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Old May 8, 2015 | 03:54 PM
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Just got a new Jensen VX7020 Head Unit as part of a new Kee Audio Package (I still have the stock Monsoon amp though) and am wondering how I should work the volume between the Head Unit and my phone while on Bluetooth.

I play most of my music/podcasts via my Galaxy S5 and can control the volume from the phone and the head unit separately. Where do you guys usually set the volume for the phone? Should I put the phone volume all the way up or at about 50% and have the head unit compensate? I currently run with it at about 75% phone volume. The head unit clips a little (about once a song or every other) while playing music on Bluetooth and I'm wondering if I have the phone volume set wrong. The clipping could just be the spotty nature of bluetooth connections too. Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
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phone volume at MAX on EVERYTHING being sent to the headunit.
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Bluetooth audio sucks! you will get much better quality audio running the aux cable. The stock amp is decent as long as you replace the crappy stock 14 yr old speakers.
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Originally Posted by Cpt.Derrek
Bluetooth audio sucks! you will get much better quality audio running the aux cable. The stock amp is decent as long as you replace the crappy stock 14 yr old speakers.
he's talking phone calls on this which needs to use the bluetooth and while I agree things are better wired, lets remember he has a JENSEN HU and if he uses the phone for music too then bluetooth is the better option otherwise he would have to disconnect the wire on every call and then plug it back in after.
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Old May 8, 2015 | 06:33 PM
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Originally Posted by Daniel Richards
he's talking phone calls on this which needs to use the bluetooth and while I agree things are better wired, lets remember he has a JENSEN HU and if he uses the phone for music too then bluetooth is the better option otherwise he would have to disconnect the wire on every call and then plug it back in after.
Exactly correct, thanks. I've discovered that the clipping issue I was having is as a result of a bug in my Galaxy S5. I've fixed that and will now attempt to use max volume on the phone for playing music. Why is max volume preferred? Is it so the head unit doesn't have to compensate for the quiet source audio?
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Originally Posted by pacorocco6
Exactly correct, thanks. I've discovered that the clipping issue I was having is as a result of a bug in my Galaxy S5. I've fixed that and will now attempt to use max volume on the phone for playing music. Why is max volume preferred? Is it so the head unit doesn't have to compensate for the quiet source audio?
Strongest source signal going into the radio so the radio has to put less effort into boosting it, but mainly thats where you need to be to come close to matching the volume level of radio or CD, so IF you switch you don't get blown away by how much louder the other audio sources are.
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You the man. Thanks for answering my questions.
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Originally Posted by Daniel Richards
he's talking phone calls on this which needs to use the bluetooth and while I agree things are better wired, lets remember he has a JENSEN HU and if he uses the phone for music too then bluetooth is the better option otherwise he would have to disconnect the wire on every call and then plug it back in after.
Oh haha my bad. Yeah you're right
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Ive always found that turning my phone up all the way gives me shitty quality, I usually back it down two clicks of the volume button and then use my head unit to control volume on all of my cars
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