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changing default volume on RNSE... help
Posted: Sun Aug 19, 2012 3:12 pm
by klauster
Is there a way to change the volume of the RNSE when you first start up the car? Can it be done through vag.com? Anone know where its hidden?
Thanks
Re: chnaging default volume... help
Posted: Sun Aug 19, 2012 7:44 pm
by TimDogg
I'll look into that, I'm also not sure my volume is increasing as the ambient noise increases, trying to figure out how to activate that too.
Re: chnaging default volume... help
Posted: Mon Aug 20, 2012 11:25 pm
by MikeFish
Yeah this is problem for me too as I use my processor to control the volume and have to set the RNS-E volume to just below clipping point but every time I turn the ignition off then on it decides to lower the lower and I have to find the max volume point again.
Re: chnaging default volume... help
Posted: Wed Aug 22, 2012 6:33 pm
by klauster
no one got any advice on this?
Re: changing default volume on RNSE... help
Posted: Wed Aug 22, 2012 7:05 pm
by PetrolDave
This question got asked a lot a few years ago, but no definite answer was ever found.
For some people, me included, setting the volume on the RNS-E "Radio TestMenu 3" Engineering Mode screen worked - but that didn't seem to work for everyone.

Re: chnaging default volume... help
Posted: Wed Aug 22, 2012 7:07 pm
by ROY
TimDogg wrote:I'll look into that, I'm also not sure my volume is increasing as the ambient noise increases, trying to figure out how to activate that too.
This is annoying me too Tim
I've checked as much as I can but can't find no settings
Re: changing default volume on RNSE... help
Posted: Wed Aug 22, 2012 10:49 pm
by MikeFish
Dave
Is your suggestion to make the volume change with ambient speed or is it to change the turn on volume?
Re: changing default volume on RNSE... help
Posted: Thu Aug 23, 2012 5:37 pm
by PetrolDave
MikeFish wrote:Dave
Is your suggestion to make the volume change with ambient speed or is it to change the turn on volume?
It's about the subject of this thread - changing the default volume.
Changing the volume vs. speed setting does nothing as the Bose AudioPilot system resets that anyway.
Re: changing default volume on RNSE... help
Posted: Thu Aug 23, 2012 5:48 pm
by MikeFish
I only asked because the second post also asked about the ambient noise issue and it was not clear from then on whether everyone was still talking about the original issue or not. Also your picture had the gala setting highlighted and I thought this was the name for the ambient noise setting.
Re: changing default volume on RNSE... help
Posted: Thu Aug 23, 2012 6:51 pm
by PetrolDave
MikeFish wrote:Also your picture had the gala setting highlighted and I thought this was the name for the ambient noise setting.
That's a "stock" picture not one I took specifically for this thread.
"GALA" is a bit of a misnomer, because we have AudioPilot which isn't speed dependent volume changing - it's background noise dependent volume changing. There's a microphone in the interior light that measures interior noise, the Bose amp subtracts the "music" signal from that to get an estimate of the interior noise which it use to adjust not only the volume but also the frequency response of the Bose amp.
GALA based speed dependent volume changing did nothing when driving on rough roads, but AudioPilot increases the volume to compensate.
Re: changing default volume on RNSE... help
Posted: Thu Aug 23, 2012 9:03 pm
by MikeFish
Ok thanks for clearing that up. So (off topic I know) if I am not using the Bose amp there is no sound level change going on (which is exactly what I want)?
Now just need to stop the volume going down every time I restart the car.
Re: changing default volume on RNSE... help
Posted: Sat Aug 25, 2012 11:49 am
by PetrolDave
MikeFish wrote:Ok thanks for clearing that up. So (off topic I know) if I am not using the Bose amp there is no sound level change going on (which is exactly what I want)?
There's no change going on in the amp (As you're not using it) but if your RNS-E is coded for an A4 or Bose sound characteristic (i.e 301xxx or 309xxx) there will still be some (probably unwanted) equalisation happening, so it might be best to recode your RNS-E to a linear sound characteristic (i.e. 300xxx).
See
http://wiki.ross-tech.com/wiki/index.ph ... 28RNS-E%29
Re: changing default volume on RNSE... help
Posted: Sat Aug 25, 2012 2:50 pm
by ROY
I noticed the volume changing quite a bit on an 8 hr drive yesterday, the non res milltek was playing havoc with the system.
Re: changing default volume on RNSE... help
Posted: Sun Mar 15, 2020 3:12 am
by TrevoRS4
Back from the dead.... I find it very annoying that the default volume is so high. Can anyone advise what setting needs to be changed in Engineering Mode? In the Radio TestMenu 3 I don’t see what would do the trick.