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I feel like that is a pretty significant issue with the alert system, and could cause legitimate hearing damage. If you have headphones in, it should be assumed
by GhostVII 7y ago
I feel like that is a pretty significant issue with the alert system, and could cause legitimate hearing damage. If you have headphones in, it should be assumed that you are paying attention and don't need to be woken up, and play at low volume.
- consp 7y agoStrange thing is that it didn't send it over my Bluetooth headset as I wasn't listening at the time. >> it should be assumed that you are paying attention and don't need to be woken up That assumption is false. Last week we got one for likely dangerous smoke and we had to get out of the smoke and close all windows and stop ventilation in the house. You might want to wake up for that as some people use the headphones and fall asleep.
- kminehart 7y agoI think you missed the "if you have headphones in" part.
- antsar 7y agoOr you missed the "some people use the headphones and fall asleep" part. In that case, cranking up the volume still makes sense.
- GhostVII 7y agoThat's true, it is possible that someone could be sleeping with headphones in or something, but I don't think that is common enough to justify potentially giving people hearing damage. Maybe as a compromise it could play at the current volume (or lowest volume if volume is off) through headphones, rather than going up to full volume.
- kazen44 7y agoor just play the emergency alert through the speakers of the phone, instead of the headphones.