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Posted: 1/13/2006 10:48:30 PM EDT
[#1]
Surely, you can't be serious!
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Posted: 1/13/2006 10:48:41 PM EDT
[#2]
you are not crazy, it has a stupid setup to make the radio seem to stay constant volume wise as road noise increases. it doesnt work well
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Posted: 1/13/2006 10:49:12 PM EDT
[#3]
I am serious, and please dont call me shirley |
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Posted: 1/13/2006 10:49:41 PM EDT
[#4]
I'm certain that somehow or other it involves spiders.
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Posted: 1/13/2006 10:49:51 PM EDT
[#5]
+1 |
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Posted: 1/13/2006 10:50:13 PM EDT
[#6]
Speed sensative radio? Kind of like a speed sensitive steering. What kind of car?
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Posted: 1/13/2006 10:51:08 PM EDT
[#7]
I'll bet it's a GM. |
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Posted: 1/13/2006 10:51:14 PM EDT
[#8]
Wait a minute!!! You mean this is MEANT to happen?? No friggin way!!! |
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Posted: 1/13/2006 10:51:28 PM EDT
[#9]
He's crazy. I have no clue what he's talking about.
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Posted: 1/13/2006 10:51:31 PM EDT
[#10]
+2 I noticed it on the Buick I rented Thanksgiving. I would hope as with most other electronice features you can turn it off by turning key on then off, flashing lights three times then tapping gas brake gas brake then starting over again.  ETA: I was close.
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Posted: 1/13/2006 10:51:43 PM EDT
[#11]
Lots of em do it now.
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Posted: 1/13/2006 10:51:48 PM EDT
[#12]
yes it is supposed to happen, you should be able to disable that function. I find it incredibly annoying
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Posted: 1/13/2006 10:51:59 PM EDT
[#13]
Ill take that bet I WIN!!! Its a Ford Expedition. |
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Posted: 1/13/2006 10:52:04 PM EDT
[#14]
GM product? Standard speed sensitive radio that's been in use for nearly 10 yrs now.
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Posted: 1/13/2006 10:52:09 PM EDT
[#15]
... alright, alright... to avoid getting smacked in the head by him... he's not crazy... the car radio really is strange like that...
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Posted: 1/13/2006 10:53:31 PM EDT
[#16]
U2 sucks and Adam is a CRAPPY bass player! |
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Posted: 1/13/2006 10:54:10 PM EDT
[#17]
Darn. I have had two GMs that do it. I can turn it off in my pickup, but I don't really mind it. I get enough road noise that I need the volume boosted a little when I get going. |
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Posted: 1/13/2006 10:54:11 PM EDT
[#18]
you know, it is caused by playing your crappy boy band music |
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Posted: 1/13/2006 10:54:44 PM EDT
[#19]
Yup. The Rockford Fosgate on my Xterra has the same setup. You can adjust it or turn it off from a menu setting. Mine works *VERY* well. SWEET! 
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Posted: 1/13/2006 10:55:14 PM EDT
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My firebirds radio has 10 speakers and lots of the sounds from different songs "dance" around to one or 2 specific speakers at a time. It's wierd.
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Posted: 1/13/2006 10:55:45 PM EDT
[#21]
Steve Harris is the worst bass player I have EVER heard and I HATE Iron Maiden! 
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Posted: 1/13/2006 10:55:45 PM EDT
[#22]
You know there are these things called "Owners Manual" that new cars come with.
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Posted: 1/13/2006 10:56:21 PM EDT
[#23]
HUH?? 
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Posted: 1/13/2006 10:56:35 PM EDT
[#24]
I had an S-10 that had that feature on the radio. There was a knob on the volume control to adjust it or turn it off.
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Posted: 1/13/2006 10:57:16 PM EDT
[#25]
I know, its fucking crazy man but they stuff this stupid book in your glovebox. I used to think it was put there to get in the way of me looking for a spare fuse but it actually has some interesting and slightly useful information |
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Posted: 1/13/2006 11:00:56 PM EDT
[#26]
Quit speeding and you should be fine.
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Posted: 1/13/2006 11:01:53 PM EDT
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Real men do not need an owners manual... Dr. Frige is hereby allowed to keep his man card... |
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Posted: 1/13/2006 11:04:31 PM EDT
[#28]
My corvette does it, but i cant seem to hear it anyway with the top down
It is adjustable though if you dont want it to happen.
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Posted: 1/13/2006 11:06:26 PM EDT
[#29]
Whew!!!! |
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Posted: 1/13/2006 11:08:44 PM EDT
[#30]
To bad it isn’t on the wife but just the opposite, the faster you go, the more she would shut up.
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Posted: 1/14/2006 6:02:08 AM EDT
[#31]
The speed sensitive volume thing has worked fine in my cars (Audis). You don't even notice it. Rolling down the windows makes it adjust too.
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Posted: 1/14/2006 6:07:28 AM EDT
[#32]
Its the Volume elves.
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Posted: 1/14/2006 6:08:14 AM EDT
[#33]
Just replace the deck with a after market one.
My new Whirlpool range wont do this will it? |
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Posted: 1/14/2006 6:10:51 AM EDT
[#34]
It's not all that new. We have a 97 malibu that does it. You can turn it on and off too, or at least you can in my car. personally I like it cause ours does work pretty good. I like the volume to be almost muted when going slow and just hearable when going fast.
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Posted: 1/14/2006 6:11:18 AM EDT
[#35]
That feature was standard equip. on my 1995 Mercedes SL500, so it's been around for a while. Works great, especially with the top down. It really lowers the volume when you roll up to a light or stop sign so that it's not blaring, but then jacks it up again at speed. Also has a built in ported, Sub Woofer but only 160 watts output.
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Posted: 1/14/2006 6:15:54 AM EDT
[#36]
That has been available in Vettes for at least the last 8 or 9 years. You maybe going crazy, but it's not from your radio 
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Posted: 1/14/2006 6:18:34 AM EDT
[#37]
Speed compensated volume - usually adjustable.
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Posted: 1/14/2006 6:28:10 AM EDT
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If it's like the one that was in my Nissan 350Z it's worse than that - it has a three band equalizer that is controlled by a microphone under the steering wheel. If the microphone hears too much bass, midrange or treble it makes adjustments to increase that band to compensate ... making more too much bass, midrange, and treble. Guys who didn't pull their bloze radio out were pulling the microphone and substituting it with a fixed resistor for better sound. I kept Nissan's antenna and some of the wires but pulled out everything else. |
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Posted: 1/14/2006 6:38:22 AM EDT
[#39]
Gf's shitbox alero does the same thing. I hate that fucking car
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Posted: 1/14/2006 7:29:55 AM EDT
[#40]
My Chevy S-10 had that in the factory radio. It's an outside noise volume control. I didn't particularly care for it because it never seemed to work all that well, but in theory it's a cool idea. Sometimes I'll come to a stop and the radio seems to be blaring.
Read the radio part of your owners manual. |
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Posted: 1/14/2006 7:32:49 AM EDT
[#41]
The Shaker 500 in my new Stang does it. It's adjustable, though. I've got it set just about right. I think it's pretty handy, and it works like a charm after I fiddled with it for a bit.
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Posted: 1/14/2006 7:45:01 AM EDT
[#42]
1. RTFM
2. When you pull out of the driveway, make sure the volume button isn't set to one click below 'ear bleed' level. Then when your vehicle accelerates to highway speed, you won't ooze blood out of each side of your head. Really. Turn your radio all the way down. Slowly turn it up until you can hear the music. That's loud enough. When the radio compensates for the expected increased noise from highway driving, it won't sound extrememly loud. Try it. Your hearing will like it. Trust me. |
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Posted: 1/14/2006 8:50:45 AM EDT
[#43]
same for my s10 |
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