Bose - NCT - does it work?

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Dandock
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Porsche describe the Bose NCT as follows...

Noise compensation technology uses a microphone to continuously measure the ambient noise inside the vehicle and adapts music playback automatically so that a consistent sound is maintained at all times.

I had the same system on my TT and regularly wondered, as I constantly seemed to be manually adjusting the volume, if it worked. I wasn't convinced then and I'm not convinced now. So, does it work and if it does how can that fact be proved?
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Not sure either if it works.

I am quite happy adjusting the volume manually anyway. Not keen on a lot of these "driver aids" :?
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There's a setting in the standard PCM which does something similar...speed related volume or somesuch...seems to work OK on mine.
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Press Home, Opt, Set Sound,

Speed dependent volume: Volume is adapted in accordance with the driving speed.

I have not used it but had it on all my cars for the last few years....
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Kasfranks99 wrote: Fri Sep 08, 2017 7:19 pm Press Home, Opt, Set Sound,

Speed dependent volume: Volume is adapted in accordance with the driving speed.

I have not used it but had it on all my cars for the last few years....
The speed dependent volume does work. The problem is that you seem to need a different amount of extra volume for music vs speech as you drive faster. So if you listen to Radio 4 you need it set differently to when you listen to music from somewhere. It does seem to work OK though.
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Sorry to not responding sooner. I've checked all the settings and as expected I had previously ticked all the relevant boxes. Perhaps it's as you say Ian, that the differences are quite subtle.
Having the pano roof and quite a bit of wind noise when open I expected the volume to increase noticeably to compensate - but no. Maybe it's me. 😐
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