Volume Issues

[Fotomkr]

When I’m listening to music in CarPlay and then switch to the radio the volume is much louder.
Anyone come across this?
Thanks.

 

[stoopid]

Your phone might have a separate volume for bluetooth or whatever audio output tech is being used in the phone. I'm android so can't help with specifics, other than what I describe is a thing with smartphones. The car head unit may also have settings specific to the audio input, dive into the menus to be sure.

 

[LordKOTL]

When I’m listening to music in CarPlay and then switch to the radio the volume is much louder.
Anyone come across this?
Thanks.

I don't use Carplay, but I have noticed that volume can be all over the place depending on the volume of the source file/stream.

I normalized a lot of my older mp3 music so it's only slightly less loud than terrestrial radio or XM.--about one volume notch above the radio volume. Most of my newer music is about the same overall volume as radio. A few of my older comedy albums that I ripped from vinyl are really quiet because the original mix didn't have a lot of compression between the loudest and quietest sounds. A lot of my wife's music is really quiet. When using AA rather than Bluetooth it is slightly less quiet than radio--like one volume notch overall.

I think another thing that might cause an issue is if your phone volume and your car volume aren't synced--like if you can control your phone volume independently from your car volume.

 

[ScottM]

The Bluetooth thing with Android is what I have. Which is why I plug into the USB to USB-C to my phone and no worries back and forth radio to phone media.

 

[SanDiegoBlue]

The car remembers the volume for each input. If you change inputs it will revert back to the volume used when you were there last. For instance If I was listening to AM radio and turned it way down, then went to FM and listened at a higher volume - then went back to AM, it will be low again. Maybe it does this also for Carplay?

 

[LordKOTL]

The car remembers the volume for each input. If you change inputs it will revert back to the volume used when you were there last. For instance If I was listening to AM radio and turned it way down, then went to FM and listened at a higher volume - then went back to AM, it will be low again. Maybe it does this also for Carplay?

This is true--even between terrestrial and satellite radio.