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May 2nd, 2018, 12:30 | #1 |
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2018 xc60 inscription - speed camera warning
just swapped my 2017 r-design for the latest 2018 inscription. On the r-design i got an audible warning for speed cameras. On the new one i don't. Not sure if i get a dash warning (not driven it much yet but have noticed a profound silence when going through speed cameras!) but tbh a dash warning is not a lot of use if that's all i get.i can't be driving along looking at the dash all the time! Can i get an audible warning? if not then this is a surprising omission from volvo and a backward step..
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May 3rd, 2018, 00:32 | #2 |
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Unfortunately there is no audible warning for speed cameras.
I agree with you that it is a backward step and a little annoying. I would imagine that it would be a simple software upgrade to fix it but I haven't heard of any plans to do it. Mike
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May 3rd, 2018, 12:00 | #3 |
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thanks for the reply. I've since investigated a little more, and in fact you can get an audible warning for cameras, but it's inseparable from various other warnings, e.g. some road signs, speed limit etc. It annoyingly goes off if i hit 31 in a 30 for example and i then have to look at the dash to see what kind of warning it is.. if it's a speed camera it shows a little camera icon.. Meanwhile i've gone into the back of the car in front that has stopped suddenly while i'm not looking!
No doubt this is a great car with some nice touches but it does have some niggles.. e.g. the fuel gauge is very small and tucked away at the bottom of the dial, it often gets speed limits wrong, the foot opening boot hardly ever works, the menus are far too fussy.. I've switched SIPS on via the menus but it doesn't seem to work. The heads up display doesn't give much info and though there's a menu option to taylor what you see there, you don't actually get the option to change anything... For some features a button would suffice! Love the car, but much preferred the controls for everything as in the 2017 model.. easier and safer!! |
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As far as I am aware the audible warning is just for the road sign speed limit, etc. and not linked to the speed camera at all.
Mike
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May 4th, 2018, 21:40 | #5 |
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having driven the car a bit more now, i think you're right Mike. What a ridiculous omission! yes you do get a silent warning icon in the heads-up display, but you can't see that if you're wearing polaroids, and it doesn't pick up all cameras anyway.
i read that volvo say no-one will die in a volvo in a few years. Maybe, but a hell a lot of them will get speeding tickets!! meanwhile, back to the tomtom! |
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May 8th, 2018, 12:39 | #6 |
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In the Past I have used the Pocket GPS speeding database, it is for many makes of sat navs.
I did notice a post for Volvo on the forums, but not sure if they got it working, it is installed as a poi on most systems, it will be something I will try to install when I get my XC60 in a month or two. https://www.pocketgpsworld.com They have been around for years, it is now subs, but you can try it first, database is updated weekly if not less sometimes. I also use it on my iPhone, if need, and that should give you a warning if you are listening to music etc. |
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Settings / My Car / Intellisafe / Road Sign Information / Speed Camera Audio Warning (I think... it's definitely buried in there somewhere) Jon |
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Feb 1st, 2020, 21:48 | #8 |
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Speed camera
Just as an aside. Only had my S90 a few days but wondered what was going on when on a 40mph road the speed warning came on and car braked when the sensors picked up a 10 mph speed sign on the side of the road for a garden centre that was facing at an angle to the car park. Technology is a many edged sword. If anybody had been following me they’d be saying something unpleasant about volvo drivers.
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Feb 2nd, 2020, 16:16 | #9 |
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That'll be ASL - Automatic Speed Limiter. It's a completely pointless gimmick due to too many false positives, as you've found out. Fortunately it can be disabled - check the manual - and saved to your driver's profile so that it stays disabled.
There was a section of the (now defunct) old A14 westbound by Huntingdon with a 70mph speed limit, but a 40mph sign half way up an exit slip road. It *always* triggered the "exceeding the speed limit" bongs. Pretty sure if I'd had ASL enabled that a rear-ender would've been inevitable. Steve
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I thought it was a fantastic idea until I too had a false activation. Never used it since.
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