Scrumps - great post - need to RTFM and try this once I have found a pretty picture of what the "tone hard key" looks like

Supacat,

It's the hard key below the info screen that look like a "musical note".

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scrumps wrote:

Vadim,

Mine is a MY10 TDV8 and I followed the instructions in the handbook when the phone nearly blew me out of the car on the way home during the delivery trip.

Here's the excerpt from the MY10 manual section "Audio level setting" - it works on my car !!!!:-

Audio level settings VOLUME ADJUSTMENT
Sustained exposure to high sound levels can
damage your hearing.
To access the volume set up menu,
press and hold the Tone hard key
until the volume set up menu is displayed. The
soft keys to the left, allow you to choose a
setting to adjust (AVC, INFO, NAV, PHONE and
VOICE). The boxes to the right of the soft keys
show the values currently set for each option.
The bar graph and the +/– soft keys are used to
change the settings and show the changes.
Note: If no change is made within ten seconds,
the volume set up menu will disappear.
Automatic Volume Control (AVC)
Automatic Volume Control adjusts the volume
level as the vehicle speed increases. This
compensates for the increase in noise at
increased speeds.
From the volume set up menu, touch the AVC
soft key to display the settings for AVC.
The bar graph represents the amount by which
the volume level may increase. If the smallest
bar is selected, the AVC function will be turned
off. In this state the volume will not increase
with vehicle speed. The remaining bars (from 1
to 9) will increase the volume level up to the
maximum level selected.
To increase the level of volume change, press
the + soft key. Each press will select the next
bar to the right, up to the maximum (9).
To decrease the level of volume change, press
the – soft key. Each press will select the next
bar to the left, down to the minimum (1). A
subsequent press of the – soft key will switch
AVC off.
Information announcements
Press the INFO soft key from the volume set up
menu, to adjust the volume level for radio
announcements, such as news broadcasts and
traffic announcements on RDS.
To increase the volume level, press the + soft
key. Each press will select the next bar to the
right, up to the maximum (9).
To decrease the volume level, press the – soft
key. Each press will select the next bar to the
left, down to the minimum (1).
Navigation guidance
Press the NAV soft key from the volume set up
menu, to adjust the volume level for navigation
guidance messages.
To increase the volume level, press the + soft
key. Each press will select the next bar to the
right, up to the maximum (9).
To decrease the volume level, press the – soft
key. Each press will select the next bar to the
left, down to the minimum (1).
Telephone volume
Press the PHONE soft key from the volume set
up menu, to adjust the volume level for the
telephone.
To increase the volume level, press the + soft
key. Each press will select the next bar to the
right, up to the maximum (25).
To decrease the volume level, press the – soft
key. Each press will select the next bar to the
left, down to the minimum (5).

According to the Topix manual for a 2009 model car - Pages 276-278 there is the same facility with "pre-facelift" cars but it's accessed slightly differently.

Come on chaps - RTFB

Scrumps