You have a extremally big gift of deducting thinking that so many "smart cookies" only can dream about. I`m very well electronically and mechanically inclined and was looking for this information all over internet .So far you have beat all of the "smarts " with your calm and very intelligent explanation how did you fix your BMW. You should be a teacher who will help others understand power of knowledge. Thank you very much for your help.
Darij Kuzma Well I must say that I first am very happy to hear this video may have helped you and second I truly appreciate your time for an amazing comment. I started this channel because I do love helping people not for any financial gain but someday I’ll be over 1,000 subscribers and may make a few pennies lol. Thank you again for your kind words and I hope you have an exceptional rest of the year. Boy 2020 will be a year we all hope to forget. 👌🏻😁👍🏻
Thanks for the video. Mine had a similar issue although mine didnt fully go bad. I pulled the fiber connector on the bottom one and when I put it back the sound came back on. Your video put me on the right track.
My pleasure and so happy it helped you. Thank you also for the comment it truly helps people as well. Please consider subscribing for more content that may help you as well. 😊🤙🏻. If you already did please disregard my last.
Have the same issue on my bmw 2016 f33 .... can’t figure out whats going on... I’ll follow those prompts and see whats up... Thanks for the video man... appreciate it!! 🙏🏻
Also check to make sure your phone is not connected to the car with Bluetooth and stopping the sound. Lastly my wife thought it happened again but realized by pressing in the knob of the stereo muted everything. Check that as well. She said she saw a speaker symbol on the screen with a hash through it and figured it out. But if not that easy hopefully my video helps. Good luck
Solid video. I have 2013 335 f30. Warning tones warning came up. Idrive and display completely functional but all tones and audios would intermittently go on and off until finally it just goes off. Took it to bmw for a diagnosis and they advised me to replace head unit claiming “HEAD UNIT IS FAILING CAUSING THE DROPPING OUT OF THE FIBER OPTIC RING” I really want to trouble shoot the fiber optic wire to the head unit to confirm. Gonna try and figure out how to check using your video.
Sorry about the issues I know how it feels. You can buy the wire off Amazon. Basically you unplug your fiber line and plug the one from Amazon in. The one from Amazon will be looped so it tricks the head unit into thinking there is no issue. If you get sound back it means they were correct in diagnosis. Basically the fiber wire is the green wire. If you have power on you can check each thing plugged in by pulling out the fiber wire. If the wire blinks the unit before it is good. So for example if you went to the first part from the head unit in the chain and get blinking red light then the head unit is fine. Plug back in and go to the next part and so on. If you find a part where the fiber is not blinking then the part before the one your on is faulty. Hope that helps and good luck.
@@ITSTHISEASY thanks for detailing response!!! So checking the wiring connected to head unit would tell me if the optic is going in the head unit. Where is that location for after the head unit. Do you know?
Hi Edgardo, make sure that nothing is connected to the stereo like using Bluetooth first and also my wife’s had a button she hit on accident one day after I fixed it and she lost all sound again. Not sure what it was called but press some buttons on the stereo deck as well to make sure the wife didn’t hit it on accident. Kills all the sound as well. If all that doesn’t work continue with using the video. Good luck bud 😁🤙🏻
I just spent $1600. On an new AMP, and it didnt fix my dead radio. It was my radio head that was bad but BMW wanted $2800.00 to fix it. I bought my radio head on ebay for $ 110.00 installed it myself and bmw re-programmed it for me for $200. .and it works now.
Sorry to hear about the issues. I am so happy you commented about your findings here as well because it will help. I had a strong feeling mine was the amp as I said because I could smell the burnt plastic in the rear where the amp was. Also when I took it out I opened it up and saw that the board was melted inside. Once I saw that I knew it was the amp but didn’t know if it was anything else as well. Process of elimination could have led me to the head unit as well if when I put the new amp in it still wouldn’t work. Good to know you can buy the unit off eBay and have BMW program it. Thanks for sharing that info. Better days ahead my friend 😁🤙🏻
Have a question, was your radio head working with no sound or was the radio head working with no sound? Trying to figure out on my 2011 x5 and I’m having the same issues
Hi Brian. I actually tried and brought it to a place that fixes boards like that. He had it for 6 months and never got to it so I just went to get it back. I’m just hanging onto it for now incase I need it again. Just look up some kind of place that works on those type of boards. Like small tv repair shops
I have an issue about my car BMW M235i Coupe speaker Harman/kardon last night has a crackling noise/popping something like that And now doesn't have any sound like a radio,cd,parking beep cencor or Bluetooth I believe is a bad wired or amplifier What u think is a same problem?
Franky venue That sounds tricky to me. Make sure that your not connected to your phone or Apple Watch etc using Bluetooth. It’s happened to my wife and she lost all sound because she was connected to her phone and didn’t know it. If your sure your not connected to your phone and you have no sound or it’s messed up then go smell around where ever your AMP is. If you smell burning plastic or wires then it could become the same issue or maybe already is.
I CAN DO THAT i will try to do same like you checking all the way like a fuses and smell or not from amp Then i can replace where is from Thank you for sharing the video sir! 🤘
Hi, thanks for the video! I'm trying to figure out what is wrong with my BMW X5, I have a similar problem. I've watched tons of videos, and yours have most of the details explaining the issue. I tried to do the loop of fiber cables on my X but had no success. If you remember were your FM, AM, Sirius, etc. grayed out on the screen prior to the fix?
How likely are amps to go bad. I recently got my 7 series checked by a bmw specialist, He told me he tried coding it and nothing worked he checked the fuses and none where blown. He told me I will need a new amp so I’m going that route now but I am scared it won’t be that but It’s 100% sure it should be that or what do you think?
Is all the sounds gone? Just give me a description of what’s happening. But if all sounds are gone I would say yes it’s the amp. Do you smell any burnt smell wherever it is in your vehicle? Burnt usually means fried components.
I just wanted to mention that when you check a fuse with a test light you always check both sides of the fuse because there's gonna be power on one side most the time...
Thanks for the tip bud 😊. Glad you left the comment. That’s why I encourage all comments, most are helpful for all of us novice people just trying to save money and fix things ourselves 💪🏼
Samuel Kyallo If you watched the video I showed you which one I replaced. Smell back there and see if you smell anything burnt. Also make sure your not connected to your phone or someone else is via Bluetooth. My wife has also done that before and thought it was blown again. Good luck and I’m here if you have any more questions.
@@ITSTHISEASY thank you for your reply. I did smell like something was burnt. I watched your entire video but didn't recall you talking about the volume control model. I took it to BMW and I was quoted $2700 repair the amp and volume control model plus that included labor. I have the Hi-Fi sound system. I really liked your video because no one really talks about purchasing used amps from Ebay. I'm was skeptical on purchasing a used one because I didn't want to waste money on one and it ends up being messed up or faulty.
Hello, no there was literally no sound at all from anything. Thank you for the comment. Good luck with your sound. Keep us posted if you figure it out. It does help everyone 😊🤙🏻
My car speakers are going in and out but still play the sound out of the speaker behind the screen I’m trying to figure out the problem also if you could let me know how you fixed yours
My 2013 X3 has the same issue, I have the amp from ebay, now I need to see how to take out the old amp, I need to remove the panel close to the back seat to reach the screws.
Thanks for the question. I don’t remember honestly and it’s my wife’s vehicle so when she lost all sounds she was driving it when it happened. When I was trying to troubleshoot it there were no messages to be seen. Hope that helps and hope you fix yours if it’s messed up like ours was. Hope the video helps.
I have 12v power to my ano, and red light blinking at the fiber optic, and no sound, resently i trued with another amp, and still there is no sound? Do i need coding for installing new amp? Or should i check somwere else ? I tought power and signal should be enough?
Thank you, just sent you a message😄 Can’t understend why it wont make sound even if i have power, fiber signal, to different amp.. I have a earlyer diagnose from bmw, and they told me to code the head unit because it was stored wrong or something like that, but i dont now if thats the issue?
Hi thanks for the question. I have not worked on an X5 however I would imagine it’s a similar issue. If you watched the video then I would attack your issue the same way I did mine to figure it out. Also, read the comment before yours. This person asked me a question that I gave an answer too that can also help you figure it out. Read his question and then my reply. Good luck and let me know if you have any other questions and I’d love to know what you found out once you fix it. Read WK’s comment then my reply.
I went to the only eBay there is. Maybe the prices have come down but I have no reason to miss inform anyone especially when I am doing a video to try to help people. 😁🤙🏻. Hope the video was helpful to you. Enjoy your weekend.
Thanks for the question. I would not know for sure because I like you just try to figure things out to save money and also because I enjoy it lol. I will say this though. When my wife’s died nothing else worked so that would be my guess. Smell around yours and see if you smell any burnt smell. Also, usually after market have wires that go directly to the battery. Sometimes where they attach there are fuses. You could check those fuses as well. I use to have a vehicle with a setup like that when I was in my 20’s lol. Good luck and let us know what you figure out. It helps everyone 💪🏼😊
@@ITSTHISEASY man I still have to fix mine!!!!!!! I got another radio hooked up but it sounds like shit, and the crazy thing is my car has a legit 20 k miles on it!!!
@@jasonbrooks2209 did you ever fix yours? my 2014 320i has exactly the same issue after replacing a dead battery! I unplugged the amp and plugged it back in months later and it magically worked for about 24 hours and now it's dead again :(
Will do but hopefully my wife doesn’t crash lol 😂. You should check on eBay or your local car junkyards. Or google it to find one as well. There has to be more out there 😊
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