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0 pointsbashinator11y ago0 comments

In my experience, the announcements are always in the top 95% of the channel's dynamic range. Setting the volume such that the announcements are at a reasonable level renders everything else way too quiet.

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raldi11y ago

But, in my experience, the way that's implemented is that when there's an announcement, everyone's volume is temporarily overridden to 100%.

Hence my solution: Set things up so your volume is always at 100%, and the inline volume control device is throttling that down to a comfortable level.

spdustin11y ago

Mine too. I believe you're exactly right here. Volume seems to be attenuated from 100% at the armrest by the digital control, and overridden back to 100% when the PA is keyed. I've done exactly what you described and I stopped getting audibly assaulted on flights where I opted to listen to channel 9, or to watch a censored movie.

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raldi11y ago

But, in my experience, the way that's implemented is that when there's an announcement, everyone's volume is temporarily overridden to 100%.

Hence my solution: Set things up so your volume is always at 100%, and the inline volume control device is throttling that down to a comfortable level.

spdustin11y ago

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