"Count-down" beeps coming from speakers.

[Marchitect]

Ok, I just got my brand new M5, and have a true love for this machine. But every day at some point as I'm driving along I hear "beeps" coming from the dash.
The beeps are just like you would hear if you were a ski racer waiting for the signal to GO!. It's the traditional 3 - 2 - 1 - Beeeeeep.
I look all around the dash and LCD monitor and see no messages. It's not my seat belts, It's not the head lights coming on. I just can't figure this out.
My search through the forum has not found anything like this. So I ask the group for any help with this.

thanks

08 - Space Gray - SMG

[Alan N]

It's the clock, it does it on the hour.

[Marchitect]

You know, you may just be right on that one. It makes sense. I'll dive into I-drive and figure out how to turn it off.
If I lived anywhere near Hertfordshire, England I'd wash and wax your car.
Thanks for the help.

[MortenDK]

It's because your car is about to blow up! :P

Just kidding, as Alan said, it's the clock.

[unfoundhorsepower]

Must be on the new one's mine is quiet.

[MortenDK]

Ours doesn't say anything too, but I read about it somewhere on autosport.com i think..

[seckindogan]

It's the clock and mine does it when time is 1:59 or 4:59. Just 1 minute before the hour. I think he's saying turn on your radio for the news....

Cant think of something else...

[Bunker37]

At the last beep the clock will change to the next hour. In the E39 this happened 15 seconds before the whole new hour and the E60 beeps the last one 1 second before the next hour or maybe even on the first second of the new hour. You can disable this function in the i-drive clock settings menu.
I have it turned on. Tells me to switch to the news on either the radio or TV. And yes, I listen (sometimes) watch TV while driving. No flames please.