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Haunted radio???

Discussion in 'Gen 2 Prius Technical Discussion' started by Tammy7287, Mar 25, 2010.

  1. Tammy7287

    Tammy7287 Junior Member

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    Twice in the last 3 weeks or so I have encountered a problem with the radio in my 2008 Prius.

    The first time it happened I was at a stop light. Today it happened as I was driving down the freeway. For some reason the radio decides it is not loud enough and it will adjust the volume on it's own. Sometimes it's only 1 or 2 levels but it also bumps it up or down by 10 levels.

    Has this happened to anyone else? Any suggestions on what to do? I know the dealership will want to recreate the problem but I can't MAKE it happen....it just does.

    Any help would be greatly appreciated.
     
    #1 Tammy7287, Mar 25, 2010
  2. dhancock

    dhancock 2 Prius Family

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    Yeh, we noticed the same thing the other day on a trip. I concluded that the volume control on the front of the radio was in a "funny" position (in these digital controls, the volume knob only runs an encoder and I suspect that the control was left with the encoder half way between segments allowing the slightest vibration to cause the encoder to generate an up or down signal). When I "tweaked" the volume knob slightly the problem went away.
     
    #2 dhancock, Mar 27, 2010
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    I think there is an auto volume setting in the menu. Also, what does pushing in the volume knob do?
     
    #3 ETP, Mar 28, 2010
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    Pushing-in the volume knob makes it become flush with the rest of the console. It has no effect on its operation at all.
     
    #4 MJFrog, Mar 28, 2010
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