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 enlarge | Brand: Terk
Category: CE
List Price: $39.99
Buy New: $29.99
You Save: $10.00 (25%)
New (4) from $29.99
Avg. Customer Rating:  86 reviews
Color: silver
Media: Electronics
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Fragile: No
Number Of Items: 1
Batteries Included: No
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.8
Dimensions (in): 4 x 4 x 4
MPN: VR-1
Model: VR-1
UPC: 034405001225
EAN: 0034405001225
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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 What a surprise October 18, 2005
19 out of 21 found this review helpful
Read an article in Good Housekeeping regarding this product and since my wife and I are tried of jumping for the remote to turn down the sound, I said what the heck - buy one! The price of the unit is extremely reasonable considering the large payback of the relief from the booming commercials.
We have told all of my friends about this product and encourage the purchase.
If you are looking to reduce the sound shock of too loud commercials get one of these.
 Automatic TV/Cable/Satellite/VHS/CD/DVD Volume Controller February 15, 2007
17 out of 18 found this review helpful
When putting your various audio components through an amp, this unit will control the volume of them all! This product performs EXACTLY as the manufacturer says and does it excellently! Limiters are common knowledge among recording engineers and advanced audiophiles alike. While nothing like the pro limiters, this Turk (brand Audiovox, in this case) product works basically the same; once installed and cables plugged in as to route all audio signals to pass through it, the process is simply described. Before activating the limiter, you set your amp's output volume to the loudest level you ever wish to hear from your systems components, then you activate the unit by sliding a front panel switch from left to right and you're done! This "Volume Controller" will not only limit/prvent the max audio level from exceeding your earlier setting, but it will also ensure that your volume doesn't stay below what you set. A very clever, affordble gadget that will perform exactly as designed. If you have all of your equipment (or main components, including the "Volume Controller") backed up by a good quality UPS, this unit will perform excellently.
The ONLY complaint... If this limiter is not on a UPS and the power goes out or even flickers (possibly even a short brown-out), the "Automatic Volume Controller" will go into an unactivated state (e.g., no longer provides any control over your audio levels). Many people that have bought this product don't realize what's happened and, as many developments' homeowners may find outages/flickers occur on a regular basis (too often), blame the product for not working. Well, if you've correctly plugged in your audio source from amp, or whatever, to this product, it's acting in self-preservation; power outages, spikes, brown-outs, flickers, et al, cause many electronic components to die from the jolt caused when power returns to normal, but only after an initial surge.
The fix is simple. Flip the activation switch off (slid switch from right to left), unplug the power plug at the unit, unplug audio input RCA connectors. After a few seconds, plug everything back in reverse order, then activating the slide switch from left to right.
Hope this helps someone.
 save your money October 9, 2004
16 out of 17 found this review helpful
This sounds like a great idea, too bad this device doesn't work! Only thing that it did for me was boost the volume slightly with no effect on volume variability.
"Awesome" you gotta have it July 19, 2006
16 out of 20 found this review helpful
No more turning down the volume for loud commercials or turning volume up after commercials and between loud channels when surfing. Two minutes to hook up. Finally a volume controller that works. I have to turn it off sometimes just see if it is really working. To bad we have pay for a black box to fix a problem that the FCC should take care of ....taxes at work. They say it is just your perception commercials are loud, PHOOEY, my VU meters don't lie.
Zapper
Very Unhappy With This! January 20, 2005
15 out of 24 found this review helpful
I had this unit for about a week before it died. It was plugged into a surge protector.
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