"Bell" audio routing?

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Bob Lyle
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I'm one of the few who hasn't done a software update since the loss of support for Di2 3 years ago. I'm toying with the idea of using the 3rd-party work-around to still have Di2 access while getting the K2 updated after all this time, although there's not much tempting me to bother.

A question regarding this new "bell" feature. I use a single-sided earbud (BLE) to route my Varia audio into one ear rather than having it beeping away in traffic. Does, or can, the "bell" audio remain on the K2 speaker or would it also blast in my eardrum instead of alerting people around me given my current audio path choices?

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    Simon Lockwood

    Personally i wouldn’t let the bell feature drive your decision. It is very quiet and sounds like a phone bleep not a bike bell. So I don’t think it is a very good feature- although HH might improve it in a future update. I find the Ki2 extension works fine as long as I click to open it to ensure the connection is made. That takes 5 seconds and otherwise it might not always connect. This is new Karoo.

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    Bob Lyle

    Thanks for responding Simon! It's certainly not the bell feature I'm wishing I had, just more concerned that I'd end up blowing an eardrum by activating the bell sound effect and having it rattle my brains through the earbud instead of warning another rider/driver It's no use at all if they haven't written the code to prevent it using a different audio path internally.

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    Simon Lockwood
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    Sorry I can’t help with your main question but if you want to update the unit for other features then I guess give the bell a go and if it’s too loud in your earphones just dont use it. Or just don’t use it anyway as it’s poor!

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    Simon Lockwood

    You have to double tap with two fingers to sound the bell so you won’t do it by accident. And you can toggle it on/off per profile. I have it enabled on each profile but forget about the feature when I’m on my bike and just shout if necessary!

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    Bob Lyle

    Thanks again Simon, I'd say "watch me" when it comes to not accidentally double-tapping but I'd be tempting fate. I'd like to think the bell function was truly practical but from the comments I've seen about volume etc. on the K2 I don't think it's worth the hassle. <G>

    You're absolutely right, I think in all but the most casual or premeditated situations the shout will happen long before the bell gets rung.

    Cheers!

    Bob

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    Fraser Hocks
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    Yeah, unless the sound is that of a bike bell (we all know that familiar sound) people won't take notice.

    Iv had an oldie with some ridiculous electric bell set-up on his e-bike blasting away behind me and my wife, and we both thought it was a truck reversing. Meanwhile he seemed annoyed that the weird sound he was making wasn't obvious to all that it was a bike 🙄.

    One of those cheap bike bells available at almost all bike shops make a sound that almost everyone recognizes as a bike, works a treat..  

    I'm not sure if the speaker built into the Karoo is capable of making a sound similar to one of those bells?

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