458 Feel a bit dumb asking but How do you turn on the radio???s

You may try reading this: https://www.ferrarichat.com/forum/threads/458-infotainment-manual.561656/

 

The thread linked above now should help - also you may get some useful links from the 458 discussion sticky

If you'd like some pdf pm email with exact model etc

 

Don't feel dumb. I leave my radio on, and just rotate the volume knob when I want to hear it. I've spent HOURS trying to figure out
the infotainment system on my car, and frankly just gave up. There's a switch on the back side of the steering wheel that work with the radio,
I think to change channels, but I don't mess with it anymore. I have the original manual, and frankly it's better than nothing, but it still leaves a LOT to be desired. There was another manual available for early cars, and it had some information in it, that wasn't in the manual for the later cars.

The year I bought the car, a friend and I went to Monterey California for car week. A six hundred mile drive each way. Coming back I spent HOURS trying to figure out the entire system, while he drove. Managed to load some CD's into it, which frankly I've never figured out how to get back into that mode again. that was FOUR years ago.

 

(I posted on your other read, repeating here . . . )

What does your right screen display? If it's the speedometer you need to press and hold the BackView button for about five seconds to get it to change to the main menu which will give you your choice of navigation / media / phone / radio. The button on the back of the right side of the steering wheel lets you change sources for media between ipod, hard drive, cd, radio, satellite.

 

https://www.ferrarifl.com/template/pdf/manuals/ferrari/458spider.pdf

This should tide you over until your Owners Manual arrives. I purchased a 458 Spider in January and while I did receive all of my manuals I find the on-line version easy to use on my iPad. If you need the Italia version just go to the same website and you find it there. A huge thanks to Ferrari of Fort Lauderdale for posting them.

 

My daughter played with the radio once in my 458. I have never even tried to use it. The music the motor makes does it for me!

 

The radio typifies what I dislike about modern cars. Making a previously simple task difficult and complex.

 

First thing I did with radio is set that speed sensitive volume as low as it went. Such an annoying feature

 

Can you clarify what you are talking about? It sounds like some sort of automatic volume leveling, which is something I would really like on my 458. At least I can turn the volume up/down easily with my left hand on the steering wheel during frequent acceleration/deceleration.

 

Pretty much that, I have never liked it in any car that has had it. Not sure if it's in 458 but here is how to use it in 488

System settings To access the system settings from the main screen, select SETTINGS or press the OPTIONS button on the right satellite. Audio control Once you are in the SETUP menu, press the “Audio” soft key to access the audio control menu. You can adjust the balance/fading and equalisation of the stereo system, activate/deactivate “Quantum Logic” (if present) and adjust the volume according to the speed on this page. To adjust the balance and fading, press the arrow soft keys. The equalizer settings can be used to adjust the bass (BASS), mid (MID) and treble (TREB) levels. Press the “Quantum Logic” soft key to activate/deactivate the option. The volume can be adjusted to the speed on 3 levels or deactivated.

 

I appreciate the explanation, I had a feeling you were going to say 488. The 458 does not have that option. Setup / Audio Controls just has Treble / Midrange / Bass / Balance / Reset. No quantum logic. I have a similar feature in my other cars and actually really like it. Driving hard with the top down and then coming to a stop I have to be really fast in turning the music down if someone else is in the car with me.