Audio off when engine off, can it be done?
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Audio off when engine off, can it be done?
For the RTFM junkies out here, is there any way to have the audio shutoff when the engine is shutoff at park? Currently, my car continues to play audio until I open my door. I went digging in the menus and didn't come up with anything.
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Press the start/stop button once more with your foot off the brake to turn off the ignition. It's effectively the same as removing the key from the ignition in older cars.
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While running errands, I will park the car, and let someone in my car exit to enter the store, while I turn off the engine and listen to the continuing audio. I like the feature.
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To understand this behavior you have to understand that in Europe even before the introduction of ECO Start/Stop it was common, expected and I think even added to the law that one turns off their engine while being stopped at traffic lights, railway crossings or just waiting for somebody, so it would be annoying if the radio etc. would turn off every time.
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In my experience with older (keyed) ignitions, there was always an "accessories" key position between "off" and "run+start." So, whenever one rotated the key CCW from Run to accessory, the radio always continued to run -- appropriately as an accessory -- until the key was rotated further CCW to off. So I don't see MB behavior as any different.
I remember some cars where accessory and run were bookends to Off. In this case you would have to rotate through off to get to accessory. Which I always found as awkward.
I remember some cars where accessory and run were bookends to Off. In this case you would have to rotate through off to get to accessory. Which I always found as awkward.
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In my experience with older (keyed) ignitions, there was always an "accessories" key position between "off" and "run+start." So, whenever one rotated the key CCW from Run to accessory, the radio always continued to run -- appropriately as an accessory -- until the key was rotated further CCW to off. So I don't see MB behavior as any different.
I remember some cars where accessory and run were bookends to Off. In this case you would have to rotate through off to get to accessory. Which I always found as awkward.
I remember some cars where accessory and run were bookends to Off. In this case you would have to rotate through off to get to accessory. Which I always found as awkward.
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