Hi All,

Just got a message on the radio screen when I turn the volume up, saying "Low battery mode".

Does anybody know what it means? Can't find anything in the manual.

When you turn off the engine and/or remove the key from the ignition, radio playback kicks down to "Low power mode" to conserve battery, limiting your max volume output to "+ 20" I think, versus the usual + 35. When you hit that ceiling, you get a little battery icon and "Low power mode" displayed on the radio LCD. 

Hi Umberto,

Thanks for a quick reply.

I understand the logic of what you are saying re. battery conservation when stopped, but this happens when I'm driving and I turn the volume up. It showed at about level 18, after a little while it allowed me to increase the volume to 20. All very strange.

Something wrong there Ken .... IMHO trip to the stealers needed RRS TDv8 HSE Rimini
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Yeah, sounds to me like a loose contact or wire somewhere, the radio unit no longer detects the engine running and key in the ignition, and cuts off to low power mode. First time I've heard of that, keep us posted on what the dealer finds out, if the problem reoccurs (it's a Land Rover, so you never know...) 

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this happend to me once a while ago, has not happend since.

Spoke to the stealer today. he says it's nothing to worry about, it's to do with conserving power as Umberto said. If you leave your key in the ignition, as I did, for about 5 mins before starting, it drops the power on the radio volume to about 18, 20. After the engine has started it takes a little while for it to revert back to normsl. He said it's to conserve power for the vital parts of the engine if the battery was low.

Seems to be OK now.

Anyway thank you all for your help.

Sounds like he fed you a tiny bit of BS here and there (takes a "little while" to get back to normal... You got lazy electronics on your Sport? Mine goes back to normal volume a split second after I crank the ignition!) but as long as it appears to be OK now, it's all good.