Google Navigation Volume

**Cory Streater** · 09-10-2010, 08:00 PM

I have the volume at its maximum setting and it sounds like it's only turned half way up. Anyone else notice this?

**theoneuafter** · 09-10-2010, 08:57 PM

I noticed that too. I tested my gps a few times today to make sure it was working and had to kinda cup my hand behind the speaker to hear without "trying"
I think in a car without alot of ambient noise it is good enough. Im just half deaf I guess from loud stereos and air tools lol

**jrkrace** · 09-10-2010, 09:21 PM

I noticed this tonight as well...

**will i am** · 09-10-2010, 10:26 PM

just a quick question do you have the car mount? Can it be hooked up to your car speakers for better sound??

**dsignori** · 09-11-2010, 01:40 AM

Same here. Volume VERY low for navigation.

**Orcares** · 09-11-2010, 01:41 AM

Same here... Navigation volume is pretty low...

**xliderider** · 09-11-2010, 04:00 AM

Yep, noticed it today. I thought that maybe the car mount didn't have a hole for the speaker, but apparently that is not the case?

**oldAGE** · 09-11-2010, 09:28 AM

Yes Corey.. me too. Not happy ;(
AGE

**prakash99** · 09-11-2010, 10:28 AM

I had the same issue with lg ally. I can still live with it and if I feel like it I hook it up to the car stereo but it certainly is annoying. I have not used any of the droid line devices but I gather volume is not a problem there, right?

**French** · 09-11-2010, 10:47 AM

Yup...I posted about it in a "first impressions" thread started by someone else. Very disappointing! I also noticed the headset out volume, when using a cassette adapter, isn't nearly as loud as what my Blackberry could get. I had my car stereo volume almost full, and the Fascinate volume almost full, and it was acceptable. With my Blackberry I never would have been able to tolerate the volumes both being set that high.

ETA: I wonder if we can get this added to the "known issues" list. I think it's an issue with "out" volume across the board.

**Martian** · 09-11-2010, 05:48 PM

I noticed this too. With the windows up I could here it but with the windows down or the stereo on this isn't going to work. Hopefully this gets added to the know issues list at Samsung.

**prakash99** · 09-12-2010, 06:54 AM

Originally Posted by French

Yup...I posted about it in a "first impressions" thread started by someone else. Very disappointing! I also noticed the headset out volume, when using a cassette adapter, isn't nearly as loud as what my Blackberry could get. I had my car stereo volume almost full, and the Fascinate volume almost full, and it was acceptable. With my Blackberry I never would have been able to tolerate the volumes both being set that high.

ETA: I wonder if we can get this added to the "known issues" list. I think it's an issue with "out" volume across the board.

I also switched from storm 2 and the volume on that device was awesome compared to fascinate' s volume. I wonder if it is an issue with the software or the hardware.

**Martian** · 09-12-2010, 07:14 AM

Originally Posted by prakash99

I wonder if it is an issue with the software or the hardware.

Considering that normal speakerphone volume on the Fascinate is quite loud I believe this is clearly a software problem only encounter in Navigation.

Martian

**namebrandon** · 09-12-2010, 08:55 AM

Are you guys using a cradle / dock of some sorts? The speaker is on the back, so if you're laying this thing flat on your dash, or a dock of some kind and the speaker is getting covered, that's your problem.

**Cory Streater** · 09-12-2010, 09:34 AM

Nah I'm just holding it in my hands. Holding her right up near my head, I still think she's quiet. She's kind of mean sounding too.

I do agree this is definitely a software issue.

**xliderider** · 09-12-2010, 07:03 PM

Originally Posted by namebrandon

Are you guys using a cradle / dock of some sorts? The speaker is on the back, so if you're laying this thing flat on your dash, or a dock of some kind and the speaker is getting covered, that's your problem.

Using the car dock, window mount, whatever you want to call it. It has a hole for the speaker, so that isn't the problem.

**namebrandon** · 09-12-2010, 07:15 PM

Hrmm.. That's not good, sorry to hear that.

**mgmtm3** · 09-15-2010, 02:41 AM

Same here, volume way too low. Coming from a D1 this is a huge disappointment .

**chrisw** · 09-15-2010, 05:13 AM

I've posted a about this in the Google Forums. Hopefully an employee will take a look at this.

**snrsuave** · 10-10-2010, 01:34 AM

Just tested this against a friend's Epic 4G and his Google nav volume was about twice as loud as mine on the Fascinate. Hopefully this gets resolved. It's annoying trying to listen to the built in music player while navigating, since the music volume is WAY louder than the nav volume. I have to set the music volume at 8 and the nav volume to max to even things out. It's a workaround for now, but it's a pain to have to adjust my volume levels every time I want to use Google nav.

**hindustani8** · 10-17-2010, 05:04 PM

I am hoping Samsung will have a fix for this in 2.2 or least someone will fix it in the custom ROM.

**fwdixon** · 10-17-2010, 08:27 PM

Ran all the way to MD and back this weekend with it in the cradle, nav vol cranked to max. Heard it just fine (although no radio playing, I was streaming pandora which pauses for nav directions) However, I'm assuming that somewhere in those menus egg_head is tooling around in is a setting for the nav/media/music whatever volume. The speaker is a fixed output hw wise, so I would venture to guess that bumping up the max on the last step would increase the volume.

**emptycube** · 10-18-2010, 07:35 AM

Originally Posted by fwdixon

Ran all the way to MD and back this weekend with it in the cradle, nav vol cranked to max. Heard it just fine (although no radio playing, I was streaming pandora which pauses for nav directions) However, I'm assuming that somewhere in those menus egg_head is tooling around in is a setting for the nav/media/music whatever volume. The speaker is a fixed output hw wise, so I would venture to guess that bumping up the max on the last step would increase the volume.

I've tried a few things, like all those TEMP1 - TEMP4 settings as well as the MIDI setting in the *#28346#>situation menu, nada.

**aecky01** · 10-18-2010, 09:39 AM

I found navigator through the aux input in my stereo is fine. However I noticed the other day with music playing and navigator running I couldn't answer phone calls. The music would dim nicely for the nav directions and then start back up just like its supposed to. If I got a call it would show up, but I couldn't answer with the audio cable plugged in. I tried unplugging the audio cable and it hung up my phone call instantly. Is this a known issue?

**TripSixes** · 10-18-2010, 11:04 AM

Originally Posted by aecky01

I found navigator through the aux input in my stereo is fine. However I noticed the other day with music playing and navigator running I couldn't answer phone calls. The music would dim nicely for the nav directions and then start back up just like its supposed to. If I got a call it would show up, but I couldn't answer with the audio cable plugged in. I tried unplugging the audio cable and it hung up my phone call instantly. Is this a known issue?

I've noticed that the phone tends to "prefer" the headset-jack for all audio when it is connected... ie: when I have my audio cable connected, listening in my vehicle.. When a Call comes in, the "BLUETOOTH" connection to my vehicle gets no audio (nothin in or out). I have to unplug the headset for bluetooth to function properly... definitely a terrible bug.

I've never had it automatically hang up on me... are you sure the other party didn't hang up due to "dead air" once you answered? (ie: if they would have held on for a couple more seconds they would have heard your voice when you unplugged headset)??

Unfortunately, I also don't see any way within Tasker to "disable headset when a call is received" ... that would be nice.