Next Stop Announcments

[Jack]

Nah it was literally silent on the 74 earlier. I can't even blame the chatter of the overcrowded bus!

I know that, the bus was empty but I could just about hear them it was that silent.

[jasmine]

E226 no audio

[karl724223]

Passenger complaints on x10 the nsa is to quiet on buses that it works on

[Jack]

6756 announcements are near enough silent, can just hear them quietly mumbling.

[BBS]

E019 announcments audio not working 

[GoldenSquid]

Noticed 6864 had working visual/audio NSA for 94/95, when I had it last night. Also when parked up, it worked for short journey dests.

[Smethwickian]

For some routes (e.g. the 23/4 which have the one way city loop), the driver can get away with changing it early, as the announcements for the one way loop work both inbound and outbound (e.g. Smallbrook Queensway works for the Bartley Green and Birmingham displays)

But I have noticed on the 82 and 87 inbound to Birmingham that if the driver changes it too soon after pulling away from the Charlotte Street stop - the last before the loop - if they're still within the GPS 'tolerance' for  the stop, the system immediately thinks they're heading outbound. It then goes round the entire city loop showing next stop as Nelson Street.  

[Stu]

But I have noticed on the 82 and 87 inbound to Birmingham that if the driver changes it too soon after pulling away from the Charlotte Street stop - the last before the loop - if they're still within the GPS 'tolerance' for  the stop, the system immediately thinks they're heading outbound. It then goes round the entire city loop showing next stop as Nelson Street. 

It's a technical limitation, but easily overcome with a bit of driver training.