Apple Carplay too loud?

[squeakyclean]

Hi!

Has anyone else experienced volume increases about 3 times when turning on Carplay compared to Bluetooth? Volume setting 31 via Bluetooth changed into 9 with Carplay, sound level is equivalent.

Not sure how to feel about this, I’m certainly happy with default sound level, most of the songs I don’t wanna go past 30 anyway. Also it allows me to fine tune the sound more.

Any ideas why there’s this difference and if there’s a way to make them equal?

Second thing I noticed with Carplay that whatever is playing on the background is not silenced when google maps gives directions. I literally can’t hear through the music what the navigation is telling me.

Couldn’t find much info on this myself, I haven’t used Carplay much tho so would be grateful for any advice!

It’s 2024 Integra A-Spec Tech btw.

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[akoza]

The music and navigation audio use different scales and are independent of each other. If the nav audio is too quiet, you can increase the volume within 1-2 seconds after it speaks and that will update it (I believe it's out of 11). The music volume I believe is out of 40 and can be changed outside of that 1-2 second window.

If you use the steering wheel controls, you can see the little bars in your RPM display that show the scale for whichever you are adjusting. (I usually keep my music at 6 and my Apple Maps voice at 8 and never adjust them).

Also I believe within Google Maps there's a setting for the voice to be quiet/medium/loud, so check that in tandem with your car's set volumes.

 

[wagood]

Yep, carplay I set volume to 5-6. There are some older posts about this, for whatever reason it’s normal to be “louder” than the other sources.

And as other person said when it is actively speaking directions you can set the nav volume higher.

 

[Marshy]

To add on the what the others have said - I have found Waze/Google Maps will also lower the volume of the other audio source when giving navigation. It’s not a significant amount, and if you’ve got maps at 5 and music at 14 you won’t notice much other than the music getting a bit quieter.

 

[Frenzal]

To add on the what the others have said - I have found Waze/Google Maps will also lower the volume of the other audio source when giving navigation. It’s not a significant amount, and if you’ve got maps at 5 and music at 14 you won’t notice much other than the music getting a bit quieter.

I think there is a setting for this. Don't remember if it was on the car or cell phone. It was annoying me that the music got lowered every time the nav app would talk.

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