topic Re: Headphone volume too low in Z Series

Headphone volume too low

Flynny1878 — Sat, 11 Oct 2014 23:35:09 GMT

I have recently purchased the Z3, particularly for its advertised audio features.

Unfortunately, the audio volume does not go loud enough in all 3 sets of headphones I have tried.

Is this normal?

Re: Headphone volume too low

EllePi — Sun, 12 Oct 2014 19:01:55 GMT

What volume do you get, using the loudspeakers?

Re: Headphone volume too low

barabbas — Fri, 24 Oct 2014 16:15:56 GMT

I just got my new Sony xperia Z3 and I am realy upset because the volume when using headphones is set so low that I can just say hear it had I known of this problem before hand I would have stuck with Apple Iphone one verry unhappy Z3 owner I think if Sony does not resolve this problem soon then the phone will die a death

Re: Headphone volume too low

eida33 — Fri, 24 Oct 2014 16:43:13 GMT

I'm sorry to hear you're having issues with your sound quality. Please note that when you use a headphone, make sure you open walkman and increase the volume from there. You will not get this notification if you increase the volume without having the walkman app open. A pop up will say that "going above the volume limit is not safe etc." Make sure that you accept the risk and the volume should increase. Also check the settings in walkman, enable ClearAudio. Finally, make sure the volume on your headphone (if applicable) is the highest.

Good luck.

Re: Headphone volume too low

scarrabri — Sun, 21 Dec 2014 07:08:24 GMT

@eida33 wrote:
I'm sorry to hear you're having issues with your sound quality. Please note that when you use a headphone, make sure you open walkman and increase the volume from there. You will not get this notification if you increase the volume without having the walkman app open. A pop up will say that "going above the volume limit is not safe etc." Make sure that you accept the risk and the volume should increase. Also check the settings in walkman, enable ClearAudio. Finally, make sure the volume on your headphone (if applicable) is the highest.
Good luck.

The volume is much too low and for a phone this expensive i would expect better ,and there is no notification
allowing one to increase the volume when up full like there used to be ,and quite honestly the decision should be mine on how low or high the volume should be ,and there is still time to send this phone back ,which might act as a wake up call for Sony ,best wishes Brian.

Re: Headphone volume too low

SergioPL1 — Sun, 21 Dec 2014 19:24:42 GMT

If volume at 100% is low for you I would immediately consult a doctor. Volume output using normal headphones is quite high and as said above with security Check at quite low level.

Re: Headphone volume too low

Zaiaku — Mon, 22 Dec 2014 06:17:03 GMT

I've been having the same issues with headphone volume aswell. Its nowhere near what it should be for this phone. All of the clear auido and other settings for this phone that is suspose to make it better, dont. It just lowers the volume further. I made a comparision with my old phone, a Motorola Atrix HD, using the same song bluetoothed from one phone to the other so it would be the same file. The motorola has a higher max then the Z3 has. And its the same with both sets of headphones I own. Im a metalhead so sound AND volume are important...So far the Z3 only has the first. Is there a way to make this louder? and no, its not that I cant hear it, I just want it loud enough to drown out EVERYTHING. The Z3's dBs dont go high enough at 100%

Re: Headphone volume too low

Lord_viridis — Tue, 23 Dec 2014 10:40:46 GMT

Not had a problem with volume myself, make sure dynamic normaliser is turned on.

Re: Headphone volume too low

SergioPL1 — Tue, 23 Dec 2014 22:35:26 GMT

Playing really loud for longer periods of time can be dangerous. Maybe you should try noise cancelling headphones? They cut environment better (but not everything to be honest).

Re: Headphone volume too low

Zaiaku — Wed, 24 Dec 2014 07:47:13 GMT

The dynamic normalizer drops the volume further. So does clear auido..
Also, they are noise cancelling but when a 3 year old phone beats the new one hands down, somethings very wrong.

Re: Headphone volume too low

madmax_ — Tue, 07 Apr 2015 15:29:00 GMT

check the Settings-> Sounds -> Volumes, the one with the speaker icon, see if its all the way up.

having same issue with my xperia Z. don't know what happen, it was fine before. but with changing headphone there's a big difference so far. is it the handsfree? i really love the walkman experience but something went wrong.

Re: Headphone volume too low

bestclass — Tue, 14 Apr 2015 20:00:30 GMT

You can increase the speaker volume yourself, it is very simple..

1)Download MTK Engineer app from market

2)open and select Engineer Mode(MTK)

3)slide twice to left to rech Hardware Testing

4)select audio

5)and select Head set Mode

6Here you will find Max Volume Value , Change this to 145 or 150 do not increase more than 150

7) press set and say ok to pop up saying volume increased now (DO NOT MAKE ANY OTHER CHANGES ... CAUTION: MAKE A NOTE OF THE DEFAULT VALUE BEFORE YOU MAKE THESE CHANGES SO THAT YOU CAN GO BACK TO DEFAULT SETTING WHENEVER REQUIRED)

8)EXIT THE APP AND RESTART YOUR PHONE

9) HOPE THIS HELPS ..THANKS

FOLLOW THIS LINK FOR REFRENCE :http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2248396

Re: Headphone volume too low

dontpanic — Sat, 03 Oct 2015 10:30:33 GMT

This does not work on my Z3 Compact, Engineer Mode(MTK) does not show. Any toughts on how to enable Engineer Mode(MTK) on Z3 Compact?

Re: Headphone volume too low

Manali1 — Tue, 18 Oct 2016 07:10:56 GMT

Turn off TTY mode in settungs and the volume will be raised.

Re: Headphone volume too low

topwik — Thu, 05 Jan 2017 20:58:32 GMT

whoa is this possible for the z5 compact as well?

i noticed when playing music through the auxiliarry in my car, the volume level is lower than expected and I have to turn the car stereo volume up more than I would when I was using an iphone.

however,

apparently it might also be dependent on the music player app of choice

Re: Headphone volume too low

Keeno07 — Mon, 04 Sep 2017 09:46:32 GMT

Did you manage to get a fix for this please.

Re: Headphone volume too low

dyininside — Tue, 12 Sep 2017 00:30:06 GMT

@bestclass

@bestclass wrote:
You can increase the speaker volume yourself, it is very simple..
1)Download MTK Engineer app from market
2)open and select Engineer Mode(MTK)
3)slide twice to left to rech Hardware Testing
4)select audio
5)and select Head set Mode
6Here you will find Max Volume Value , Change this to 145 or 150 do not increase more than 150
7) press set and say ok to pop up saying volume increased now (DO NOT MAKE ANY OTHER CHANGES ... CAUTION: MAKE A NOTE OF THE DEFAULT VALUE BEFORE YOU MAKE THESE CHANGES SO THAT YOU CAN GO BACK TO DEFAULT SETTING WHENEVER REQUIRED)
8)EXIT THE APP AND RESTART YOUR PHONE
9) HOPE THIS HELPS ..THANKS
FOLLOW THIS LINK FOR REFRENCE :http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2248396

That really helped!

Re: Headphone volume too low

Reyter — Sun, 12 Nov 2017 01:08:32 GMT

Nonsense. Thgere is nothing wrong with my hearing but the vulme when using headphone on the Z3 was too low and now with the XZ, it's still too low. On a busy street, it's pretty much useless.

Re: Headphone volume too low

SquareNexus — Sun, 10 Jun 2018 22:31:15 GMT

It's funny. It's now 2018 and this is a thing with my Xperia L1. A phone for £40 would have better volume. The hilarious factor is I have high qaulity headphones meaning when it is loud to a 70% volume it's very clear and you generally can enjoy it. But on this phone, it's like £119 for 30% of the original £40 Phone Volume at most. Meaning on a normal Phone 30% - 40% Volume is what equates 100% on the Xperia. - There's playing it safe, then there is playing it too safe.