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Conference terri::cars_uk

Title:	Cars in the UK
Notice:	Please read new conference charter 1.70
Moderator:	COMICS::SHELLEYELD

Created:	Sun Mar 06 1994
Last Modified:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Last Successful Update:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:	2584
Total number of notes:	63384

2131.0. "Radio/Cassette Sound Controller" by SEDMTS::CLARKE_C () Tue Aug 10 1993 13:12

    A few years back I bought an Automatic Sound Controller for my car
    radio/cassette, made by Hitachi.
    
    Great little box - when the noise volume in the car increased it turned
    up the speaker volume and down when the noise decreased.
    (It acted as a post-amp on the speaker output leads.)
    
    Meant that when you came off a motorway you weren't sitting at the
    roundabout underneath it having your ears blasted off.
    
    Trouble is; my car got stolen from outside DECpark about a month ago
    with the Automatic Sound Controller installed.  I can replace the car
    but as Hitachi haven't made these for about 10 years I can't get hold
    of a replacement for love or money.
    
    Does anyone know if such a box is still sold somewhere or there's a
    brand of radio/cassette with one built in ??

T.R	Title	User	Personal Name	Date	Lines
2131.1	Not much but...	MILE::JENKINS	Suitably refreshed	`Tue Aug 10 1993 19:15`	5
	Philips have this feature on some of their top line models. Richard.
2131.2	SC804	NEWOA::CROME_A		`Wed Aug 11 1993 16:30`	3
	The SC804 fitted to my Astra GSi has this feature, and blooming useful too ! Andy
2131.3	Alpine	UKPCI1::EXHIBD::WHITMARSH	Kevin, UK PCI Marketing 830-3650	`Tue Aug 17 1993 20:40`	10
	my Alpine 7525R has this feature, allways amuses passenger as the volume goes up and down!! They call the feature ASC (Ambience sound compensation) they claim that it uses 'fuzzy logic' to not only adjust the volume but also to alter the frequency response to compensate the the higher road noise. cheers Kevin
2131.4	It's come home again	SEDMTS::CLARKE_C		`Wed Sep 08 1993 12:54`	6
	Amazingly the car turned up again last weekend, complete with all contents ! Locks needed changing, slight paint damage but very welcome return. Thanks for the advice.
2131.5		ESBS01::HIPS::RUTTER	What�	`Wed Sep 08 1993 13:56`	7
	I don't suppose my car stereo will be coming back ! Some thieving git helped themselves to it last night, breaking the central 'console' in the process - but, luckily for me, not the locks or the windows... J.R.