Becker AR 620x radio - seems a little quiet?

[jfitch]

I finally got my new radio wired, the audio seems a little quiet compared to the old Dittel 71. Same speaker, 4 ohm as spec'd. I remember the Dittel being pretty loud, kept the volume knob set to the lower half of rotation. The Becker even at 100% is far from earsplitting, and maybe not loud enough at speed or with the engine running. Both the Becker and Dittel spec'd at 4W audio power into 4 ohms.

Has anybody experienced this?

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Do you have a back seat repeater installed? Might check the volume knob there if so.

[Tim Newport-Peace[_4_]]

At 21:23 18 May 2018, jfitch wrote:
>I finally got my new radio wired, the audio seems a little quiet compared
>t=
>o the old Dittel 71. Same speaker, 4 ohm as spec'd. I remember the Dittel
>b=
>eing pretty loud, kept the volume knob set to the lower half of rotation.

>=
>The Becker even at 100% is far from earsplitting, and maybe not loud
>enough=
> at speed or with the engine running. Both the Becker and Dittel spec'd
at
>=
>4W audio power into 4 ohms.
>
>Has anybody experienced this?
>
At risk of asking the obvious, is you speaker wired across P1-1/P1-14 and
not the headset pins?

I the configuration:
Is speaker ticked in IN/OUT CFG1/2?
Is SPKR VOL SRC set to Primary?

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My 4201 is quit too.

DC

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My 4201 is quiet too.....

DC

[jfitch]

On Saturday, May 19, 2018 at 1:15:08 AM UTC-7, Tim Newport-Peace wrote:
> At 21:23 18 May 2018, jfitch wrote:
> >I finally got my new radio wired, the audio seems a little quiet compared
> >t=
> >o the old Dittel 71. Same speaker, 4 ohm as spec'd. I remember the Dittel
> >b=
> >eing pretty loud, kept the volume knob set to the lower half of rotation..
>
> >=
> >The Becker even at 100% is far from earsplitting, and maybe not loud
> >enough=
> > at speed or with the engine running. Both the Becker and Dittel spec'd
> at
> >=
> >4W audio power into 4 ohms.
> >
> >Has anybody experienced this?
> >
> At risk of asking the obvious, is you speaker wired across P1-1/P1-14 and
> not the headset pins?
>
> I the configuration:
> Is speaker ticked in IN/OUT CFG1/2?
> Is SPKR VOL SRC set to Primary?

Speaker is correctly wired and turned on in CFG. There is no back seat, and no second control - though it is mounted remotely using one control. "SPKR VOL SRC set to Primary?" - that I will check. I can vary the volume with the knob, it just doesn't go very high. At 100%, it is about as loud as the Dittel was on 1/3, using the same speaker.

[jfitch]

On Saturday, May 19, 2018 at 1:15:08 AM UTC-7, Tim Newport-Peace wrote:
> At 21:23 18 May 2018, jfitch wrote:
> >I finally got my new radio wired, the audio seems a little quiet compared
> >t=
> >o the old Dittel 71. Same speaker, 4 ohm as spec'd. I remember the Dittel
> >b=
> >eing pretty loud, kept the volume knob set to the lower half of rotation..
>
> >=
> >The Becker even at 100% is far from earsplitting, and maybe not loud
> >enough=
> > at speed or with the engine running. Both the Becker and Dittel spec'd
> at
> >=
> >4W audio power into 4 ohms.
> >
> >Has anybody experienced this?
> >
> At risk of asking the obvious, is you speaker wired across P1-1/P1-14 and
> not the headset pins?
>
> I the configuration:
> Is speaker ticked in IN/OUT CFG1/2?
> Is SPKR VOL SRC set to Primary?

'Is SPKR VOL SRC set to Primary?' Bingo! You, Sir, win the toaster oven. That parameter was set to "Both" and the moment I set it to "PRI" it practically blew me out of the cockpit. Now have the volume set at 25% which is about as loud as the Dittel was. Intuitively it seems like Both should have worked the same but practically, it doesn't.