Radio stays on

Is there any way to make the radio turn off when the door is opened? Or when the car is turned off? :?:

I don't always need to lock my car and wasting battery playing music to my empty garage doesn't seem useful.

brosher said:

Is there any way to make the radio turn off when the door is opened? Or when the car is turned off? :?:

I don't always need to lock my car and wasting battery playing music to my empty garage doesn't seem useful.

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Press the Stop button twice, with a slight pause (half second) between presses to immediately kill the radio. Also, locking the door from the outside will kill it.

It does turn off eventually on its own if you just leave it, though (about 10-minutes).

Or simply press the radio button.

There are some other things that stay in the 'ready' state unless you hit the button twice or lock the car. The best thing to do it hit it twice OR lock the car when exiting to ensure as much as can be goes off as soon as possible. In the big scheme of things, I don't think it really makes all that much difference, though, but I do the double-tap most of the time.

My other BMW operates exactly the same way, and there are times when I may like to sit there and listen to the radio prior to leaving, so it doesn't bother me. Note, you can cause the radio to turn on for about that same 10-minutes when entering the car by pressing the radio button without hitting the start button (which will wake up other things as well).

I press the Stop button once with my foot on the brake. Then press it again with my foot off the brake. That does it.