Diy: How To Set Off The Seatbelt Beep?

[REFZ]

How to set off the seatbelt beep?

When you don't have your seatbelt on and you drive faster than 15km/h you hear a warning sound, the seatbelt beep. The seatbelt beep will sound softly for 30 seconds and very hard for 90 seconds after that the beep will stop. A lot of CityBug user don't like the seatbelt beep and there is a option to set the seatbelt beep off.

 

After this modification the seatbelt beep is set OFF and you will no longer hear the seatbelt beep again.

I want to remind you that the seatbelt beep can be set ON again at any time.

Just use the instruction and reverse the setting of the seatbelt beep.

Disconnecting the battery of the car will also set the seatbelt beep ON again.

 

When you set OFF the seatbelt beep and you drive without your seatbelt on, the beep will not sound but the red indicator on your display will still flash like it does normally. Setting the seatbelt beep OFF will not affect or change anything to the other safety systems in your car.

 

Although this modification is completely save, I can't take any responsibility for it.

When you make use of the instruction, it's at your own risk.

 

Instruction to set OFF the seatbelt beep:

 

• first set the ignition ON

• set the distance counter to ODO by pressing the distance counter knob

 

http://www.citybugclub.nl/Images/DIY/Beep01.jpg

 

• set the ignition OFF

• set the ignition ON again

• press the distance counter knob again for 10 seconds

 

http://www.citybugclub.nl/Images/DIY/Beep02.jpg

 

• close the seatbelt and keep the distance counter knob pressed in

• the display of the distance counter will show the tekst: "b - on"

 

http://www.citybugclub.nl/Images/DIY/Beep03.jpg

 

• release the distance counter knob again

• press the distance counter knob again shortly to switch between:

"b - on" and "b - off" and set it to: "b - off"

 

http://www.citybugclub.nl/Images/DIY/Beep04.jpg

 

• set the ignition OFF again

• modification done!!

[Martin_1973_uk]

Cheers mate. Tried it on my C1 and it works a treat. Driving around the base short distances use to be a pain having to wear the seat belt all the time.

[REFZ]

I'm glad I could help you.

[downsman]

Thanks for that tip :unsure:

The beep was driving me mad the other day, so I've silenced it :)

[ColinC1]

Argh! Why not just have a simple switch, instead of multiple switching inputs to control the CPU software :D

 

I had this on my prevoius Smart Forwo, where buttons, ignition positions and handbrakes had multiple software functions to toggle the CPU commands, it was madness !

 

To stop the Fortwo auto-locking, where the door solinoids locked the car when over 5 MPH, you had to do contorsions with these controls, rather than a dedicated physical switch.

 

To disconnect the passenger airbag for a child seat, you had to buy a specific seat that plugged into the cars electrics to tell a child seat was in situ, then it had to be taken to the dealer to have the CPU programmed to accept airbad disconnection. Whereas the C1 has an on-off switch under the dash.

 

As cars get more dependant on CPU programming, there will be more of this crazy, software switching instead of a designated physical switch, and I for one do not like that at all :huh:

[REFZ]

Those are all safety issues because otherwise it would be too easy for "normal" drivers to switch off all kinds of safety aspects.

 

But hey, in this case the mod will work and it isn't that hard to do the trick. :D