volume control
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Topic: volume control
Posted By: oskrypuch
Subject: volume control
Date Posted: 01 Apr 2014 at 1:25pm
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I notice that there are no markings on the volume knob. Is that because the knob is one of those free wheeling software driven ones, that can't give a relative volume level by its position? If so, that would be unfortunate. Being able to check the volume level, to ensure it has not been reduced can be critical. * Orest |
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Posted By: Gring
Date Posted: 01 Apr 2014 at 7:48pm
| You can see the volume level by pressing AUX page function key and look on the Audio tab to see the audio volume level. |
Posted By: oskrypuch
Date Posted: 01 Apr 2014 at 9:19pm
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Yes, you can also twiddle the knob back and forth, and you'll get a momentary volume bar below the freq. But, at a glance at the panel, it would not be visible. FEATURE REQUEST I'm wondering if there could be a setting to show a visible indication on the screen, if and only if, the volume is below a certain set threshold. One might turn it down momentarily, to make a phone call, or whatever. The danger is in forgetting to reset it.
The indicator might look like this:  * Orest |
Posted By: AzAv8r
Date Posted: 01 Apr 2014 at 11:54pm
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Awesome idea. More than once I've turned the volume down for some distraction, and discovered too-long later that I forgot... |
Posted By: AviJake
Date Posted: 08 Apr 2014 at 8:57am
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Yah, that's another good idea. I'll add this one to the list of potential future feature adds. Thanks! ------------- Steve Jacobson sjacobson@avidyne.com |
Posted By: George
Date Posted: 08 Apr 2014 at 2:07pm
| You can also press the volume knob and see a scale. |
Posted By: AviJake
Date Posted: 08 Apr 2014 at 4:00pm
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Well George is technically correct but that is a bug that will get resolved at some point. ------------- Steve Jacobson sjacobson@avidyne.com |
Posted By: oskrypuch
Date Posted: 08 Apr 2014 at 7:05pm
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It that a "bug" just in the simulator implementation, or in the unit software itself? * Orest |
Posted By: AviJake
Date Posted: 08 Apr 2014 at 7:06pm
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It's an actual bug. The push action is to turn squelch on/off. I am not asking to know the volume of the com and nav settings when I'm turning squelch on/off. It's a low priority bug and may not get resolved prior to initial cert. ------------- Steve Jacobson sjacobson@avidyne.com |
Posted By: oskrypuch
Date Posted: 09 Apr 2014 at 10:46am
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Just a thought, might it be made a feature? Short press = volume bar longer press = squelch on/off
* Orest |
Posted By: George
Date Posted: 09 Apr 2014 at 2:30pm
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I think that is a good idea. |
Posted By: MysticCobra
Date Posted: 10 Apr 2014 at 9:57am
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I don't like that idea. I'm well-trained by my GNS430 that a short-press is the squelch defeat. I'd bet a few hundred or thousand other pilots out there probably are, too, and would be discombobulated by different behavior. |
Posted By: oskrypuch
Date Posted: 10 Apr 2014 at 10:20am
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Mystic, That is a consideration. Well, it could be a short press/release for sq defeat, and a long press for a 10 sec appearance of the the volume indicator. It was just a thought. I think if we can a visual LOW VOLUME warning, it won't be as important. * Orest |
Posted By: AzAv8r
Date Posted: 10 Apr 2014 at 11:12pm
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Suppose the short press just happens to display the volume, while toggling the squelch mode (which I infer is the GNS430 behavior, since it's been 10 years since I've flown with one). One could double-press the button to get *only* the volume display. On my mechanical knobs devices, I still end up *twisting* them to figure out where the volume is set when the silence becomes disconcerting. And I always wonder "where did I end up?" So if this happens a second time, I usually make a radio check. A visual display (that I can remember as "aha, that's the right level!") in any form is good. |
Posted By: PA20Pacer
Date Posted: 11 Apr 2014 at 7:51am
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On any radio that I have used, a momentary defeat of the squelch provides an aural indication of volume level. I do not see a great need for an additional visual indicator that requires a button push to be activated. A visual indicator that was present at all times, but used negligible display space could be useful. Regards, Bob Siegfried, II ------------- Bob Siegfried, II Brookeridge Airpark (LL22) Downers Grove, IL |
Posted By: AviJake
Date Posted: 11 Apr 2014 at 7:54am
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I'm kind of impressed and surprised there is this much interest in this particular feature. As a minimum, it has certainly elevated the topic to be high on the next release feature discussion we'll have internally about 4 1/2 minutes after we get the initial TSO/STC. ------------- Steve Jacobson sjacobson@avidyne.com |
Posted By: oskrypuch
Date Posted: 11 Apr 2014 at 8:33am
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Well, then that IS a good thing. I have been burned by this once, hence my interest.
* Orest |
Posted By: oskrypuch
Date Posted: 11 Apr 2014 at 8:35am
If the knobs are mechanical, just paint (or decal) a small indicator on the knob. Done. I did this on our SL-30, which does not have an indicator on its mechanical knob, the 430W does. Of course, most new units have software driven knobs, hence the potential problem. * Orest |
AzAv8r wrote:Posted By: phkmn
Date Posted: 11 Apr 2014 at 4:05pm
I've also experienced this problem. Need a way to know volume level at a glance. ------------- PH |