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Sony, please give us an option to disable the startup 'beep' of the PS5.
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This is how I picture some of ya'll setups after reading this thread
LOL!!!
it's a reasonable request, there should be an option, other than locating the beeper on the board and voiding it's warranty
Don't see the problem, I really like having a sound indication everything is working and it even isn't that loud
LMAO
This reminds me of this gif I made for a thread about the PS4 beep waking children up.
I should've put "Go back to bed!" right at the end...
Yeah, I don't see why anyone would be against an option in the OS settings like Xbox.
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Just tested it with all the doors closed. I can CLEARLY hear it from my son's bedroom, through our connected bathrooms. I also went to the living room on the other side of the house and it is still heard. Other people being oblivious does not change the stupidity of the narrative some people want to push for... for being aware of our environment? You can literally hear the thing turn on from dozens of feet away. I imagine when my kid hears it at night after his bed time it's even more obvious because he doesn't have decades of ear damage to dull the sounds too.
Doesn't make it a bigger deal than it is, but it's pretty ignorant to be laughing about how impossible it is for sounds to travel.
Doesn't make it a bigger deal than it is, but it's pretty ignorant to be laughing about how impossible it is for sounds to travel.
I don't disagree with OPs request, but based on your description of your place, can you do anything in your home once people go to sleep. Use the microwave, flush a toilet, take a phone call, have sex?
It's a reasonable request, Era can just be a little hyperbolic sometimes in response to reasonable complaints, not OP, but definitely some of the comments.
Well I can do it all, but the problem is when my kid goes to bed he isn't happy. I have to wait until he is actually asleep and not drifting off - and that includes not using the bathroom, not slamming the doors, and not turning on the PS5 for a little while. Doing those things gets his attention and upsets him. My point wasn't about how impossible it is for me to turn on the PS5, it was just about the literal fact some people are acting like it's some sort quiet beep when I'm actuality I can hear it from dozens of feet away so that is clearly not true. It's louder than some people want to admit for some weird reason.
Era forbid Sony takes into account 14 years of feedback and finds a way to add an option to turn off a beep for their latest hyper-advanced ray-tracing console that's cooled by liquid fucking metal because it will surely destroy their share price with all the R&D necessary for a feature that already exists because it doesn't beep when remote play is activated.
I was going to say this.
It wakes up my son when he's sleeping in the living room.
Yes please give us this OPTION
It should only be making sounds if there's a disc in your drive I think? Mines usually silent but if a movie or game is in there it spins fairly loudly upon boot up and intermittently after that.
its not a spin. Its a weird noise. I found a video, its the exact same noise
The beep sucks. Even if they muffled it a little bit it would be better. No reason why it should be as loud as it is.
Wait you can start the console like that? Is it on the PS App or the remote play app? (I only use the former)
Wait you can start the console like that? Is it on the PS App or the remote play app? (I only use the former)
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Start here,
https://www.ifixit.com/Teardown/PlayStation+5+Teardown/138280
Use wirecutters, or a similar instrument,
Destroy the orange component,
Done! :D
(hot glue or cotton etc. to cover it also tones it down)
https://www.ifixit.com/Teardown/PlayStation+5+Teardown/138280
Use wirecutters, or a similar instrument,
Destroy the orange component,
Done! :D
(hot glue or cotton etc. to cover it also tones it down)
Never had a problem or really noticed the PS3/4/5 startup beep. I do get annoyed when booting up my XSX and forget about the startup screen sound that's similar to those THX audio intros in theatres. Now I just turn on the XSX and wait about 20 seconds before turning the TV on.
Don't the beeps have some kind of diagnostic value? The console makes different beeps if it was shut down incorrectly or if there are other issues, for example.
The beep is undeniably wake up anyone in the room loud. I'm just struggling to buy how it's wake up the house loud presuming someone isn't sleeping directly on the other side of the wall anyone keeps their playstation, like a adjacent dorm rooms.
But regardless, yes you should be able to turn it off.
But regardless, yes you should be able to turn it off.
My wife doesn't care and I'm clean shaven so I don't understand being so derogatory.
Option should exist but don't be a jerk.
This is how I picture some of ya'll setups after reading this thread
This arrangement isn't all that different than my situation really. My wife and I have a 1 BR apartment -- the PS5, XSX and my Switch are in the bedroom with my TV and I usually lean against the wall while on the bed to game. We have my old PS4 Pro for movies and her Switch in the living room. She usually watches TV in the living room while I game in the room. The beep 100% is loud enough to wake a person and/or at least cause them to stir. Hell, you can hear the beep in our living room.
This is how I picture some of ya'll setups after reading this thread
Thank you for this. I avoided entering the thread until now because the topic always brings out a wave of absurd, physics defying claims.
But yes, there's no reason not give users more control over their PS5's in a number of ways including this one.
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Why are people being jerks about this? It's pretty loud and the option to turn it off or lower it would only be a good thing.
Why are people being jerks about this? It's pretty loud and the option to turn it off or lower it would only be a good thing.
As someone who had issues with a dying powersupply that I have to unplug replug constantly on a previously loved PC. That POST beep is like a sign of relief that its working fine for me. I just realized I didn't install the beep speaker on my current PC.
That triple beep when powering up from a power outage tho. I know something's gone wrong.
I get its such a minor thing that is a big thing for other people tho. There are times when I hear the beep and know that someone was using my PS5 while I am sleeping.
That triple beep when powering up from a power outage tho. I know something's gone wrong.
I get its such a minor thing that is a big thing for other people tho. There are times when I hear the beep and know that someone was using my PS5 while I am sleeping.
what are yall talking about. I literally just now turned on my PS5 with remote play and I heard the beep. The dreaded beep that shakes me to my core.
Anyway yeah it beeped. Does it not beep for you guys?
EDIT: Reddit says you gotta connect to the PS5 through the internet instead of local LAN. fuckin weird lol
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This is so funny. If they allow for an option to remove a startup beep before they allow me to set game chat audio to come out of my speakers and not the tiny speaker on my dual sense, I'll scream.This is how I picture some of ya'll setups after reading this thread
Takes me back to my early teens, when I got a PS3 and I became addicted to Oblivion. Had to smother that godforsaken beep with pillows when I turned it on for a late-night session, lest my parents hear me getting ready to chug skooma at 1AM.
I am pretty sure flicking lights and sounds from controller/button smashing are bigger problem than one beep that isn't even that loud
Agreed. Having options for people in various situations is nice. I turned my SX chime off and I'd do the same with my PS5. I hate the beep so an option to turn it off would be nice.
I guess Sony doesn't want to find out what happens if a console beeps and no one is there to hear it, lol.
