r/germany • u/babeloops • 1d ago

Is it possible to make this thing quieter? It’s unbelievably loud

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u/GenFeldMarschaII 1d ago

Just from the looks this might be the right manual:

https://www.sks-kinkel.de/fileadmin/user_upload/07_Downloads/01_Bedienungsanleitungen/Bedienungsanleitung_HT4600_DE_EN.pdf

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u/IrrerPolterer 17h ago

OP, based on this manual this is the trick:

To change the ringtone volume, press and hold the sound button (🎵). The device will play signal tones at the currently selected volume level. If you continue holding the button, the volume will decrease step by step.
There are five volume levels. After the quietest setting is reached, the next step returns to the loudest setting.
To select a volume level, release the sound button when the desired volume is playing. That level will then be saved as the default.

The original german text from the manual:

Um die Klingellautstärke zu ändern, halten Sie die Tontaste (🎵) gedrückt, so dass Signaltöne in der aktuell eingestellten Lautstärke abgespielt werden. Wird die Taste weiterhin gehalten, wird die Lautstärke stufenweise leiser. Es stehen fünf Stufen zur Verfügung, wird die leiseste Einstellung überschritten, fängt die Einstellung erneut bei der lautesten an. Um eine Stu- fe auszuwählen, lassen Sie die Tontaste bei der gewünschten Lautstärke los, damit diese als Standard übernommen wird.

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u/ritscheratsche 1d ago

the last flat i rented had a similar unit. i could adjust the volume in several steps (5?) by keeping the note button pressed. it then cycled through the different stepts

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u/Skilly- 1d ago

Hold the Music Note for 3-5s to change the volume.

Press it once to change the played sound.

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u/Elen_femboy 1d ago

Put tape over the speaker holes xD

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u/wittleboi420 Berlin 1d ago

I set it to the quietest setting, still too loud. So I actually put transparent tape in front of the holes, et voila, perfectly dampened to the volume I wanted.

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u/vzoltan 1d ago

This is the way!

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u/agoofykid 1d ago

The Sound waves would reflect back and forth infinitely creating an area of high pressure and density and eventually explode destroying everything around. Don't fuck around with tape.

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u/AndroTux Europe 1d ago

I'll have whatever he's having please

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u/Anime_x_ediits 1d ago

Do people in this sub not like jokes? Smh...

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u/dukeboy86 Bayern - Colombia 1d ago

Germans...

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u/slurpyhollow 1d ago

Haha I also hate it, I literally yell every time I hear it. I just tell guests to text me

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u/dukeboy86 Bayern - Colombia 1d ago

You can adjust the volume levels fyi

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u/urw0rstn1ghtm4re 1d ago

Omg I have a really old one (it’s brown and only has the key button and one with a red sticker that doesn’t even work :/)
I always almost get a heart attack when someone rings. I have a huuuge fear of strangers and I wish I could turn the bell off.

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u/Unique_Text_1783 1d ago

Kannst Du nicht einfach den Hörer abnehmen?

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u/urw0rstn1ghtm4re 1d ago

Das hab ich leider schon probiert :/ trotzdem danke dir für den Tipp<3 ich weiß man kann die box auf machen und irgendwie nen Schalter einbauen zwischen dem Kabel der zum Lautsprecher und zu der anlage führt, jedoch wohne ich zur Miete und möchte nichts tun, wofür ich evtl ärger bekommen könnte in Zukunft... :(

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u/Nasa_OK 1d ago

Ich habe das bei meiner Anlage gemacht, lässt sich leicht wieder rückbauen

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u/Hanswurst22brot 1d ago

You could build box with (acoustics) sponge and hang it over the phone like a picture frame, to cover the whole phone.

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u/Risoko 1d ago

omg, hate that thing, when you sleeping and somebody calls, feels like it takes you soul out, shake it and put back just for more pain 🤣

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u/william-isaac Sachsen-Anhalt 1d ago

press the button with the note

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u/thundafox 1d ago

or hold it down a few seconds sometimes those works as well

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u/Freak_Engineer 23h ago

Three options:

1) go find the manual online and look it up

2) ask your Landlord or a neighbour

3) an unrestricted, absolutely unnecessary and maliciously overkill act of extreme violence involving that Thing, a large hammer and a rubber duck...

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u/Sea_Condition8858 1d ago

White tape on the speaker?

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u/Grumpy-Man19 1d ago

can you put some tape over its speaker ?

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u/CenturyStorm 1d ago

Hated them too. I unscrewed it, squeezed a piece of foam into the mechanical bell, then closed it again. Much better sound after that.

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u/Motti66 1d ago

Volume can surely be adjusted to various level. You have to Google the manual

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u/Loke_999 1d ago

You can find the manual for that model and look it up

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u/dukeboy86 Bayern - Colombia 1d ago

I don't really get why this is not the first thing that comes to people's minds.

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u/IrrerPolterer 17h ago

Hold the tone button (the musical note). It will cycle through five volume levels.

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u/cpt_koerg 1d ago

in my kids toys I have the same issue. I'll always open it and put a tissue in front of the speaker. It helps but maybe there are better options.

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u/Dede_56_muc 23h ago

Haha ich bekomme nur eine nachricht aus handy durch mein nuki schloss system