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Help a stoopid newb and tell me what this button does...
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Originally posted by diegom6 View PostNow that this is brought here, I wonder, what was/is the porpouse of that little "vent-grill" next to the temperature knob? I always wondered if there was a sensor behind it (when I was a kid) but never figured out for what was it.
1991 325i Calypso Coupe
Like Grandfather, Like Father, Like Son
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Originally posted by Zreberlcoe View PostThe little guy on the bottom left that sits next to the temperature thingy?? Thats a speaker I think for when the radio alarm goes off. My dads IX has the "optimum" Radio or whatever the best is that BMW put in and while the car is off if you hit 'band' or take the radio out and a couple other things an annoying alarm goes off and I believe that is the speaker for it. I might be lying.
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Originally posted by achtung911 View PostHow did you do this?
-cut the wire that was supposed to power the antenna
-aquire one of the switches that turns the power off to the rear windows from a 4 door along with the plug that goes into the bottom with a few inches of wire
-splice the two ends of the antenna power wire into the two ends of the plug wires
-cut a small hole into your center console in the same place as the 4 door cars for that switch
-profit from the radio with no whistling!sigpic
1987 - 325i Convertible Delphin Auto [SOLD], 325i Convertible Delphin Manual [SOLD]
1989 - 325i Convertible Bronzit m30b35 swapped [SCRAPPED], 325i Sedan Alpine Auto[DD]
1991 - 325i Coupe Laguna Manual [Project], 535i Sedan Alpine [SCRAPPED]
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Originally posted by dnguyen1963 View PostNo, the speaker button is for balancing the volume...left and right.
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Originally posted by diegom6 View PostNow that this is brought here, I wonder, what was/is the porpouse of that little "vent-grill" next to the temperature knob? I always wondered if there was a sensor behind it (when I was a kid) but never figured out for what was it.
"I wanna see da boat movie"
"I got a tree on my house"
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Originally posted by lambo View PostHow important is the circuit breaker? What is the main use for it in an E30?Originally posted by Simon S View PostFuck the window breaker button. Just tuck it under (mine is). Why that [useless] button is on the passenger side was always an additional mystery to me..
If I had to put three buttons in a virgin console, I'd put the window buttons in the most rearward "holes" - and put the breaker button in the forward-most drivers-side "hole".
So yeah, again, fuck the breaker button. The labeling on it has probably long faded out anyway..
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Originally posted by Simon S View PostFuck the window breaker button. Just tuck it under (mine is). Why that [useless] button is on the passenger side was always an additional mystery to me..
If I had to put three buttons in a virgin console, I'd put the window buttons in the most rearward "holes" - and put the breaker button in the forward-most drivers-side "hole".
So yeah, again, fuck the breaker button. The labeling on it has probably long faded out anyway..
Originally posted by SpasticDwarf;n6449866Honestly I built it just to have a place to sit and listen to Hotline Bling on repeat.
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Originally posted by Simon S View PostNot sure what you mean by splicing the wires - but my frame of mind is to "leave it reversible for a possible future owner".
Given that this involves what console you're using, my vote is to just "tuck the shit under".
Originally posted by SpasticDwarf;n6449866Honestly I built it just to have a place to sit and listen to Hotline Bling on repeat.
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Originally posted by lambo View PostWell a circuit breaker just works by breaking the connection of a circuit and this switch only has two wires going in and subsequently out of it. Therefore, I would assume it is just breaking the connection between those two wires, hence...if you never use the button, why not just connect the two wires and have it permanently on? That's why I was wondering if there was a reason as to why there is one since the general consensus is that no one uses the damn thing... Maybe it goes off if a window motor is under too heavy of a load? Or what?
Originally posted by HawaiianE30 View PostThis is the same button that's on my center console in my 325is right? Next to the passenger window switch? I wondered what that was...sigpic
1987 - 325i Convertible Delphin Auto [SOLD], 325i Convertible Delphin Manual [SOLD]
1989 - 325i Convertible Bronzit m30b35 swapped [SCRAPPED], 325i Sedan Alpine Auto[DD]
1991 - 325i Coupe Laguna Manual [Project], 535i Sedan Alpine [SCRAPPED]
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