Radio Always on After Car Starts
04-21-2011, 01:19 PM
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Radio Always on After Car Starts
Hey guys. New here. Just bought a 2011 Cayenne. One little thing that's not a big deal but is driving me nuts is that the radio is always on after I start the car. Sometimes the volume is really high and it startles me. I tried turning it off and storing it to seat memory before I shut the car off. Nothing is working. I have the Bose package so I don't know if that makes a difference. Thanks for any advice in advance.
04-22-2011, 01:40 AM
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Hey guys. New here. Just bought a 2011 Cayenne. One little thing that's not a big deal but is driving me nuts is that the radio is always on after I start the car. Sometimes the volume is really high and it startles me. I tried turning it off and storing it to seat memory before I shut the car off. Nothing is working. I have the Bose package so I don't know if that makes a difference. Thanks for any advice in advance.
I say this because my Cayman S radio does not behave in this manner.
04-22-2011, 11:30 AM
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Don't own a '09+ Pepper but have driven a few loaners, as was posted here in the past you need to push and hold the power button to turn it off. It drove me nuts because all I was doing is muting it, then when I got back in the car it was on again. I was never turning it off in the first place.
Hope this solves it.
Hope this solves it.
04-22-2011, 07:57 PM
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04-23-2011, 01:20 PM
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If you want the screen to already be on when you turn on the ignition, but don't want the radio to be blaring here's an idea. Instead of shutting PCM down, switch to an inactive audio mode like AUX where there is no sound. You could also switch to switch to NAV or MAP etc. The next time you start the ignition the screen will come on displaying map info but there will no annoying blast of music. And the backup camera will be enabled if so equipped.
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04-29-2011, 04:38 PM
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There are a lot of posts around about this design flaw with the PCM audio. Porshe has refused or can't fix this issue. It's more than it coming on when you start the car, it'll come off mute any chance it can get when driving.
In my e-mail from Porsche after getting my Cayenne, I had several comments to the "what can be done better?" question. I submitted that even my '57 Beetle had an off position on the radio that worked. Perhaps they should consult with VW engineers on how to do it.
As you might gather, I'm really annoyed by this lack of cabin basics. There are some other poorly thought out cabin features as well that will influence my decision to look at this car at trade in time. Things come to light once the new car honeymoon is over and you start looking at the Cayenne as a daily car verses a show pony. I wouldn't be so harsh if Porsche wasn't so obstinate.
So, Porsche, if you care, patch PCM so we can turn the radio OFF. And, while you’re at it, let us turn the radio on with the car off without timing out to save the battery. Otherwise, if you do want to listen to the radio while waiting to pick someone up, you have to keep the car running. Kind of defeats that auto-stop feature.
In my e-mail from Porsche after getting my Cayenne, I had several comments to the "what can be done better?" question. I submitted that even my '57 Beetle had an off position on the radio that worked. Perhaps they should consult with VW engineers on how to do it.
As you might gather, I'm really annoyed by this lack of cabin basics. There are some other poorly thought out cabin features as well that will influence my decision to look at this car at trade in time. Things come to light once the new car honeymoon is over and you start looking at the Cayenne as a daily car verses a show pony. I wouldn't be so harsh if Porsche wasn't so obstinate.
So, Porsche, if you care, patch PCM so we can turn the radio OFF. And, while you’re at it, let us turn the radio on with the car off without timing out to save the battery. Otherwise, if you do want to listen to the radio while waiting to pick someone up, you have to keep the car running. Kind of defeats that auto-stop feature.
04-29-2011, 05:12 PM
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There are a lot of posts around about this design flaw with the PCM audio. Porshe has refused or can't fix this issue. It's more than it coming on when you start the car, it'll come off mute any chance it can get when driving.
In my e-mail from Porsche after getting my Cayenne, I had several comments to the "what can be done better?" question. I submitted that even my '57 Beetle had an off position on the radio that worked. Perhaps they should consult with VW engineers on how to do it.
As you might gather, I'm really annoyed by this lack of cabin basics. There are some other poorly thought out cabin features as well that will influence my decision to look at this car at trade in time. Things come to light once the new car honeymoon is over and you start looking at the Cayenne as a daily car verses a show pony. I wouldn't be so harsh if Porsche wasn't so obstinate.
So, Porsche, if you care, patch PCM so we can turn the radio OFF. And, while you’re at it, let us turn the radio on with the car off without timing out to save the battery. Otherwise, if you do want to listen to the radio while waiting to pick someone up, you have to keep the car running. Kind of defeats that auto-stop feature.
In my e-mail from Porsche after getting my Cayenne, I had several comments to the "what can be done better?" question. I submitted that even my '57 Beetle had an off position on the radio that worked. Perhaps they should consult with VW engineers on how to do it.
As you might gather, I'm really annoyed by this lack of cabin basics. There are some other poorly thought out cabin features as well that will influence my decision to look at this car at trade in time. Things come to light once the new car honeymoon is over and you start looking at the Cayenne as a daily car verses a show pony. I wouldn't be so harsh if Porsche wasn't so obstinate.
So, Porsche, if you care, patch PCM so we can turn the radio OFF. And, while you’re at it, let us turn the radio on with the car off without timing out to save the battery. Otherwise, if you do want to listen to the radio while waiting to pick someone up, you have to keep the car running. Kind of defeats that auto-stop feature.
Guess everyone can't be happy....
04-29-2011, 05:37 PM
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I don't understand the part about not being able to turn off the radio. If you press and hold the on/off button it turns the radio off and it stays off even when the car is restarted, until you press the button again.
04-29-2011, 06:57 PM
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what I think the problem is .. or at least my problem .. I would like to be able to start the car with the radio off and the PCM on. meaning if I am backing up I would like my rear view camera to be on without my radio being on. So PCM on when car starts, but not the radio, cd,ipod, etc.
04-29-2011, 07:11 PM
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what I think the problem is .. or at least my problem .. I would like to be able to start the car with the radio off and the PCM on. meaning if I am backing up I would like my rear view camera to be on without my radio being on. So PCM on when car starts, but not the radio, cd,ipod, etc.
I really don't know how many times I've ever turned off a car stereo. I get it when things just bug, but this one seems so easy to solve for?
04-29-2011, 07:16 PM
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I turn it down to 0 all the time. When car is turned on, it goes back to some volume that is higher than when I shut it off. A factory preset volume. I wish it was that easy. Radio should be able to be off ... when the PCM is on. Most likely a simple fix for Porsche or someone to figure it out.
04-29-2011, 07:34 PM
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what I think the problem is .. or at least my problem .. I would like to be able to start the car with the radio off and the PCM on. meaning if I am backing up I would like my rear view camera to be on without my radio being on. So PCM on when car starts, but not the radio, cd,ipod, etc.