Zumo Sound Not loud Enough
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Zumo Sound Not loud Enough
The Zumo plays through my AUX input, but volume level is much lower that the CD or radio.
I really can't hear it very well at highway speeds even with the volume all the way up.
BTW, I am up to date on the Zumo firmware AND the Harman/Kardon firmware.
Does anyone else have this problem?
What did you do to fix it?
Thanks in advance.
I really can't hear it very well at highway speeds even with the volume all the way up.
BTW, I am up to date on the Zumo firmware AND the Harman/Kardon firmware.
Does anyone else have this problem?
What did you do to fix it?
Thanks in advance.
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RE: Zumo Sound Not loud Enough
Push the little round thingy with a "+" on it.
If you have the zumo volume all the way up and it's still low through the radio, plug a set of headphones into the zumo. If it's loud through the phones you have a problem with the connecting cable. If you don't get much volume in the phones either, you have a problem in the zumo.
If you have the zumo volume all the way up and it's still low through the radio, plug a set of headphones into the zumo. If it's loud through the phones you have a problem with the connecting cable. If you don't get much volume in the phones either, you have a problem in the zumo.
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RE: Zumo Sound Not loud Enough
As mentioned above make sure the volume is up all the way on the Zumo, not just by hitting the rubber volume button but go into the menu and select volume. I there you will see navagationa and MP3, ensure it is adjusted the way you want, I have mone at 100% for MP3 and 80% for navagation. if the volume is all the way up...........
There is a free program called MP3 gain, I have used this program with great success. As you may be aware songs on a CD may vary up to 10 or more decibles in loudness. With a program such as MP3 gain you can do two things.........
1) normalize the volume across all tracks (track gain)
2) adjust overall decible value of songs ie, you have songs ranging from 75-85db you can set all of them to 90db volume has been normalized and also raised
This way you dont have to keep adjusting the volume, set the volume and go!
If you are referring to the navagation volume, there are instructions on zumoforums.com that describe how to make the voice on your zume louder by using a hex editor to adjust the voice file on the GPS. I have done this and it also works very well.
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RE: Zumo Sound Not loud Enough
Make sure both volume controls are at max. "Wrench", "Volume" set both to 100%
Now press "+" or "-" rubber button (Zumo must be in the cradle and running on bike power) then increase volume to max.
Now you can control the volume level using the handle bar switch. I garantee it will blow your eardrums out if you crank it up.
From here you can adjust the precentage of total volume to balance out the difference between MP3 volume and Navigation prompt volume.
Now press "+" or "-" rubber button (Zumo must be in the cradle and running on bike power) then increase volume to max.
Now you can control the volume level using the handle bar switch. I garantee it will blow your eardrums out if you crank it up.
From here you can adjust the precentage of total volume to balance out the difference between MP3 volume and Navigation prompt volume.
RE: Zumo Sound Not loud Enough
http://www.boostaroo.com/store_detail.php4?id=14 I use this with an I-pod shuffle without it couldn't hear at highway speed, with it I am turning the sound down. Best buy besides the I-pod.
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RE: Zumo Sound Not loud Enough
+1 on the boostaroo but I use the newer style one here http://www.boostaroo.com/store_detail.php4?id=13
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RE: Zumo Sound Not loud Enough
Yep, not just the I-Pod but also if you're only using earphones with the Zumo without going through a radio, you need a booster. Instead of the Boostaroo, you can get the exact same booster with the Radio Shack logo for half the bucks.
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