHOUT tho

SPECIAL THANKS FOR YOU " MAD HAT MAN " YOU WERE VERY HELPFUL .

chabrolly · Jul 31, 2007

it seems to me that manies are facing this problem ...

Irishrover · Jul 31, 2007

As the other writers advise, the reason for the "Mute" signal is 99.99% down to the steering wheel switches. A sure fix to recover the volume but ONLY IF YOU HAVE THE RADIO CODE is to pull the fuse on the BECM fuse panel under the drivers seat and then reinsert it. Enter the code into the radio and it will be o.k.
The Diversity unit fitted to P38's does not have a phone Mute function, it has to be hard wired into one of the spare pins on the radio multi plugs from the handsfree kit.
I have had the same problem through pressing the switches on the wheel especially the Mode button, usually the volume switches will not give the fault although the contacts tend to get dirty.

chabrolly · Aug 1, 2007

my p38 is a left side driver and there's nothing under the seat ... the becm in my car is under the passenger seat ... and i heard that it's not a good idea to pull off any fuse if there's not a main problem with the fuse box .
any idea how to clean the steering wheel switches , without taking off the wheel cover ??
regards
charbel .

Irishrover · Aug 1, 2007

O.k.-so it's a L.H. drive. The fuses are under the passenger seat.
Trust me, you will not cause any problems removing the radio fuse and re-inserting it. I have done it many times without problems and the procedure is also given on Andy Cunninghams website.
Problems sometimes arise when the battery is disconnected with other electronics, but not something as uncomplicated as the fuse for the radio circuit.
If you subscribe to these forums, you have the wealth of experience that others have gained and are willing to share.
If you don't trust the information given, then take it to your Main Dealer and let him charge you a fortune for pulling the fuse and at least an hours labour. Usual excuse is "Leave it with us for a few hours to sort out" and then rip you off for 2 minutes work.

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