Desperate Radio Help

[Ben Hinz]

Interesting.... but not convinced, yet.

Sooooo on the way to work today the radio jumped in volume, two different time. But I noticed something. They both happened when I got on the throttle hard to pass someone. Idk if this is a coincidence or not Bc I tried to replicate it and nothing. Could I have a bad ground somewhere and it’s picking up engine noise or something?

 

[kbuskill]

Sooooo on the way to work today the radio jumped in volume, two different time. But I noticed something. They both happened when I got on the throttle hard to pass someone. Idk if this is a coincidence or not Bc I tried to replicate it and nothing. Could I have a bad ground somewhere and it’s picking up engine noise or something?

Strange... if it were losing power intermittently I would say yes BUT volume change seems HU related to me.

Did you ever check connections or swap back to the original to see what happens?

 

[Ben Hinz]

Strange... if it were losing power intermittently I would say yes BUT volume change seems HU related to me.

Did you ever check connections or swap back to the original to see what happens?

Unfortunately not yet. I know I know. I ggot ya do it so I can rule it out. But. I am in the middle of moving lol


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[Rocket Man]

That kind of goes with a bad volume control in the HU like I mentioned earlier. I say it's still possible so next thing would be to eliminate that possibility by swapping it out for the stock one.

 

[swathdiver]

Sooooo on the way to work today the radio jumped in volume, two different time. But I noticed something. They both happened when I got on the throttle hard to pass someone.

Don't remember what that's called but my '06 Montana and my truck both have this feature. Check your owner's manual. It raises the volume as you drive faster.

 

[Meccanoble]

Yea its like road noise control or something. I've seen it before. Maybe adaptive volume or similar.

 

[swathdiver]

From my 2006 Owner's Manual:

AUTOn(Automatic Volume): With automatic
volume, the audio system will adjust automatically to
make up for road and wind noise as you drive, by
increasing the volume as vehicle speed increases.
Set the volume at the desired level. Press this button to
select AUTO VOLUME MIN, AUTO VOLUME MED,
or AUTO VOLUME MAX. Each higher setting will
provide more volume compensation at faster vehicle
speeds. To turn automatic volume off, press this button
until AUTO VOLUME OFF appears on the display.

From my 2009 Owner's Manual:

Speed Compensated Volume (SCV): Radios with
Speed Compensated Volume (SCV) automatically
adjusts the radio volume to compensate for road and
wind noise as the vehicle speeds up or slows down.
The volume level should be consistent while driving.
To activate SCV:
1. Set the radio volume to the desired level.
2. Press the MENU button to display the radio
setup menu.
3. Press the pushbutton under the AUTO VOLUM
(automatic volume) label on the radio displays.
4. Press the pushbutton under the desired Speed
Compensated Volume setting (OFF, Low, Med,
or High) to select the level of radio volume
compensation. The display times out after
approximately 10 seconds. Each higher setting
increases the audio volume to compensate for faster
vehicle speeds.

 

[Rocket Man]

They should have CCV, child compensated volume so as the children's noise level increases, the volume automatically goes up since that's usually what causes the music to be drowned out, not how fast you're driving. Not that I have to worry about that, mine needs BCV, boost compensated volume. Not necessarily how fast you're going but how much the slanty pedal is pushed down causing an increase in boost and the resulting RPM's.

 

[swathdiver]

They should have CCV, child compensated volume so as the children's noise level increases

Here's mine:

 

[Rocket Man]

Here's mine:

Lol