video(s) Recenty updated R160 Announcements

[Mr Railfan]

I recorded the newly updated R160 announcements and thought i should share: 

 

Updated via the and line announcements going southbound:

 

 

 

 

Updated and  announcements at 34 street: 

 

 

 

 

Updated train Transfers in manhattan

 

 

 

Updated 34 street announcement: 

 

 

 

Updated to Atlantic-Barclays announcement: 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Minato ku]

Short announcements like "This is a Brooklyn bound Q express train" are better than long announcements like "This is a Jackson Heights Roosevelt Avenue bound F local train".

[Buddy]

Short announcements like "This is a Brooklyn bound Q express train" are better than long announcements like "This is a Jackson Heights Roosevelt Avenue bound F local train".

How can you replace the last stop in the last borough?

[Guest MTA Bus]

I do not like how the spliced in the M34 SBS on the announcements.

[40MntVrn]

One could hope that these announcements can be updated remotely? Or is a physical "plug-in" required?

[itmaybeokay]

One could hope that these announcements can be updated remotely? Or is a physical "plug-in" required?

 

I believe it was mentioned at some prior point here on the board that not only is a physical plug-in required, but it can only be done by the manufacturer. So a kawasaki/alstom/bombardier rep has to come out, board the train, and plug in a laptop? (or was it a floppy disc, I don't even know) to the on board computer to update station names and announcements. 

[Minato ku]

How can you replace the last stop in the last borough?

Well, maybe by reducing the lenght of the station name in announcement, I don't think that the full station should be pronounced when it is composed of four words.

Instead of saying "this is a Jackson Heights Roosevelt Avenue bound F local train", announcement could say "this is a Jackson Heights bound F local train", this is enough in my opinion as there is only one Jackson Heights station in the F subway.

[Mr Railfan]

I do not like how the spliced in the M34 SBS on the announcements.

Yea, they just spliced up the entire announcement and it sounds a mess.