Just got my ZHP - Many questions inside

[anm3itbe]

It seems the problem is dependent on when I start the car. If the radio is acting up, I can turn the car off and turn it back on and it temporarily fixes the problem, but it eventually comes back. Could this be battery related?

[Oli77]

Bad contact behind the head unit or on the bluetooth module in the trunk.

Your car is an 04 and you have bluethooth?

[anm3itbe]

Bad contact behind the head unit or on the bluetooth module in the trunk.

Your car is an 04 and you have bluethooth?

I see. I'll give those a look and see what I can find. Thanks! Yes the car was built in 10/03 as an '04 model. Steering wheel has the icon with the person talking.

[MrMaico]

It seems the problem is dependent on when I start the car. If the radio is acting up, I can turn the car off and turn it back on and it temporarily fixes the problem, but it eventually comes back. Could this be battery related?

I've read that a weak battery can cause odd electrical issues. Might want to get the battery tested. Wal Mart sells one that fits for just over $100.

Barry

[anm3itbe]

I've read that a weak battery can cause odd electrical issues. Might want to get the battery tested. Wal Mart sells one that fits for just over $100.

Barry

Thanks for the info Barry!

[anm3itbe]

I wanted to report back on my findings here:

Battery tested just fine both when the car was on and off. I think I figured out the problem which may be helpful to anyone else who's run into this situation of a dimming radio as well as it cutting over to the "PHONE" mode. It was not an electrical issue per say. I think when I attempted to to turn my iphones bluetooth capability on, it sent the system into a never ending loop. It never found my iphone and even when I turned bluetooth off on my phone, the radio kept trying to switch over to PHONE. I think the dimming of the radio was due it constantly being in that loop and I could certainly feel the radio getting very hot as well (hotter than I think it should be). All I did was remove the radio, unplug all the harnesses, and just re-plugged them back in. Radio lighting was bright again and no jumping back and forth between radio and phone. Hope this helps someone else who go excited about bluetooth lol!

[Oli77]

This is very strange indeed because I thought that for the e46, the bluetooth was not included until September 2004.

Glad you figured it out.