4 ms·
> That physical button that takes 500ms to respond is still as dangerous. My Volt's physical mute button seems to be software controlled. Normally it is very r
by jkarneges 3y ago
> That physical button that takes 500ms to respond is still as dangerous.
My Volt's physical mute button seems to be software controlled. Normally it is very responsive, except when the car is starting up. It kills me whenever I start the car and the volume happened to be cranked up from earlier, music blasts, and the mute button is ineffective. Fortunately the volume knob seems to be hardware controlled and can be used to lower the volume when the car is starting. It's really unintuitive since both controls are physical.
- andrewmcwatters 3y agoYeah, it's just poorly thought out engineering. There's really no excuse. I owned a B7 Audi A4 which simply limited the volume level to a user-defined setting when you turned on the car. That concept is roughly 20 years old.
- avereveard 3y agoAnd it's not something limited to premium car either, my first generation 500x has three different radio startup behaviour to choose: always on, always off, as it was when you turned the car off
- deleted 3y ago[deleted]
- hinkley 3y agoGoing from audiobook on one trip to radio on the next sure wakes me up, and not in a good way. At least I have a physical volume dial with a power button in it.