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from my research Bob, the warning chimes are all linked.....lose one, lose them all apparently......i too, would like to find that offending alarm & cut its wire off

hmm not sure about the NC but with the NB this can be done easily because I have done it to my NB, was a simple case of reading up on miata.net, then removing a 2 wire connector under the steering column

for the NB it doesn't stop other buzzer warnings if you leave your lights on and the drivers door opens it still buzzes

good luck

Just remove the keys from your ignition, should work a treat.

cheers for that Bob.......that's a job for next w/end

You little beauty Bob, thats next weekend's mod. Now I can listen to the Oils without those bloody chimes!!!!!!

I really like the buzzer chime thingo , i've got radio in the garage for when I want to listen to music while working on the car.

You could always wire the stereo to bypass the ignition. That way you could run it without the key in.

J

BobB wrote:

Juffa wrote:You could always wire the stereo to bypass the ignition. That way you could run it without the key in.

J

Any instructions?

would be quite simple, you just need to supply a 12V +ve to the "remote turn on" (ignition) wire that goes into the headunit, this trips an internal relay which will turn on the stereo, so find a constant 12v, put a switch on it and then use a wire stripper to wire it in with the remote turn on easy

BobB wrote:

SM wrote:

BobB wrote:

Juffa wrote:You could always wire the stereo to bypass the ignition. That way you could run it without the key in.

J

Any instructions?

would be quite simple, you just need to supply a 12V +ve to the "remote turn on" (ignition) wire that goes into the headunit, this trips an internal relay which will turn on the stereo, so find a constant 12v, put a switch on it and then use a wire stripper to wire it in with the remote turn on easy

Wow That's beyond me but probably not an auto electrician. Are there any disadvantages?

Why are car audios always linked to the ignition? There must be some advantage or is it to allow the audio to come on automatically with the ignition?

disadvantages, if you forget to turn off the switch you put in then the radio will be on and drain your battery
that's the reason car audio is always linked to ignition so nothing gets left on by accident

But not all cars have audio systems that do this, I know Holden Astra's (classic model) have a function where the radio can be turned on without the key in the ignition by pressing the 'on' button on the radio but it turns itself off after 30 minutes

I did this a while ago on my NC.

However, a word of caution --- Apparently the multiplug needs to be reconnected if you have to reprogram your key...