ASD Disabled WOW

BostonM235xi · 12-04-2018, 12:35 PM

I know a lot of people ask how much does ASD affect the cabin noise? A lot.
I bought the Technic PNP harness and installed it this morning. Install took about 45 minutes in total. Instead of hearing that horrible drone noise from ASD, you hear the sweet inline 6 and your exhaust note. On the highway no need to blast the radio over the ASD. The radio is crisper sounding as well.
Spend the $55 and hear what your car is supposed to sound like!

Bruceflorida · 12-05-2018, 09:11 AM

What does this mean? I’m confused on what ASD is

arhoads335i · 12-05-2018, 09:50 AM

I'm guessing the fake exhaust note

BostonM235xi · 12-05-2018, 11:55 AM

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Originally Posted by Bruceflorida

What does this mean? I'm confused on what ASD is

Bruce - it's Active Sound Design, which is fake noise pumped into the speakers. All M series cars have it and most don't like it. I finally got around to disabling it.

skeeedunt · 12-05-2018, 12:29 PM

Agreed, I prefer it with no ASD, even if it's a bit on the quiet side. The highway drone was killer for me.

For those that don't know, you can pop your radio fuse out to disable ASD (and the radio) temporarily, if you just want to hear what it sounds like.

arhoads335i · 12-05-2018, 01:35 PM

Does it really drone that much? Does it try to replicate noise from the exhaust or is it just a sound clip already in the hardware

BostonM235xi · 12-05-2018, 01:39 PM

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Originally Posted by arhoads335i

Does it really drone that much? Does it try to replicate noise from the exhaust or is it just a sound clip already in the hardware

Arhoads- it's tries to replicate your exhaust time based on RPM, inside the cabin. If you have a stock car you might want to keep it for the sporty sound.

arhoads335i · 12-05-2018, 01:49 PM

lol mine is straight piped from the cat so not sure how much of the ASD I hear

stlb5 · 12-05-2018, 01:53 PM

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Originally Posted by arhoads335i

lol mine is straight piped from the cat so not sure how much of the ASD I hear

I agree that turning asd off is a good thing. I would suggest your time and money are better off spent on BimmerCode so you can turn ASD off and do a whole lot more.

skeeedunt · 12-05-2018, 02:10 PM

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Originally Posted by arhoads335i

Does it really drone that much? Does it try to replicate noise from the exhaust or is it just a sound clip already in the hardware

It's all sound clips. And that may be the issue, not so much the volume, but the artificial hum of it. Irritates me in the same way a loud buzzing fan does - constant hum. This is at speed on the highway with no music going. Other times it's not as noticeable.

Some folks love it though

hwntime · 12-05-2018, 02:43 PM

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Originally Posted by stlb5

I agree that turning asd off is a good thing. I would suggest your time and money are better off spent on BimmerCode so you can turn ASD off and do a whole lot more.

True this. For the $45 for the harness you could just buy an adapter and Bimmercode and have so many more options to play with.

stlb5 · 12-05-2018, 09:40 PM

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Originally Posted by BostonM235xi

The reason I didn't go with bimmercode was I have a BM3 Stage 2 flash and I didn't want to mess with the ECU or programming anymore. I know it's not an issue but that was my logic in getting the harness.

For others reading this, it's not an issue. I have BM3 and bimmercode. It's fine.

ChristosD · 12-05-2018, 11:36 PM

BM3 has a ASD off button is this the same thing?

Avex · 12-06-2018, 02:23 AM

What does this harness do apart from deleting ASD? Does it aid the real engine sound to be heard? Or harness install simply = ASD coded off?

If so, I have an unpopular opinion that I actually prefer it with ASD ��.

BostonM235xi · 12-06-2018, 06:53 AM

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Originally Posted by Avex

What does this harness do apart from deleting ASD? Does it aid the real engine sound to be heard? Or harness install simply = ASD coded off?

If so, I have an unpopular opinion that I actually prefer it with ASD ��.

Avex- the harness just deletes ASD, doesn't aid in anything else. Except hearing the car, best example on my car with my set up; driving on the highway I couldn't hear my tires with the radio off (not that you want to) with ASD on, disabling ASD I know hear my tires on the highway.

Shadowfax028 · 12-08-2018, 06:40 PM

I had that Harness, I threw it out. It reduced my volume by about 20-25%.

BostonM235xi · 12-08-2018, 06:59 PM

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Originally Posted by Shadowfax028

I had that Harness, I threw it out. It reduced my volume by about 20-25%.

Your talking about your radio volume? Decreased with the harness hooked up?

Shadowfax028 · 12-11-2018, 12:46 PM

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Originally Posted by BostonM235xi

Your talking about your radio volume? Decreased with the harness hooked up?

Yep, that's what I experienced

dono2454 · 12-13-2018, 12:45 PM

has anyone tried to just unplug the micro phone from underneath the hood?

hwntime · 12-13-2018, 12:58 PM

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Originally Posted by dono2454

has anyone tried to just unplug the micro phone from underneath the hood?

Huh? ASD is an artificial sound produced by software and pumped through your speakers. There is no mic and it isn't a real engine sound.

BostonM235xi · 12-13-2018, 01:03 PM

Lol hwn - dono you can only get rid of ASD with the harness or bimmercode, can't unplug anything.
One thing to note disabling ASD is a great idea but I did notice the volume on the stereo did go down. But well worth doing overall.

hwntime · 12-13-2018, 01:51 PM

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Originally Posted by BostonM235xi

Lol hwn - dono you can only get rid of ASD with the harness or bimmercode, can't unplug anything.
One thing to note disabling ASD is a great idea but I did notice the volume on the stereo did go down. But well worth doing overall.

Weird. I deleted ASD via Bimmercode and my stereo volume was not affected in any way.

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skeeedunt Private 17 Rep 52 Posts Drives: 2016 M235i Join Date: Feb 2015 Location: CA, USA iTrader: (0)	Agreed, I prefer it with no ASD, even if it's a bit on the quiet side. The highway drone was killer for me. For those that don't know, you can pop your radio fuse out to disable ASD (and the radio) temporarily, if you just want to hear what it sounds like.
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Avex Second Lieutenant 51 Rep 219 Posts Drives: F22 M235i AW Join Date: May 2016 Location: Perth, WA iTrader: (0)	What does this harness do apart from deleting ASD? Does it aid the real engine sound to be heard? Or harness install simply = ASD coded off? If so, I have an unpopular opinion that I actually prefer it with ASD ��.
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BostonM235xi First Lieutenant 130 Rep 314 Posts Drives: 2015 BMW M235xi Join Date: Aug 2018 Location: Nokomis, FL iTrader: (1)	Lol hwn - dono you can only get rid of ASD with the harness or bimmercode, can't unplug anything. One thing to note disabling ASD is a great idea but I did notice the volume on the stereo did go down. But well worth doing overall. __________________ Kiel McCaul
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