Hi,

 

Do you know that situation where your otherwise more-or-less beloved passenger cannot seem to leave your radio alone, while you shouldn't even dream of doing that when you're the passenger in her/his car?

 

Made me wonder if there's some way to deactivate the on-device controls while driving (when the contact is on) and allow control only via the buttons on the steering wheel? Or alternatively, disable the whole device (better to enjoy "silence" than disagree over volume and/or content...)?

 

I suppose I could pull the fuse and see what kind of pandora's box that opens but access to those is just a bit too awkward. ;)

No way that I'm aware of.

 

Might be easier to put passengers in the rear seats 😉

3 minutes ago, langers2k said:

Might be easier to put passengers in the rear seats 😉

 

I thought about that, but:

 

That would require the kind of control over the passenger that would make the whole problem moot ... did you see the bit where the passenger has her/his own car, i.e. is not a pre-pubescent kid

 

Besides, my rear seats are cat, dog and luggage territory...

Edited 21 October, 20196 yr by RJVB

To be fare, if they are an adult, then simply telling them not to mess with your stereo should be sufficient... :)

 

About the only way I can see to achieve this would be to physically cut the tracks on the PCB coming from the volume control knob. This would stop them messing with volume but not turning it on/off or changing input source/radio station etc.

 

For bonus points, you could add an extra switch to enable/disable various buttons or even kill the power to the stereo completely.

But there is only 1 radio station.... Radio 2.

 

The balls are in and the game is on... 😉

Can you not get a remote control or an app to switch the passenger/partner off?

 

The person to invent and patent one or simply an on/off switch would be the richest person on the planet.

Wrap both their hands with brown parcel tape for the duration of the journey?

2 hours ago, langers2k said:

To be fare, if they are an adult, then simply telling them not to mess with your stereo should be sufficient...

 

If fare is involved then they could expect that having access to the stereo is part of the deal O:-)

And in all fairness ... doesn't your argument work only with male passengers to female drivers (we'll ignore faery passengers here)? I know I would have the choice between complying or walking home.

(Which doesn't mean I didn't use an unsupervised moment to tweak the stereo sound settings in "the other car" ... cut the bass and centre the sound as far away from me as possible 😈.)

 

52 minutes ago, J.R. said:

Can you not get a remote control or an app to switch the passenger/partner off?

 

The person to invent and patent one or simply an on/off switch would be the richest person on the planet.

 

Gnarf

 

There are lots of interesting implications to the idea supposing all partners have access to the application - the terms coming to mind are deadlock and race condition ... and the person inventing the override app would become at least as rich

1 hour ago, Golf-Fiend said:

Wrap both their hands with brown parcel tape for the duration of the journey?

 

Easier to put some duct tape on the controls in my case.

 

Europe 1 from Peronne?

 

Can you pick that up from L'Aisne?

Not on the FM band in any case. I linked to a stock photo, not to one of my own device...