Bluetooth Volume Question

[TimboSlice]

I've been searching for a little while now on this forum and others. My issue seems to be a bit different than one's I've seen so far.

Whenever I use my car's volume control it adjusts the Bluetooth volume on my phone. My previous car did not do this. It would simply just lower's the car's audio and not touch my phone's output volume. I do prefer to keep the output volume of the Bluetooth out of the red to avoid distortion. But also it's quite annoying as your phone volume is capped since it can't go beyond the max level of your phone.

Is this a bug? Is it not paired correctly? Is there some type of work around / solution to this issue that someone knows about? Thanks in advance.

 

[hcdavis3]

I've been searching for a little while now on this forum and others. My issue seems to be a bit different than one's I've seen so far.

Whenever I use my car's volume control it adjusts the Bluetooth volume on my phone. My previous car did not do this. It would simply just lower's the car's audio and not touch my phone's output volume. I do prefer to keep the output volume of the Bluetooth out of the red to avoid distortion. But also it's quite annoying as your phone volume is capped since it can't go beyond the max level of your phone.

Is this a bug? Is it not paired correctly? Is there some type of work around / solution to this issue that someone knows about? Thanks in advance.

Try rebooting your phone.

 

[holmgang]

>I do prefer to keep the output volume of the Bluetooth out of the red to avoid distortion.

Not a full answer to your question, but you should always allow Bluetooth volume on sending device to 100% (where controllable).
It's a digital signal so there is no distortion. There is no analog amplification on the sending source.

 

[TimboSlice]

Try rebooting your phone.

I did just now. Unfortunately, it just seems to operate this way. I've had over 6 different types of phones (Android and Apple) with my other car and never had this issue. I'm currently rocking a Samsung Galaxy S20 Plus.

 

[TimboSlice]

Looks like after some more troubleshooting I found perhaps a temporary solution to my problem.

For Android phones, there is an option under the developer menu called Disable Absolute Volume. Apparently this term / verbiage is used elsewhere as well (e.g. PC's).

The way I set mine up was by enabling the setting first, then disconnecting from the car's Bluetooth. Afterwards I tested the volume in the car and it didn't adjust the Bluetooth volume on my phone anymore. Due to the Bluetooth volume on my phone being really low I did have to raise it to the desired setting while lowering the cars so I didn't blow my eardrums out.

And as before my phone saves the Bluetooth volume and Media volume separately like I want. Pretty happy right now. Thanks for everyone's replies.

 

[beachsideev]

Yeah, my last android phone did that too and I found it very annoying. My new android phone doesn't though. I found that developer option but I never got around to trying it. Glad to know it works if I need it in the future.

 

[lUtriaNt]

always disable absolute volume on android if you want better control. i use poweramp and bypass the phones internals and route audio directly through it.

and you can get "digital distortion" (clipping) if you overdrive the signal, which is possible if you use an app like poweramp and turn up the RP gain. android user since 2008 and rocking a note 20 ultra 5g and fold 2 (unlocked as always).

 

[TimboSlice]

i use poweramp and bypass the phones internals and route audio directly through it.

What benefits are there to using power Amp. I use Double Twist right now for music I own.