Seat speakers?

[Yodeling]

My 07 M45 came with seat speakers, but I can't hear any sound out of them. The only speakers I hear are the door speakers. I have an ipod connected to the aux jack on the back of the center console. What gives? It's still under warranty, should I have this looked at?

[Ilya]

I think they only work with 5.1 audio. Your iPod is probably just 2-4 channel so it's not utilizing the whole system due to poor quality.

[olsonbo]

When I have my iphone hooked up to the rear aux input, the seat speakers work just fine.... they arent nearly as loud as any other speakers, but they do provide background sound for sure.

[svard75]

My 07 M45 came with seat speakers, but I can't hear any sound out of them. The only speakers I hear are the door speakers. I have an ipod connected to the aux jack on the back of the center console. What gives? It's still under warranty, should I have this looked at?

Yes get it looked at cause all my speakers work using an iPod plugged into the AUX jack except for the center channel speaker on the dash but that's because I disabled the center point system.

M

[rgb129]

My 07 M45 came with seat speakers, but I can't hear any sound out of them. The only speakers I hear are the door speakers. I have an ipod connected to the aux jack on the back of the center console. What gives? It's still under warranty, should I have this looked at?

Go into the audio settings and make sure the 5.1 is enabled.

[EniGmA1987]

If the "centerpoint" setting is enabled then they should have sound from them. Centerpoint is really sucky sound though. Worst processing ever.
If you have it on normal, then you should not hear sound from your seat speakers. The aux jacks are just 2 channel input, not surround sound.


Get a DVD and play it through the center compartment DVD player. Listen to all your speakers then to see if they are working right or not. Not just the menu music either. Play the actual DVD to have a surround sound track playing.

[dvan]

My 07 M45 came with seat speakers, but I can't hear any sound out of them. The only speakers I hear are the door speakers. I have an ipod connected to the aux jack on the back of the center console. What gives? It's still under warranty, should I have this looked at?

Here is what you do.

Goto audio setting and turn on centerpoint. Then goto the SURROUND volume setting and turn it all the way up. It works well for CD/DVD not so much for Radio/Aux input.

Also, in my opinion, Centerpoint makes almost all the music i listen sound better especially with the Surround Volume turned all the way up. It does decrease the bass a little but i find the audio to have higher clarity with it turned on

[svard75]

you don't need centerpoint enabled for the surround to work using AUX. Trust me I have it set that way and I get awesome sound from all speakers except the center channel. It's my understanding that center point trys to mix specific audio frequencies into the center channel to enhance dialog in whatever your listening to. There is another option to enable surround sound which should be turned on but if the OP is only hearing music coming from his front speakers then something else is wrong. Even with surround sound off you should still hear it from the front and rear speakers (in door).

M

[dvan]

you don't need centerpoint enabled for the surround to work using AUX. Trust me I have it set that way and I get awesome sound from all speakers except the center channel. It's my understanding that center point trys to mix specific audio frequencies into the center channel to enhance dialog in whatever your listening to. There is another option to enable surround sound which should be turned on but if the OP is only hearing music coming from his front speakers then something else is wrong. Even with surround sound off you should still hear it from the front and rear speakers (in door).

M

When you have the surround sound volume all the way down its almost impossible to hear the seat speakers unless u literally put your ears ontop of them

The OP states he can only hear his door speakers, so if his rear shelf isnt working then thats obviously a problem. But I suspect the only issue he has is he cant notice audio from the seat speaker only, which he would need to turn the surround sound volume level up (even louder with centerpoint). Centerpoint just simulates the music is coming from the middle of the car as opposed to the edges where the speakers are. There is some trade-off using centerpoint, so its purely user preference and not a definitive improvement over the standard audio,

[PNO2NR]

When playing DVD/Audio, be sure you access the "aux/settings" menu from the video display. There are 14 (I think) sub-menus in the "surround" option, where you MUST disable "mix down", otherwise your 5.1 channels will be incomplete, and will only be read as 2 channel. I have yet to find this info in any manual. What a difference! Try the Beatles Love remix in 5.1. It's like being in Vegas.

[a.blanco0905]

Try the Beatles Love remix in 5.1. It's like being in Vegas.

With all due respect, no sir.