Re:The Glorious Return of a Humble Car Feature
by artimaeis on Thursday April 27, 2023 @11:08AM
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Chiming in with a Toyota Corolla with a physical volume knob.
Most of the time it works fairly well, I can perceive some latency but I'm pretty sensitive to it -- my wife can't tell at all.
But when the car is first starting up the infotainment is clearly overloaded and the volume knob is suddenly a gentle suggestion. This is particularly upsetting if it decides to switch to a different input like Bluetooth then starts blasting at the last volume level of that input, and it takes a good 2 seconds to respond to the counterclockwise turn input.
My 2015 Ford Fiesta had a more reliable volume knob, and it was as bargain bin as they come (manual windows!).
Most of the time it works fairly well, I can perceive some latency but I'm pretty sensitive to it -- my wife can't tell at all.
But when the car is first starting up the infotainment is clearly overloaded and the volume knob is suddenly a gentle suggestion. This is particularly upsetting if it decides to switch to a different input like Bluetooth then starts blasting at the last volume level of that input, and it takes a good 2 seconds to respond to the counterclockwise turn input.
My 2015 Ford Fiesta had a more reliable volume knob, and it was as bargain bin as they come (manual windows!).