Customer Information systems on trains

While on most stocks the announcement will continue, on the refurbished D stocks, once the door close button is pressed, the announcement will stop.

Not sure if it is the same speakers, but it certainly is the same system. Whereas on the C stock, there is a separate system for the door chimes and the PA/DVA, on the refurb D stock they both use the CIS, so the door chimes override the DVA

It seems the door chimes are linked to the CIS on D stocks. There is one unit that crashes every so often until you change ends on the train. Whilst it crashed, the external displays worked, but there were no door chimes/ open noises and no announcements (other than those made on the falback pa) were available whether it be manual or automaic.

Unit 7012 is the one i've had problems with. It's done it since delivery. When another I/O and myself were having a play to refamiliarise ourselves before delivering the course to others, it went wrong. We tried everything. Changed ends at Olympia and it fired up as if nothing was wrong. Got back to the west end - and fine. Just throws a wobbly periodically. Bombardier know about it and cant sort it. Glad it did it then, so at least I knew about the defect if it went wrong whilst running a refirb course.

An east end unit playing up? Don't tell me its a design flaw.

Anyone taken a refurb D stock into Tower Hill bay? Bloody thing goes on forever !! I hope the 'old man' doesn't expect quick turn arounds there!! ;D ;D ;D

Is it me, or have 'they' changed em so that when you put your key in after changing ends, it automatically reannounces the last thing it did?

Cos it done it at Tower Hill the other day (7012/7081) - and all the punters got excited thinking the train was about to leave, yet I actually had another 5 mins sitting there.

I had my first refurb last night and was surprised how long it takes for the announcements to start, at most stations I was closing the doors when all that was announced was "This is....."

Ah, but have you done a number 3 announcement yet? Takes around 20 seconds for itself to set up and say stand clear of the doors. By the time it comes out over the PA system, you've gone and are half way to the next station. ;D

From what I've been told, during disruptions, the controller will announce the code which drivers will then enter into the system and it will announce it at the appropriate place! If the disruption clears before you reach it, you have to then enter the menu system and remove the appropriate number!

Spot the obvious flaw in the above paragraph! The controllers tell us nothing now, so I can't imagine them giving us code numbers on a routine basis!