Camp Speaker Curiosity Teardown 🧰

[Southern R1S]

As everything on the R1 platform this is waaay over-engineered.
I agree they could recoup all the lost 30 grand per vehicle by not including this speaker as standard
And the saddest part that probably 90% of user base does not uses it...

Aside from connecting / testing to make sure it worked at delivery (and realizing it's as quiet as a church mouse), I've used mine exactly zero times in 10 months.

Plenty of room in the R1 for a real portable speaker (like a JBL PartyBox) if I need music I can actually hear outdoors.

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[Mousetrap]

Looks like they removed it from the truck's display. Now it just says accessory dock with not info. It also isn't accessible in the camping menu anymore.

Drat! And how strange! Thanks for checking...

 

[Brewbud]

Aside from connecting / testing to make sure it worked at delivery (and realizing it's as quiet as a church mouse), I've used mine exactly zero times in 10 months.

Plenty of room in the R1 for a real portable speaker (like a JBL PartyBox) if I need music I can actually hear outdoors.

There are a lot of people saying theirs's isn't loud. I am beginning to think all the newer versions are a lot quieter. Anyone with an R1 in the last year have a loud speaker?

 

[chops]

since it has the ability to do low latency, multi-room audio streaming and multi-speaker pairing, rivian should really allow it to connect to the car's audio system to provide a little extra bass in the R1S. bass is so anemic, a little extra thump in the front of the cab would be nice!

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