elmarco 56 Report post Posted June 27, 2010 (edited) Righto, the 330 finally spat the dummy this morning and I had to replace the battery. It had a pretty good life - it was the original factory one, and had clocked up 10 years of use. I have 2 gripes: a ) I had to pay full retail at Supercheap (I have plenty of battery contacts, but nothing to help on a Sunday morning). Grrrr. b ) More concerningly, now that everything is back up and running, the stereo seems to have lost the CD changer (which is itself connected to a DICE). It was working fine before, but now when I hit the CD button I only get the in-dash CD and it doesn't seem to recognise that there is a CD changer/DICE connected (won't even switch into the correct mode). What gives? And more importantly, how do I fix it? Edited June 27, 2010 by elmarco Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
elmarco 56 Report post Posted June 27, 2010 Sorted. The DICE unit needed to be reset again.... I had followed the procedure once, but doing it a second time seems to have solved it. For those interested, the reset procedure is (copied from Bimmerfest): 1. Disconnect iPod from cable 2. Remove battery cables, negative first 3. Touch battery cable terminals together (away from battery) for +5 seconds, a small spark is normal as this is stored power draining from the system. 4. Allow cables to remain disconnected for about 5-7 minutes 5. Reconnect battery cables onto battery, negative last. 6. Reboot iPod by pressing on MENU and CENTER buttons for +5 seconds and then reconnecting to the DICE cable after the reboot process is completed. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BM WORLD 1265 Report post Posted June 27, 2010 should have called me could have helped you out with a good battery. pleased to hear you sorted out your cd system:) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
elmarco 56 Report post Posted June 28, 2010 And it also seems to have fixed another electrical gremlin I had - the passenger door lock wasn't always popping up on remote unlocking. Seems to be fine now - good news all around Shouldn't complain really - 10 years is pretty good for a service item like a battery. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kiwi535 538 Report post Posted June 28, 2010 And it also seems to have fixed another electrical gremlin I had - the passenger door lock wasn't always popping up on remote unlocking. Seems to be fine now - good news all around Shouldn't complain really - 10 years is pretty good for a service item like a battery. 10 years is very good Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hotwire 352 Report post Posted June 28, 2010 And it also seems to have fixed another electrical gremlin I had - the passenger door lock wasn't always popping up on remote unlocking. Seems to be fine now - good news all around Shouldn't complain really - 10 years is pretty good for a service item like a battery. 10 years is very good Pretty typical with BMW OEM battery - mine was 10 years as well. I have replaced them at up to 14 yrs in some Beemers. OEM are a quality Varta or similar brand. Wouldn't hold your breath for 10 yrs on the replacement though - asumming you still have the car of course Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
