Convertible Audio Remaps With Top Down
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Convertible Audio Remaps With Top Down
Hey Y'all.
Has anyone noticed how the audio system in the MY14' V8S remaps itself the moment the roof is operated down? It sounds so much worse than it does with the top up and it's not the fact that it's missing a roof, the bass thins out. The moment you touch the switch to bring the roof back up, it goes back to normal.
Total pipedream, but does anyone know how to disable that re-mapping?
Has anyone noticed how the audio system in the MY14' V8S remaps itself the moment the roof is operated down? It sounds so much worse than it does with the top up and it's not the fact that it's missing a roof, the bass thins out. The moment you touch the switch to bring the roof back up, it goes back to normal.
Total pipedream, but does anyone know how to disable that re-mapping?
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I didn't when I first got my car but that's my fault and my right foot being uncontrollable. However, it does happen on purpose.
https://www.whathifi.com/news/meridi...-jaguar-f-type
"The engineers needed to take into account the general level of noise generated by the car (from the road and the engine). Jaguar admits the F-Type is one of the noisiest cars the company has ever made, and although opening up the sports exhaust on this V8 S model creates a wonderfully throaty roar, without all the engineering it wouldn't take much prodding of the accelerator to drown out any music in the cabin.
When you fancy dropping the roof, a sensor tells the in-car amp what's going on, and the sound processing mode for the car switches. Because the dominant frequencies in the car shift in the absence of the roof (i.e there's a reduction in bass and an increase in mids and highs), the car and its speakers have to adapt accordingly. It's like taking the top, or a side off a conventional stereo speaker. Sort of."
Being that the sensor is in the amp, you'd likely have to change the amp or programming of the amp.
https://www.whathifi.com/news/meridi...-jaguar-f-type
"The engineers needed to take into account the general level of noise generated by the car (from the road and the engine). Jaguar admits the F-Type is one of the noisiest cars the company has ever made, and although opening up the sports exhaust on this V8 S model creates a wonderfully throaty roar, without all the engineering it wouldn't take much prodding of the accelerator to drown out any music in the cabin.
When you fancy dropping the roof, a sensor tells the in-car amp what's going on, and the sound processing mode for the car switches. Because the dominant frequencies in the car shift in the absence of the roof (i.e there's a reduction in bass and an increase in mids and highs), the car and its speakers have to adapt accordingly. It's like taking the top, or a side off a conventional stereo speaker. Sort of."
Being that the sensor is in the amp, you'd likely have to change the amp or programming of the amp.
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I didn't when I first got my car but that's my fault and my right foot being uncontrollable. However, it does happen on purpose.
https://www.whathifi.com/news/meridi...-jaguar-f-type
"The engineers needed to take into account the general level of noise generated by the car (from the road and the engine). Jaguar admits the F-Type is one of the noisiest cars the company has ever made, and although opening up the sports exhaust on this V8 S model creates a wonderfully throaty roar, without all the engineering it wouldn't take much prodding of the accelerator to drown out any music in the cabin.
When you fancy dropping the roof, a sensor tells the in-car amp what's going on, and the sound processing mode for the car switches. Because the dominant frequencies in the car shift in the absence of the roof (i.e there's a reduction in bass and an increase in mids and highs), the car and its speakers have to adapt accordingly. It's like taking the top, or a side off a conventional stereo speaker. Sort of."
Being that the sensor is in the amp, you'd likely have to change the amp or programming of the amp.
https://www.whathifi.com/news/meridi...-jaguar-f-type
"The engineers needed to take into account the general level of noise generated by the car (from the road and the engine). Jaguar admits the F-Type is one of the noisiest cars the company has ever made, and although opening up the sports exhaust on this V8 S model creates a wonderfully throaty roar, without all the engineering it wouldn't take much prodding of the accelerator to drown out any music in the cabin.
When you fancy dropping the roof, a sensor tells the in-car amp what's going on, and the sound processing mode for the car switches. Because the dominant frequencies in the car shift in the absence of the roof (i.e there's a reduction in bass and an increase in mids and highs), the car and its speakers have to adapt accordingly. It's like taking the top, or a side off a conventional stereo speaker. Sort of."
Being that the sensor is in the amp, you'd likely have to change the amp or programming of the amp.
BTW have you done your calipers yet? mine are holding up nicely!
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I haven't done my calipers yet, mostly because the little time I've been home, my "honey-do" list is somehow a priority. LOL. I'm currently out of the country again, but hoping to get home in about a month. I'll be taking a few months off so I'll definitely have time to get to the calipers and the other F Type parcels that I refuse to explain to the wife. Also decided I'm going to powdercoat my wheels black. Thought I could live with them, but no.
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I didn't when I first got my car but that's my fault and my right foot being uncontrollable. However, it does happen on purpose.
https://www.whathifi.com/news/meridi...-jaguar-f-type
"The engineers needed to take into account the general level of noise generated by the car (from the road and the engine). Jaguar admits the F-Type is one of the noisiest cars the company has ever made, and although opening up the sports exhaust on this V8 S model creates a wonderfully throaty roar, without all the engineering it wouldn't take much prodding of the accelerator to drown out any music in the cabin.
When you fancy dropping the roof, a sensor tells the in-car amp what's going on, and the sound processing mode for the car switches. Because the dominant frequencies in the car shift in the absence of the roof (i.e there's a reduction in bass and an increase in mids and highs), the car and its speakers have to adapt accordingly. It's like taking the top, or a side off a conventional stereo speaker. Sort of."
Being that the sensor is in the amp, you'd likely have to change the amp or programming of the amp.
https://www.whathifi.com/news/meridi...-jaguar-f-type
"The engineers needed to take into account the general level of noise generated by the car (from the road and the engine). Jaguar admits the F-Type is one of the noisiest cars the company has ever made, and although opening up the sports exhaust on this V8 S model creates a wonderfully throaty roar, without all the engineering it wouldn't take much prodding of the accelerator to drown out any music in the cabin.
When you fancy dropping the roof, a sensor tells the in-car amp what's going on, and the sound processing mode for the car switches. Because the dominant frequencies in the car shift in the absence of the roof (i.e there's a reduction in bass and an increase in mids and highs), the car and its speakers have to adapt accordingly. It's like taking the top, or a side off a conventional stereo speaker. Sort of."
Being that the sensor is in the amp, you'd likely have to change the amp or programming of the amp.
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But the people you pass with the roof down might not ... 
Which seems perverse when you consider how much noise comes out of the exhaust pipes!
Which seems perverse when you consider how much noise comes out of the exhaust pipes!
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