Re: Bose stereo question

["Gaidos, A." <agaidos@got.net>]

Thanks for all the input. As it turns out my wife, while in a parking lot
reading her manual to figure out how to turn off the alarm figured the radio
too.
 She's gonna love this car
-----Original Message-----
From: Brett Dikeman <brett@pdikeman.ne.mediaone.net>
To: Gaidos, A. <agaidos@got.net>; quattro@coimbra.ans.net
<quattro@coimbra.ans.net>
Cc: 200q20v@pdikeman.ne.mediaone.net <200q20v@pdikeman.ne.mediaone.net>
Date: Monday, March 29, 1999 9:03 AM
Subject: Re: Bose stereo question


>
>You or she probably hit the button that turns on a function in the
>radio for finding radio stations that have a special
>roadway/hazard/weather alert capability.  Pressing the button makes
>the radio search for these stations, and if something bad happens in
>your area, the radio automagically turns up the volume(if it is
>turned down) and switches to that station.  If it can't find any of
>these special radio stations in the band selected, it starts
>beeping...louder...and louder...and louder...and louder...and there
>is no documentation as to how to turn this feature off, and it
>doesn't go away after you turn off the radio and back on again!
>
>Try switching between FM and AM a couple of times, push other
>buttons...just steer clear of this button...I think it's labeled
>"ANS"...it's the only other 3-letter button on the radio besides DNR.
>
>BTW, if you listen to a lot of tapes, the "DNR" function is neat.
>No, it's not "Dolby Noise Reduction", it's "Dynamic Noise Reduction."
>It's basically the tape player equivalent of what the fancy CD
>players call "zero off"; when no music plays, the amp/volume/whatever
>is turned down.  On the tape deck, this zaps hiss during quiet
>sections.  Some high-frequency noise is lost in the actual music, but
>it makes listening to a lousy tape about 10x more enjoyable.  There
>is no indicator, but it's immediately obvious with a tape and less so
>with the radio(yes, it supposedly works with the radio as well,
>unlike Dolby.)
>
>As far as the heated seats go, my driver's side heater doesn't work
either...
>
>Brett
>91 200q20v a la TAP
>
>PS:This radio has some incredibly annoying features that defy
>stupidity: dolby always comes on the first time a tape is inserted
>after the unit has been turned on.  There's no way to toggle this
>feature, to my knowledge; probably some marketing puke at Dolby came
>up with this cute little idea.  Fucking marketing people.
>
>
>At 7:25 AM -0800 3/29/99, Gaidos, A. wrote:
>> All,
>>  First, it seems we're now a 3 quattro family. Last night my wife bought
a
>> 1991 glacier blue 200q. It is generally in very nice shape but the
driver's
>> seat heater isn't working and the radio is giving her trouble.
>>  The Bose stereo system in my wife's '91 200q started beeping at her
quite
>> loudly last night. It also seemed to cut in and out on her and finally
the
>> reception wasn't very good either.
>>  I am wondering if someone can give me some ideas what to investigate.
>> Thanks
>> Anton
>>
>> '91 200q 20vt
>> '90 90q20v
>> '85 ur-quattro
>
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>brett@pdikeman.ne.mediaone.net
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