I have to crank my volume up to 70 to be able to have good volume where I can hear with noise in the house. Is it my G5 or all they all like this? The same on Bluetooth. BTW I'm not deaf or hard of hearing. Just seems like the radio has low volume. Possibly the Radio system I'm monitoring?
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Same here since this last new Firmware upgrade. It does seem lower to me. I went back to the old one and yes, it's louder. BUT.. I quickly went back to the NEW update because the BTooth is much clearer. I have to jack mine up to 75-85. SO to save the little speaker, here's some things (video below) I did for my car to hear it. Works really well as I didn't want to put my Amp/Charger for the G5 in the car. I'd rather have 4 stereo speakers going. The G4/G5s are in need of an AGC.
https://youtu.be/jPXnZzziPds
Same here since this last new Firmware upgrade. It does seem lower to me. I went back to the old one and yes, it's louder. BUT.. I quickly went back to the NEW update because the BTooth is much clearer. I have to jack mine up to 75-85. SO to save the little speaker, here's some things (video below) I did for my car to hear it. Works really well as I didn't want to put my Amp/Charger for the G5 in the car. I'd rather have 4 stereo speakers going. The G4/G5s are in need of an AGC.
https://youtu.be/jPXnZzziPds
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I too have to usually have mine on 70 to cut through the noise of the car or house. Then when all is quiet, it's too loud and I have to drop it to 50-55 
W8RMH
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Anything below 65 and I can't hear at all, even if it's quiet in the room. I did not upgrade the firmware.
GordieJ
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Overly Loud Transmissions
I too have to set my G4 audio above 70%, or I must strain to hear it.
And then there's this audio phenomenon: I can be listening for hours and the volume remains consistent. Then, out of nowhere, a transmission is SO LOUD it startles me!! What's up with that?
NOTE: the "overly loud" is always from the same radio IDs.
I too have to set my G4 audio above 70%, or I must strain to hear it.
And then there's this audio phenomenon: I can be listening for hours and the volume remains consistent. Then, out of nowhere, a transmission is SO LOUD it startles me!! What's up with that?
NOTE: the "overly loud" is always from the same radio IDs.
troymail
Silent Key
There have been other discussions concerning the new addition of color background options for those who work on noisy areas. It was said that they can now use the colors to determine if some type of alert or voice call was broadcast to decide to stop and play it back.
Pure speculation on my part but given the addition of color background settings in the latest firmware, I wonder if the volume has been reduced for various reasons (some folks have complained about battery life, etc.) now that those who needed it to be loud no longer need that.... it's a stretch.... I'm always over thinking things....
On the other hand - some had raised the question - doesn't lighting up the background from other than black drain the battery faster?
Ok, I've over thought this one enough.
:lol:
Pure speculation on my part but given the addition of color background settings in the latest firmware, I wonder if the volume has been reduced for various reasons (some folks have complained about battery life, etc.) now that those who needed it to be loud no longer need that.... it's a stretch.... I'm always over thinking things....
On the other hand - some had raised the question - doesn't lighting up the background from other than black drain the battery faster?
Ok, I've over thought this one enough.
:lol:
From my experience work on phones.
With an LCD the back light is constantly on and illuminating the color the LCD is showing. SO if its black the pixels are not allowing the light to pass. The only extra battery consumption would be the processor changing the pixels from black to red or what color you choose.
What will affect battery life more is dimming the overall brightness. This will reduce the primary consumption of power, as well as reducing the amount of time the back light is on.
Now if it was an OLED display then each pixel has its own back light illumination and thus having a primary all black background would save power.
With an LCD the back light is constantly on and illuminating the color the LCD is showing. SO if its black the pixels are not allowing the light to pass. The only extra battery consumption would be the processor changing the pixels from black to red or what color you choose.
What will affect battery life more is dimming the overall brightness. This will reduce the primary consumption of power, as well as reducing the amount of time the back light is on.
Now if it was an OLED display then each pixel has its own back light illumination and thus having a primary all black background would save power.
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