Tomtom Rider 400 - Volume in Earphones

[duncanmacster]

It appears that inadequate volume in the earphones is an issue with this GPS, making turn by turn instructions inaudible.

Is there a fix, or shall I return the unit to Tomtom as unsuitable for purpose and go back to a Garmin?

[imar11]

i have a 400 and have a similar issue but the other way around. i have a cardio bluetooth rider / passenger and if i set the passenger volume the TomTom is way to loud. it doesnt seem to make any difference what the settings are on the TomTom the volume level never changes

[Travelling2bob]

Originally Posted by duncanmacster

It appears that inadequate volume in the earphones is an issue with this GPS, making turn by turn instructions inaudible.

Is there a fix, or shall I return the unit to Tomtom as unsuitable for purpose and go back to a Garmin?

G'day Duncan,

What earphones are you using? I turn down the TT 400 volume on my SMH10 not problems as the intercom and audio volumes are on different settings.

[duncanmacster]

Originally Posted by Travelling2bob

G'day Duncan,

What earphones are you using? I turn down the TT 400 volume on my SMH10 not problems as the intercom and audio volumes are on different settings.

Bob, I have Schuberth SRC, which are Cardo Scala.

[imar11]

You can alter the volume with the cardio, problem is the tomtom is at one level and your passenger is at another, normally loud tomtom volume and quiet passenger. The volume setting on the Tomtom seems to be for when the unit is not bluetoothed and uses its speaker, I haven't found a way to alter the Bluetooth volume level via the unit

[Coconut]

Hi imar11,

Which particular Model of Cardo ( not Cardio ) Bluetooth helmet set do you have ?

I have never owned a Cardo Bluetooth kit, but reading through the User Instructions
for the Cardo Scala Rider Freecom 4, ( Section 4.1.1 ) it says that the Kit can be accessed
via the "SmartSet App", which allows you to set individual volume levels for each Audio Source,
( Mobile Phone, Intercom, Music, FM, Announcements, Parallel Audio Streamig ).

You can probably alter these using the PC Based "Cardo Community" software,
but the instructions I looked at don't mention this, so you would have explore the Menu.

Hope that helps   

[imar11]

I'm on Q2 so might have to read the tomtom instructions ...... Very rare I bother

[Coconut]

Aah - I don't think the Q2 has the functionality of being able to adjust individual volmes via the App.

Have you tried adjusting the volume while the Q2 is actually receiving audio from the TomTom,
and then adjusting it again while receiving audio from the Intercom,
to see if the two individual volume settings are saved ?

There's a note in the TomTom 400 instructions that says,

Important :
When using a headset, the volume control may not be available because your headset
doesn't support remote volume control.
If this is the case, use the volume control button on the headset itself to change the volume.

So that may be your issue if the Q2 doesn't support "Remote Volume Control",
although you could try turning the Volume down on the TomTom device,
by selecting the "Quick Setttings" button from the Main Menu, Map view or Guidance View,
and altering the Volume Slider position.

If that doesn't work, try turning the volume down on the TomTom
and THEN Pairing it to your Q2, to see if that makes any difference.

Cheers