Hi,

The stereo on our new mini is very very faint (yes its turned up!)...so much so that you can only hear it when the car's at a standstill - and as you can imagine, that isn't ideal!!

The speakers are fine, because the nice lady on the Sat Nav is coming through loud and clear...

I'm stumped - kind of like the stereo has been muted, but I've tried it without the Sat Nav on, but still nothing.

Any ideas anyone?

Gav

Do you have the HK system?
I had the same problem, turned out the amp needed replacing.

Yes, we have HK.... but also Sat Nav and that's working fine??

Sorry, I can't comment on that - I didn't have Satnav on the Mini that had that problem.

no probs, appreciate the reply... could still be that :-(

:eek: seems a likley culprit, I imagine (like hands free kit) that the SAT NAV speak line is being held hi so muting the stereo. I assume its out of warranty which is why you are asking here, so I guess you need to identify the correct connection, and temporarily disconnect it to test.

Mike

The mini's in for a service today....hopefully they'll also find the cause of the quiet stereo...

The garage said a fault has been picked up 'in the wiring' ... but could tell more without a further investigation (1 hr...£90+vat).

The above suggestions are it could be the amp...does this mean the actual mini head unit, or a separate amp? If it's the main unit, surely my best bet would be to get a cheap replacement head unit to swap over (ie ebay).