Renault's driver UX is a disaster waiting to happen

Re:Renault's driver UX is a disaster waiting to happen by quanticle on Thursday July 04, 2019 @02:54AM (#20352202)

If the radio was on, then it would come on the next time the car was started. If the radio was off, it would remain off until you turned it on. In the Subaru, the radio comes on regardless of its state when the car was shut off.

In every other car I've owned, if I press the volume knob to turn off the radio, the radio stays off. The next time I start the car, I have to press the volume knob again to turn the radio back on. In the Subaru, the radio turns on and starts playing when I start the car, even if I specifically pressed the volume knob to turn it off before turning off the car last time.

I encourage you to go try this in your (presumably non-Subaru) car. Start the car. Turn on the radio. Turn off the radio. Shut off the car. Start the car again. Is the radio playing audio or not?

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Re:Renault's driver UX is a disaster waiting to happen by zrobotics on Thursday July 04, 2019 @05:31AM (#20352998)

Oh wow, so it is always on... what would possess someone to think that was in any way a useful feature? I'm going to go out on a limb and guess the volume defaults to 50%, which if the FM station is playing an advert with the gain maxed would be loud enough to be painful.

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Re:Renault's driver UX is a disaster waiting to happen by fit2rule on Thursday July 04, 2019 @08:45AM (#20354071)

This might be a safety feature that needs to be turned off.

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