K3 - Beeper to loud
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Is it possible to create a option to decrease the volume of the beeper?
It's much, much to loud!
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Thanks for this, much better for my needs. I ride 95% mountain bikes so the natural trail noise covers up some of the loudness. I will say that if I was on the road in a small group or solo the volume might be a bit high still. One note, as a diabetic and my alerts for low / high blood sugar go to my Karoo so having the volume up works for my needs. Would be nice to pick which volume level (style) for each different notification but for now this will have to do.
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I was a fan of the higher volume and keen to try the update... However, the Varia tones are incessant now, way too many beeps for each alert. Has anyone at Hammerhead actually ridden a bike with the new Karoo on it??? I was out on a group ride and I got fed up of being asked why my computer was making so much noise.
Genuinely I like the louder tones but on busy roads the radar noise is way too much - I had to switch back to the old tones mid ride which is annoying as I liked the variance in different tones for different notifications. Please make the Varia tones loud but minimal in length.
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The problem is not to add a slider (in software) but to have the change reflected by the hardware. It looks as though there is no way to change the loudness (voltage level) of the beeper directly. However, a few suggestions have been made in this forum, and there is a 3rd party extension that "somehow" reduces (perceived?) loudness. The issue is that Hammerhead refuse to apply the (apparently not complex) change themselves and prefer to have us install a 3rd party extension for what could and should be part of the original firmware. This is extremely annoying and disappointing (and one of the reasons why I returned my Karoo).
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As above, changing the frequency of the tone will modify the perceived volume due to the frequency response capability of the internal speaker. My guess is that possibly this may damage the speaker and so Hammerhead prefer that you tick the disclaimer that adding third party extensions may damage your hardware and then absolve themselves of any responsibility for broken internal speakers. In reality the volume in my opinion isn’t too loud but it’s the fact that when using the new tones the radar alert comprises several beeps for each alert and therefore they can be very intrusive in heavy traffic.
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New thread "Beeper still too loud" is here:
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I still remember my first ride with my new 3. It was literally the first ride since my accident, and I was not 100% healed yet.
I wasn't 100 ft from my house when my radar went off and I literally almost crashed the tone was SOOOOOO loud it literally made me jump.
I wish I was half deaf and was one of those that need to turn volumes up on things, but I'm not. Even on the quietist setting HH offers it is still too loud and absolutely ruins riding with other experiences.
I own it, I'll live with it and I just installed the extension last night, so even though my Physical therapist has banned me from the bike for 60 days, I'll test it tonight from my porch on cars going up the street.
I hope it helps.
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