172 Cup shift beep

[LukeSi]

I was wondering, my cup has a shift light on the dash, however having spent plenty of time in a 200 i miss the novelty of an audiable shift warning. Basically I miss the beep.

So i was wondering, is there any way i could rig something up to have the beep in a 172 cup.

Thanks in advance.

 

[Saul]

I've heard of some people wiring their horns up to it

 

[Kazumz]

I've heard of some people wiring their horns up to it

Phahhaa

GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR...BEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEP!

Sorry I had to do it!

 

[Kyle 86]

Phahhaa

GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR...BEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEP!

Sorry I had to do it!

Hahaha beat me 2 it

 

[Saul]

Hahaa!

I have to admit it would be fairly handy having a small beep, seen as the Shift light is positioned in the worst place ever.

 

[BoatNonce]

I'd be happy it's gone, nobody should need a beep to tell them when to change gear.

But you could get the pinouts of the dash and wire in a smal buzzer behind the instrument panel I guess.

 

[Stu172cup]

I'd be happy it's gone, nobody should need a beep to tell them when to change gear.

But you could get the pinouts of the dash and wire in a smal buzzer behind the instrument panel I guess.

What he said - Find the wire that supplies the power for the light and wire a buzzer in should do the trick i suppose

 

[BoatNonce]

Looks like it's controlled by the gauge itself. You'd have to take the panel apart and solder directly onto the shift light LED.

 

[Stu172cup]

Itll be 4 wont it rev counter information

Maybe pop the cluster out take it for a drive with a multimeter see what comes up when the shift light comes on

unless its under one of the - Not used ones and they just arnt telling us

 

[l33th3tr33]

Talking of beeping cups, I noticed mine beeps quietly at 94mph. Only just noticed it the other day and no matter how loud I turned the stereo up, that's all I could concentrate on.

 

[Dan@SJM]

Sounds like the Arabia over speed on yours lee.

 

[BoatNonce]

Itll be 4 wont it rev counter information

Not quite. 4 will be a pulsed signal which is constantly telling the rev counter what RPM to display. More likely there's a microchip in the dash display somewhere which looks at the signal and when RPM = >6500 (or whatever it is), turn shift light ON.

Talking of beeping cups, I noticed mine beeps quietly at 94mph. Only just noticed it the other day and no matter how loud I turned the stereo up, that's all I could concentrate on.

Hyperspace drive. (IIRC there's a speed warning beep which can be turned on in CLIP - @Danlp6 knows.)

EDIT: he can travel in time, and reply before I've even called him in here.

 

[Dan@SJM]

Also the above is for ph1's. Ph2's are CANBUS.

 

[Stu172cup]

Was over simplyfying/complicating the fact the if you got the value for say 6k - you could programme a beep to that value................

 

[l33th3tr33]

Sounds like the Arabia over speed on yours lee.

Arabia what now?

 

[karol_SVK]

What is that Arabia over speed function? I have seen in in CLIP but did not try to turn it on What is its purpose?

 

[BoatNonce]

IIRC it's a state requirement over there that your car must beep at you if you go too fast. Basically a speeding deterrent.

 

[VikkiB]

Was over simplyfying/complicating the fact the if you got the value for say 6k - you could programme a beep to that value................

Canbus runs something like 4 wires I seem to remember, so it's not as easy as just chopping into the cable

 

[Stu172cup]

4 wires twisted together in pairs to prevent interference and with an overall resistance of 5ohms. Lots of dealig with it on hgvs

Canbus will be a whole world of difficulty. Nothing to say it cant be done