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Old Dec 3, 2008 | 12:17 pm
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skaven
 
Join Date: Jul 2008
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Originally Posted by AClover
What really gets me is that more than once I've plugged into an IFE that the last user must have left on full volume. When using my own personal earphones it is loud enough to burst your eardum and cause serious damage and because the volume control is tied to the play function controls (which are disabled during the commercials) I cannot even lower it. Not that I want to watch the commercials or anything but AC really needs to get these things programmed to go back do a "normal" volume when they are re-started as opposed to playing at whatever volume that last passenger left it at.

AClover
Exactly. I find this incredibly annoying. Even if I leave my earphones dangling I can still hear the commercials just fine when this happens.... stupid design flaw. You want me to have to watch the commercials, fine, but let me change the volume!
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