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Just because you can hear it doesn’t mean everyone can. Beeps are interruptive too.
my grandfather cant even hear the beeping, let alone if the microwave is running.
Agreed that companies need to lower the note of their beeps to old-man hearing tones.
they make some devices that electrocute you when running and when they're done, stop.
This is comforting. Thank you.
And increasing beeping volume would be good. First beep should be nearly muted. 4th beep should be judging.
Also hum of a microwave is fairly easy to tune out.
My microwave has an option to turn off all the beeps, and it's a landlord special so I imagine others can do the same. Check your model and see if it has that option.
For mine, I literally need to hold down I think the number 3 for 5 seconds. It's in no way obvious.
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Appliances should never ever beep, change my mind. What happened to the good old "bing" or "brrrrrrring"?
Beeping makes my skin crawl!
My ADHD brain can barely remember putting something in the microwave. I need the beep to remind myself to check it
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It’s probably way cheaper to add a speaker than an actual, physical bell. But I agree. My microwave dings and I’m fine with that.
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Y'all better be clearing the timer so it returns to clock mode afterwards
Our new one has the option to not have a clock and just be blank so it’s extra annoying when somebody leaves the timer on and the screen stays on blinking ‘cook time’.
I’ve said it before, but they should have a time out option of say like 5 or 10 minutes, when it automatically goes back to standby.
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My previous microwave oven had a mute button. That thing stayed permanently silent. Unfortunately I have never found a new model that can be muted.
Cue a Technology Connection video about how old microwave ovens were better.
I just can't wait for microwave to have an integration with AI. I just need another internet connected device that can recommend a nice laxative after scanning what it just cooked. Not only that but it could integrate with my smart fridge and make sure that it orders food that is just about to expire from Instacart. And with its partnership with Doordash, the microwave could just stop working and order a replacement meal for me.
...said no one ever.
Many if not most microwaves can be muted, but they usually don't have a special button for it.
It's often some secret button combination. READ YOUR MICROWAVE'S MANUAL.
Every microwave can be silenced. Sometimes it requires a soldering iron.
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I've got a newer (5yo) Maytag that has a silent mode that you can choose either with end beep or without. It resets every power outage which is my only gripe.
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There is a mute function.
No there isn't.
Mine has it and is currently muted
Specifically bought my current microwave because of the mute feature. The old one would continue to beep even after opening the door. The new one is always muted.
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newb. I save the world by stopping it on 0:00 before the screen goes away.
Every time I think I am special, I find out there are a gazillion people like me.
My wife does this... And then doesn't clear the timer. Ever. Not once. Fucking annoying.
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More kitchen devices need to follow what ricecookers are doing and play a charming melody when finished.
As far as I can tell thats a Korean appliance thing, so maybe try an LG or Samsung microwave.
Japan likes that stuff too. As far as I can tell if you really wanted to you could get pretty much everything in your house to play music at you.
That sounds like some nightmares I’ve had.
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My sometimes lying rice cooker does a high pitched beeping. So high pitched my husband who can't hear high pitched sounds can't hear it.
Your rice cookers have electronics in them?
Horrors beyond human understanding.
Mine doesn't have enough electronics to beep. It does have a literal bell, though.
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yeah, but then it's blinking and i have to press stop to clear the blinking remaining time for the clock to display. I MUST HAVE MY CLOCK. ahem. sorry i don't have any anals that i need to retent or anything.
i once, i swear once pressed open at such a precise time i did not have to press any other buttons to get to the clock and (and this is the important bit) the microwave made no sound. i mean aside from the door clanging open and me squealing and pooting a little. it felt like i had just pumped exactly twenty moneys and i will never reach such heighths again
I found out my microwave has a mute function. That's my discovery of the year
Honestly, though, if a stopwatch counts milliseconds, I'm gonna see how close to 0 I can get without letting it hit 0
I hate it when people leave time on the microwave like this. It annoys me to no end, much more than the beep.
Skill issue. Its possible to open it at exactly 0 seconds and it won't beep
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Any sound output should always, always have a volume control or on/off toggle. Sound is very subjective.
There are videos on how to disable it permanently
Mine has a setting for sound off, which is great because it is a horrific loud beep, three times that doesn’t stop even if you try to interrupt it with a button or by opening the door. Anytime we have a power outage, it resets and I turn that damn beep off before I even change the clock because it annoys me so much.
THIS NEEDS TO BE MAINSTREAM.
There is very little reason that with the digital behemoths that microwaves are now, that a simple "sound off" setting can't be done.
Even an analog switch on the back would be simple and easy to add. I know a lot of them do have ways to turn sound off. But many don't. And a simple switch on the backside would make things so much easier.
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Never disassemble a microwave unless you know exactly what you're doing. Like a CRT monitor, the capacitors are big enough to kill you.
Many microwaves have some sort of button combo that'll mute it.
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