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Re: Bose stereo question
Hee hee...we've all done that at least once. I had some friends who
didn't know their new car had an alarm. The windows were rolled
down, and one of them reached in and lifted the door lock. This is a
big no-no in an alarmed car, and it set off the horn.
<beep> <beep> <beep> <beep>
"Turn it off!"
<beep> <beep> <beep> <beep>
"Turn what off? I didn't know it had an alarm!"
<beep> <beep> <beep> <beep>
"Turn it off!"
<beep> <beep> <beep> <beep>
"How?"
<beep> <beep> <beep> <beep>
Mall Security(Rent-A-Fuzzy):"Hi there..."
:)
Brett
At 5:36 PM -0800 3/30/99, Gaidos, A. wrote:
> 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
>>
>>------
>>Brett Dikeman
>>brett@pdikeman.ne.mediaone.net
>>~)-|
>>"Diplomacy is the art of telling someone to go to hell and making
>>them happy to be on their way." - Mark Twain
>>
>>"Oh no. Not again." - The bowl of Petunias
>>
>>"... it is important to realize that any lock can be picked with a
>>big enough hammer." -- Sun System & Network Admin manual
>>
>>Statler: "Hey, this one sounds cute."
>>Waldorf: "You old fool, that's not the personals, it's the obituaries!"
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>>
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Brett Dikeman
brett@pdikeman.ne.mediaone.net
~)-|
"Diplomacy is the art of telling someone to go to hell and making
them happy to be on their way." - Mark Twain
"Oh no. Not again." - The bowl of Petunias
"... it is important to realize that any lock can be picked with a
big enough hammer." -- Sun System & Network Admin manual
Statler: "Hey, this one sounds cute."
Waldorf: "You old fool, that's not the personals, it's the obituaries!"
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