Has anyone else noticed the the n810 has a very low limit on the volume? I understand that they might want to limit the maximum volume to avoid blowing out the internal speakers, but what about the headphones?

If I plug the same set of headphones into my ipod or laptop they can get very loud, so I know they are not the limiting factor. For some reason Nokia has really limited the output of that jack. I understand that it would save a little battery life, but it makes it almost unusable on the subway, for example.

Is there some way to fix this that I am not aware of, or do we just have to deal with it? Thanks in advance for your opinions.

Cheers,
James

Just posting to agree with you here - for me the problem is hearing the maemo-mapper instructions in the car witth the N810 speakers: my car gets pretty noisy at 100 km/h so it'd be great to get the volume to go a bit higher.

Not just the 810 I'm afraid, both my 770 and 800 have the same trait, Not sure if anything can be done in software to improve it. I ran MP3gain on my music files and boosted the volume on them as a workaround

Get a bluetooth headset for the car so you can hear maemo-mapper?
(If you can understand flite anyway ...

I generally plug the n810 into my call stereo when I am driving, so that help in that case. My main problem is still listening through headphones in public.

There is definitely some code somewhere that limits the volume, but we just need to find it!!

Oh well. I think this is a serious reason not to use the n810 as a total solution device. I really do not want to carry an mp3 player with me though!!

Be aware that the total sound volume is always a combination of system volume (the one you can adjust in the status bar) and application volume (the one you adjust inside the application). They are not the same, but rather get multiplied with each other.
So make sure that you crank up the volume inside the app and also in the status bar!

I've turned both up to full but the max volume is still too low for me in some cases, such as using the N810 as a gps device. It definitely needs boosting IMO.

Maybe it's winter road noise, heater fan, ice crunching beneath the tires, the roar of the Jeep engine, or ears having heard too much loud rock music and gun shots, but I have a very hard time hearing the robot voice in flite while using Maemomapper.

Since most ambient road noises are lower in frequency, I think a femine voice, a couple kiloHertz higher in frequency would go a long way to helping the volume/coherence problem.

The stereo speakes aren't loud enough in many noisy settings either.

The idea of a bluetooth headset might work, but I don't want something in my ear for a long period while driving.

I have noticed that all headsets are not created equal. Certain brands/types seem to more closely match the output impedance of the headphone jack and seem louder. Try all you have to find the optimal match.

While I'm whining, I really dislike headsets with one side wire longer than the other which is the configuration of the pair sold with the N810

--Plex

I'm just posting in agreement here... When I mow my lawn with an iPod, I have no trouble hearing... With my N800 (with system volume and application volume on full), I have a lot of trouble hearing.

-T.

That's actually a very good idea, it might help a lot to have a higher voice, nice idea. I wonder if there's a way to change the voices somehow for the flite.

I totally agree with the winter noise, like I said before. With everything on high now, my car's still too noisy on the highway - local roads and low speeds are fine volume-wise. I would guess that this must be an issue for a lot of people. With headphones volume seems loud enough for me though, I only have volume up to about half up in Canola when I'm on the bus. I noticed that the earphones included with the N810 were much quieter so I suggest anybody having problems hearing music on the subway or bus try out some good in-ear ones first, the difference in volume level is very big, in my opinion.

Also, the bluetooth idea is pretty good but I'm not a fan of those either...and besides, legally I should be using one of those for my phone already when driving so that's probably what I'll do with it if I decide to get one.