Re: [OT] Pioneer stereo question

[quk@isham-research.demon.co.uk (Phil Payne)]

In message <l03020903b2b802efa503@[194.134.63.68]> Tom Nas writes:

> ...and the radio volume I usually use on highway trips is _totally_
> inappropriate for traffic bulletins. It would scare me silly.
> I believe there was some measure in later RDS systems that turned the
> volume for traffic bulletins down to a pre-set level.

Well, in the _real_ _thing_ (the Philips 994 designed for the
ur-quattro) there's a second volume control.  You pull the radio out of
the dash, but leave it connected.  Switch it on, and short out the
casing to a copper strip just inside the top cover.  This switches on
the ARI circuit.  Just behind this hole in the top cover, there's a
second one giving access to a small screwdriver-driven potentiometer.

This is how you set the ARI volume.  You can then drive around with the
radio switched on but turned right down, and frighten seven shades of
sh*t out of any foreigners you might offer lifts to.

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