• kakler bitmap
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    861 day ago

    Also I used to be able to do this but I’m so old I wouldn’t remember how either.

    • @Agent641
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      I’m pretty sure it wouldn’t be possible in my country as all the radio stations switched to digital and phased out analog.

      This thing would be great at picking up cosmic microwave background by that’s about it.

    • @[email protected]
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      Pull out the button set a channel and push it in, it’s possible that they need to be lowest to highest frequency, but that could just be the only way we ever did it lol

      • @esc27
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        I vaguely recall pushing in two buttons at once to get them both to pop out, but maybe that was something else.

    • @HeyThisIsntTheYMCA
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      I used to have to replace a rubber belt in my cassette player every 6 to 8 months towards the end of my first car. Now I could probably figure it out but there’s a good chance I’d fuck it up a few times first. Time can be a harsh mistress.

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    Of course I can program it. I have no idea how to do so right now, but if you gave it to me I could fiddle with it for a few minutes and figure it out.

  • @HeyThisIsntTheYMCA
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    my library had manuals for most common car makes and models. couldn’t check em out, but could photocopy the pages you need.

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    Doesn’t matter what you do or don’t program.
    When you push a button, you’ll hear right-wing propaganda

    • JWayn596
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      NPR is pretty great for left leaning media.

    • @Hikermick
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      Back in the day our AM stations had local programming. Mostly call in talk shows that covered issues both local and far. The hosts would describe themselves as conservative but they were way more tame than the shit today. Then Rush Limbaugh went national.

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        There is only two flavors of AM radio I’ve ever heard (having been born in 1985):

        • Christian talk

        • 24/7 Traffic reporting

        I would have liked to have been around when AM radio was exactly as described by the song AM Radio by Everclear.

        • @Hikermick
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          That’s a catchy tune for sure but it’s odd to hear someone being nostalgic about it. It wasn’t unusual for someone to say “sorry but all I have is am jams” if they gave you a lift and their radio didn’t have FM (AM being pronounced phonetically so it rhymes with jams). AM radio was more known for oldies, pre 60’s music. Also the signal faded when you drove under a bridge. For reference I graduated in '84

  • @paultimate14
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    Trick question: none of the stations are worth listening to.

  • FartsWithAnAccent
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    no online manual

    I’ll bet you there’s a manual for this exact radio available.

    Also, there is the car manual which pretty much covers everything.

  • @[email protected]
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    Hey old farts, no hate, but the reason kids these days don’t know how to use old technology is because it’s not practical anymore. We’ve simple moved on to better things as a society and no longer need to bang rocks together to make fire. Now this progressions may not be in all cases good, since it has, in part, atomized our society and divided us against ourselves, but don’t pretend like spin dials were the peak of ergonomic design. Sometimes you gotta admit that just because you grew up with it, doesn’t mean it was better than what we have today.

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      Have you used a volume knob, an ipod, bmw idrive or its clones? Spin dials still are the peak of ergonomic design…

      Removal of physical dials in cars is one really good example of progress in tech causing worse design for the sake of cost savings and aesthetics.

      • @[email protected]
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        Yeah cars have been victim to a bunch of over modernizations, I’ll say that, otherwise though I’m generally just trying to say the mentality of “these kids can’t use a ____” is kind of nonsensical.

      • @HeyThisIsntTheYMCA
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        This is the example I use to remind myself that not all progress is forward, but it’s still progress.

  • Tony N
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    Kids don’t even use radio. They don’t know what stations even are. Mine don’t even know what live TV is.

  • Davel23
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    Pull the button you want to “program” out, then push it all the way back in.

      • Rhaedas
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        That was the fascinating part. Only by actually using one you could feel it pull to the station via a literal string inside. Apparently (some/most) auto sunroofs work in a similar way, and you do not want to break that cord.

        • @papalonian
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          Apparently (some/most) auto sunroofs work in a similar way

          That’s how your normal automatic car windows work, too.

    • @Mickey7OP
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      Yeah but how to you lock the station into a specific button

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        You don’t… Even when it’s “programmed” it’ll still slide a bit short or long & you have to find tune it.

        Source: I’m an old fart

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          You don’t…

          You absolutely…

          Even when it’s “programmed” it’ll still slide a bit short or long & you have to find tune it.

          OK yeah fair. Especially if you play with the buttons a lot like trying to press them both at the same time.

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        It’s been decades, but… you press the button, spin to the station, then release the button?

        Am I remembering correctly or should I check into the home now?

  • @Blue_Morpho
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    You don’t need an online manual when there’s an in glovebox manual.

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      You don’t need a manual at all - you just push the buttons in farther than usual, or pull them out instead of in depending upon the model.

      • @Blue_Morpho
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        How did you know without the manual? I used to read the manual cover to cover many times because what else are you going to do on a car ride?

        • @grue
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          You mess with it until you figure it out.

          • @Blue_Morpho
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            If you didn’t already know that was the way to set the station you’d get a scolding from your parent. “Stop messing with it or you will break it!”

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        I had to download a PDF manual of my most recent car because I actually like knowing how to use it correctly.

  • @[email protected]
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    When I was a kid, I got pissed at my dad for something and reset all the stations, thinking it would throw him for a loop. He noticed what I had done almost immediately, fixed them all in about 5-10 seconds and looked at me like I was stupid.

    • @cm0002
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      Now reset his router and see if he can get reconnected in < 30 seconds LOL

      • Rhaedas
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        Some of us “old timers” have a foot in both worlds. I grew up with some cars like this, but also with the birth of computers, so I can appreciate the old and new. I will admit keeping up these days is hard and I don’t know much of what’s out there, but I feel I can understand the basics and not be totally lost.

        My dad on the other hand was genius with mechanical stuff. Could rebuild an engine, weld, draw up plans and construct things, including a house. He was totally lost in the computer world though, including the idea of the internet, no matter how much I dumbed it down or used analogies.

        I’ve also seen younger people at work who can work a smart phone like magic, yet also would not know how to restart a router or recover from/avoid a computer virus.

        • AFK BRB Chocolate
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          I’m just barely a boomer, but I’m also a software engineer/manager. Sometimes younger folks assume I need help with computers/tech, or are surprised when I’m knowledgeable about them. It’s starting to change for me, too, though. I haven’t kept up with newer languages, and as a manager I really don’t write any code outside of the occasional Excel VBA, so I’m getting pretty stale.