Hi Guys

Hope you're christmas shopping is all going well.

I hope you can also help. These past couple of days I have noticed a DING coming through the cars sound system, whether I have music playing, or the volume on Zero, this ding will happen randomly. It is the familiar Microsoft Ding.

Now I know Microsoft designed the Interfaces for my Focus so that explains the ding, but why is it dinging?

Has anyone had this before?

Cheers

Guys!

Charles

Microsoft DING.mp3

Thats an error noise on windows...no doubt the system is running of Windows CE. Only way to find out the error is to get past the GUI and onto the main system...think this will be a dealer only fix

Hmm that's what I was dreading. I don't exactly trust my dealers to know that much

How old is your focus?

2011 MK3

Nothing microsoft on that age, does your bluetooth bleep simular sound when pressing voice button, the bluetooth module is nokia system ,

This is my interior.

It's definitely the noise I have attached to the original post.

Thats a strange one, not heard that on any of the mk3 focus ive seen. the later sync is microsoft im led to believe , but from your photo you definatly dont have that, how often does it do it. Will a dealer be able to replicate the sound?

It's completely random. I've had it two minutes into a journey right up to 40 minutes in. There is no error on any screen, just the noise.

At first I thought it was radio presenters getting mouse click errors until I heard it with radio muted.

You got sat nav?

I got sat nav and it warns me of fixed speed cameras etc with a ding of sorts, try turning that feature off if you have it?

Im clutching at straws here, cant think what it could be

Yeah. With 2015 card in it. Been in since Jan though

Definitely not that. I'm familiar with the noises.

It can vary from end of my street to car park to farmers track near my parents. No reason for any warnings

Dont know then.