Anyone else having this issue? If I turn the volume up to more than about 2/3rds music becomes a muddied mess of distortion. I have tried multiple aux cables and same thing on all of them. The issue doesn't seem to happen on my M50s. This also doesn't happen with any other phone in my car.
Posted Jul 21, 2014, 7:46 PM UTC
I have similar issues, although the distortion is sporadic and it doesn't seem to happen while music is actually playing, just every other time. I think the lower ports on the phone were poorly manufactered because the USB charging port also has issues for a lot of people.
I'm going to end up buying a Bluetooth-Aux device so I'll just start using that for my music streaming. Sucks, but I love everything else about the device so I can live with it.
keep your phone volume at 100%, and adjust the volume using the car's stereo controls.
That's actually where I'm having the issue though. My car's volume can be barely up but if the phone is higher than 2/3rds it's distorted.
This is horrible advice. This is exact thing that causes the problem.
It just has to do with the voltage from the headphone amp. It isn't a straight audio out like say an optical cable on your home receiver. Since it is variable, some equipment may distort as you turn the volume up on the phone. The tip I give everyone is to plug in the phone and leave your vehicle stereo at the same volume it was on when it was on fm. Then adjust the phone volume until it is about the same as the fm station was. That is where you should leave your phone volume and adjust the stereo volume to get the loudness you want.
This isn't an issue with the phone. It just comes with the ropes when you start compacting audio components. Ideally these things would have both a headphone jack and a dedicated line out. I remember when iPhone car chargers used to also include a lineout from the 30 pin connector.
Here is the Wikipedia article that may describe it better than I did. http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Line_level
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This is essentially what I've had to do. Thanks though