Engine sound management
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Engine sound management
In the Infotainment screen, there are settings for engine sound mgmt and also steering. Not sure what that is for. Mine is set to auto on steering, and I think same on sound. Can anyone explain?
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From the manual:
Engine Sound Management
This allows the Engine Sound Management feature to be turned on or off.
Select Auto (Mode Selector) or Off.
Steering
This allows the Steering feature to be turned on or off.
Select Auto (Mode Selector), Tour, Sport, or Track.
For the exhaust, Off means that the valves will remain open all the time.
For steering, the feel is changed either automatically or you can choose one mode to stay in. Try them all and see which you like.
Engine Sound Management
This allows the Engine Sound Management feature to be turned on or off.
Select Auto (Mode Selector) or Off.
Steering
This allows the Steering feature to be turned on or off.
Select Auto (Mode Selector), Tour, Sport, or Track.
For the exhaust, Off means that the valves will remain open all the time.
For steering, the feel is changed either automatically or you can choose one mode to stay in. Try them all and see which you like.
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Melting Slicks
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I wonder if this is just perception or if some are louder than others. I see people posting about how loud it is when open, and for me, while I can tell a distinct difference between open and closed, open obviously being louder; open just doesn't seem very loud at all.
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When the motor is cold, the exhaust is loud. When the motor is warmed up or has been running for 5 minutes, the exhaust is pretty quiet. It doesn't matter what mode the valves are in.
This has been my experience over the past few weeks. Starting up the car while it's cold makes a beautiful racket while in sport mode. But starting the car (even in sport mode) after the car has been on for a while and it sounds just like any other car starting up... maybe a tad louder.
A woman at a car meet up was standing right next to the car when I started it and she said, "Oh! It's so quiet." LOL I was in sport mode when I started it.
This has been my experience over the past few weeks. Starting up the car while it's cold makes a beautiful racket while in sport mode. But starting the car (even in sport mode) after the car has been on for a while and it sounds just like any other car starting up... maybe a tad louder.
A woman at a car meet up was standing right next to the car when I started it and she said, "Oh! It's so quiet." LOL I was in sport mode when I started it.
Melting Slicks
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I wonder if this is just perception or if some are louder than others. I see people posting about how loud it is when open, and for me, while I can tell a distinct difference between open and closed, open obviously being louder; open just doesn't seem very loud at all.
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Billy Boat Exhaust
I just bought my 2014 A6 last Wednesday (2150 miles!) and it is loud. The previous owner installed a Billy Boat FCOR-0610 (after the crossover) system.
Questions:
Are the valves on this system to be controlled by NPP, or is this part of the V4 noise taming?
If so, since this car didn't come with NPP, is there a way to control the valves using Engine Noise Management? Neither ON nor AUTO changes the noise level.
Thanks for any help.
Questions:
Are the valves on this system to be controlled by NPP, or is this part of the V4 noise taming?
If so, since this car didn't come with NPP, is there a way to control the valves using Engine Noise Management? Neither ON nor AUTO changes the noise level.
Thanks for any help.
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From: Lakeland FL
From the manual:
Engine Sound Management
This allows the Engine Sound Management feature to be turned on or off.
Select Auto (Mode Selector) or Off.
Steering
This allows the Steering feature to be turned on or off.
Select Auto (Mode Selector), Tour, Sport, or Track.
For the exhaust, Off means that the valves will remain open all the time.
For steering, the feel is changed either automatically or you can choose one mode to stay in. Try them all and see which you like.
Engine Sound Management
This allows the Engine Sound Management feature to be turned on or off.
Select Auto (Mode Selector) or Off.
Steering
This allows the Steering feature to be turned on or off.
Select Auto (Mode Selector), Tour, Sport, or Track.
For the exhaust, Off means that the valves will remain open all the time.
For steering, the feel is changed either automatically or you can choose one mode to stay in. Try them all and see which you like.
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Engine sound management
Originally Posted by nepox
I don't see an OFF option, only Auto (Mode selector) Stealth, Tour, Sport or Track
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Engine sound management
Originally Posted by DavePowell
I just bought my 2014 A6 last Wednesday (2150 miles!) and it is loud. The previous owner installed a Billy Boat FCOR-0610 (after the crossover) system.
<br />
<br />Questions:
<br />Are the valves on this system to be controlled by NPP, or is this part of the V4 noise taming?
<br />
<br />If so, since this car didn't come with NPP, is there a way to control the valves using Engine Noise Management? Neither ON nor AUTO changes the noise level.
<br />
<br />Thanks for any help.
<br />
<br />Questions:
<br />Are the valves on this system to be controlled by NPP, or is this part of the V4 noise taming?
<br />
<br />If so, since this car didn't come with NPP, is there a way to control the valves using Engine Noise Management? Neither ON nor AUTO changes the noise level.
<br />
<br />Thanks for any help.
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From: Lakeland FL
so basically you can control your exhaust mode but to keep it open at "ALL" times you need to pull the fuse? is this correct? keeping at track mode and idling will still have the flaps closed? only open when rpms are higher?
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Correct. The only way to keep flaps open all the time is pull the fuse.
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