Radio Volume

[Lionel]

Hi one and all,

A little while ago I was visiting England. The car that I hired at the airport had an in-car GPS system.
I noticed that when the GPS spoke the volume of the radio reduced, when the the GPS had finished
the radio volume went back up. All very posh I thought.
So can I get my tom tom to do the same???

Thanks in advance

Lionel

 

[mvl]

To do that you would have to have an integrated GPS/radio, so the radio knew to quiet down.

Every preinstalled car GPS/radio I've seen does that. I assume the Tomtom/Renault Carminat and the Tomtom/Toyota TNS do the same.

Also check out the ioPlay system, which inputs both Tomtom and radio feeds, and will cut off the radio when the Tomtom is speaking. I haven't seen it myself, though.

If you play music via FM or line out on a GO model, the Tomtom will pause the music while giving directions and then resume it once the directions are done.

 

[dhn]

Mikealder has the IO play system and swears by it, not at it! He loves the thing!

 

[mikealder]

Mikealder has the IO play system and swears by it, not at it! He loves the thing!

Indeed, best car "toy" I have bought in a while, have a read through This Thread for more details, you will need to purchase the kit from the UK as I don't think they have any mainland Europe offices as yet, well worth considering - Just make sure your car deck is using ISO style connectors prior to purcase to make installation as simple as possible - Mike