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Becker AR 620x radio - seems a little quiet?



 
 
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Old May 18th 18, 10:23 PM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
jfitch
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Default Becker AR 620x radio - seems a little quiet?

I finally got my new radio wired, the audio seems a little quiet compared to the old Dittel 71. Same speaker, 4 ohm as spec'd. I remember the Dittel being pretty loud, kept the volume knob set to the lower half of rotation. The Becker even at 100% is far from earsplitting, and maybe not loud enough at speed or with the engine running. Both the Becker and Dittel spec'd at 4W audio power into 4 ohms.

Has anybody experienced this?
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Old May 19th 18, 12:48 AM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
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Default Becker AR 620x radio - seems a little quiet?

Do you have a back seat repeater installed? Might check the volume knob there if so.
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Old May 19th 18, 09:13 AM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
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Default Becker AR 620x radio - seems a little quiet?

At 21:23 18 May 2018, jfitch wrote:
I finally got my new radio wired, the audio seems a little quiet compared
t=
o the old Dittel 71. Same speaker, 4 ohm as spec'd. I remember the Dittel
b=
eing pretty loud, kept the volume knob set to the lower half of rotation.


=
The Becker even at 100% is far from earsplitting, and maybe not loud
enough=
at speed or with the engine running. Both the Becker and Dittel spec'd

at
=
4W audio power into 4 ohms.

Has anybody experienced this?

At risk of asking the obvious, is you speaker wired across P1-1/P1-14 and
not the headset pins?

I the configuration:
Is speaker ticked in IN/OUT CFG1/2?
Is SPKR VOL SRC set to Primary?


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Old May 19th 18, 02:38 PM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
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Default Becker AR 620x radio - seems a little quiet?

My 4201 is quit too.

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Old May 19th 18, 02:39 PM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
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Default Becker AR 620x radio - seems a little quiet?

My 4201 is quiet too.....

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Old May 19th 18, 03:20 PM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
jfitch
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Default Becker AR 620x radio - seems a little quiet?

On Saturday, May 19, 2018 at 1:15:08 AM UTC-7, Tim Newport-Peace wrote:
At 21:23 18 May 2018, jfitch wrote:
I finally got my new radio wired, the audio seems a little quiet compared
t=
o the old Dittel 71. Same speaker, 4 ohm as spec'd. I remember the Dittel
b=
eing pretty loud, kept the volume knob set to the lower half of rotation..


=
The Becker even at 100% is far from earsplitting, and maybe not loud
enough=
at speed or with the engine running. Both the Becker and Dittel spec'd

at
=
4W audio power into 4 ohms.

Has anybody experienced this?

At risk of asking the obvious, is you speaker wired across P1-1/P1-14 and
not the headset pins?

I the configuration:
Is speaker ticked in IN/OUT CFG1/2?
Is SPKR VOL SRC set to Primary?


Speaker is correctly wired and turned on in CFG. There is no back seat, and no second control - though it is mounted remotely using one control. "SPKR VOL SRC set to Primary?" - that I will check. I can vary the volume with the knob, it just doesn't go very high. At 100%, it is about as loud as the Dittel was on 1/3, using the same speaker.
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Old May 19th 18, 10:47 PM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
jfitch
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Default Becker AR 620x radio - seems a little quiet?

On Saturday, May 19, 2018 at 1:15:08 AM UTC-7, Tim Newport-Peace wrote:
At 21:23 18 May 2018, jfitch wrote:
I finally got my new radio wired, the audio seems a little quiet compared
t=
o the old Dittel 71. Same speaker, 4 ohm as spec'd. I remember the Dittel
b=
eing pretty loud, kept the volume knob set to the lower half of rotation..


=
The Becker even at 100% is far from earsplitting, and maybe not loud
enough=
at speed or with the engine running. Both the Becker and Dittel spec'd

at
=
4W audio power into 4 ohms.

Has anybody experienced this?

At risk of asking the obvious, is you speaker wired across P1-1/P1-14 and
not the headset pins?

I the configuration:
Is speaker ticked in IN/OUT CFG1/2?
Is SPKR VOL SRC set to Primary?


'Is SPKR VOL SRC set to Primary?' Bingo! You, Sir, win the toaster oven. That parameter was set to "Both" and the moment I set it to "PRI" it practically blew me out of the cockpit. Now have the volume set at 25% which is about as loud as the Dittel was. Intuitively it seems like Both should have worked the same but practically, it doesn't.
 




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