My dishwasher won’t start until I let it update its firmware over the WiFi

Re:My dishwasher won’t start until I let it update its firmw... by tasha0663 on Monday January 31, 2022 @10:46AM (#30149250)

Definitely middling quality and design. Our Bosch dishwasher has the worst UI. Nothing exterior at all, only buttons inside the door itself. There's a secret button combo to set the "done" alarm to one of 4 volume settings: too loud, even louder, why is this so f'ing loud, and silent. So you either get a horrible noise that rings intermittently until you open it, or you get to play guessing games.

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Re:My dishwasher won’t start until I let it update its firmw... by 0xffff2 on Monday January 31, 2022 @12:08PM (#30150425)

Funny, there is another comment in this thread that counts the interior buttons as a feature. Can't please everyone I guess.

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Re:My dishwasher won’t start until I let it update its firmw... by AuryGlenz on Monday January 31, 2022 @10:58AM (#30149432)

Our Breville toaster oven has the same loudness settings, but only 3 total. You clearly have the ability to set the loudness - give me a really quiet (but not silent) option damnit. I have a baby in the house.

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Re:My dishwasher won’t start until I let it update its firmw... by EricE on Monday January 31, 2022 @11:24AM (#30149763)

Just crack it open and either clip the leads to the "speaker" or put a few layers of tape over it. I too hate appliances with loud beeps - or the new annoying trend of playing songs (usually from the Asian manufacturers).

Love my Breville toaster oven though - thing is so stinking versatile and by far the best of any I have ever used. We use it as an oven far more than as a toaster. Perfect for heating/baking most stuff without heating up the entire house like the regular oven does. We have the one that also has the air fry mode - use that mode all the time to cook vegetables that are delicious and a lot healthier too. Did I mention we really love our Breville toaster oven? And to think I originally chose it because it was the only one I could find that had a stinking light inside?

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Re:My dishwasher won’t start until I let it update its firmw... by brokenmachine on Monday January 31, 2022 @10:12PM (#30158178)

My microwave used to beep 6 times when finished.

Even if you opened the door it would still do all 6 super loud beeps. It became a race to get there with one second left to stop it.

Also every press of any key would emit a loud beep. Stupid.

So I opened it up and snipped the stupid buzzer a while back.

It's so much nicer to have a silent microwave now.

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