Citroen C5 radio fault

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howardaskew
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Citroen C5 radio fault

Post by howardaskew »

The radio goes to full volume by itself! Intermittent annoying fault.

Any ideas?

With World Cup coming up I need to fix it.

Could it be a fault on the remote control on steering column?

Many thanks or any help.
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dnsey
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Post by dnsey »

I believe that the radio volume is meant to increase (fairly subtly) as the engine speed increases.
It's possible that this sofware 'mechanism' is corrupted.
Might be worth doing a system reset.
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howardaskew
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Ex Citroen C5 2.0 VTR HDI 186k Hit a tree at 50mph and lived to tell the tale. Although my ribs still click!
Ex Citroen C4 (caught fire in middle of town :( )
Ex C5 Mk 1 clocked up 276k on original clutch now scrapped
Ex Xantia (Passed to Wife and clocked up 169,000 now scrapped)
Audi 200 Turbo manual 1984 (It was a very very fast beast :) )
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Post by howardaskew »

dnsey,

thank you for the prompt reply.

How may I perform a software reset?
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dnsey
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Post by dnsey »

Search then forum for exact instructions to avoid potential problems, but in principle, disconnect the battery, wait a bit, and reconnect :)
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Post by KevMayer »

You can turn off the 'auto volume increase' function. It should be an option in the list of Bass, Treble, Loudness on/off and then Auto volume adjust on/off.

Try turning it off and see if it makes a difference.

Another thing it might be are TA (traffic anouncements). The volume of these can be set high so try turning TA to off.
Cheers, Kev

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