Fresh 500e 2nd gen - absolutely no sounds on slow speed or reverse.

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makumbian_horse

Discussion Starter · 15 d ago

Got a nice Ocean Green baby two days ago, so far very happy with it but it makes really no warning sounds, either when reversing or at low speed startup, there no low volume, just no sound at all much less the Amarcord aria, and in EU is mandatory, the dealer is kind of evasive on this issue "why would you need that...".
Is there something that I could do as an user, or do I need to be more assertive to the dealer ?

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MaryWhitehouse

· #2 · 15 d ago

There probably is it’s just not very easy to hear inside. And the tune only plays once per trip, under around 15mph.

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makumbian_horse

Discussion Starter · #3 · 15 d ago

MaryWhitehouse said:
There probably is it’s just not very easy to hear inside. And the tune only plays once per trip, under around 15mph.

Hold on a moment, so if you do stop a couple of times and reverse a couple of times during your trip, it will not make any nose ? Also, how do you "reset" a trip, one has to go from start to engine or stop and back to get a "new" trip ?

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MaryWhitehouse

· #4 · 15 d ago

makumbian_horse said:
Hold on a moment, so if you do stop a couple of times and reverse a couple of times during your trip, it will not make any nose ? Also, how do you "reset" a trip, one has to go from start to engine or stop and back to get a "new" trip ?

Not sure what you're asking but a trip is from engine start to stop. In that period the ice cream tune will play once at a speed up to around 15mph and not again. Most of the time you won't hear that. Separately there is low speed noise it just sounds like the motor.

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makumbian_horse

Discussion Starter · #5 · 15 d ago

This is exactly what I was saying, when asking when to reset a trip, sorry, English is not may native language. But now I know

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Is there any way to increase the volume, because while not very young, we're not hearing impaired and the sound I believe is for such people, if we can't hear it, they will definitely not hear as well.
So I believe there are no user serviceable controls for this sound, especially volume, but if they are, I'll be happy to hear about it.
In any case, thanks a lot for the useful info.

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MaryWhitehouse

· #6 · 15 d ago

makumbian_horse said:
This is exactly what I was saying, when asking when to reset a trip, sorry, English is not may native language. But now I know .
Is there any way to increase the volume, because while not very young, we're not hearing impaired and the sound I believe is for such people, if we can't hear it, they will definitely not hear as well.
So I believe there are no user serviceable controls for this sound, especially volume, but if they are, I'll be happy to hear about it.
In any case, thanks a lot for the useful info.

And it's far better than my German

No, you can't adjust any of the external sounds in any way. At some point you'll also get the error 'Soundsystem not available' this refers to these external sounds and usually disappears (like most errors) after one or two restarts and worst overnight.

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makumbian_horse

Discussion Starter · #7 · 15 d ago

OK then, tomorrow I will tape the mobile on the car body before leaving, one way or the other I WILL hear this sound

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MaryWhitehouse

· #8 · 15 d ago

makumbian_horse said:
OK then, tomorrow I will tape the mobile on the car body before leaving, one way or the other I WILL hear this sound .

Try a multi storey car park or anywhere there a lot of cars parked for it to bounce off.

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makumbian_horse

Discussion Starter · #9 · 11 d ago

Good news: After a full reset of the tablet I can hear it singing at startup, it is indeed not very loud

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