Turn down the volume of built-in speaker before playing music

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Turn down the volume of built-in speaker before playing music

So I was wondering if there was any way to turn down the volume of the built in speaker prior to playing music/video. I imagine that if I'm REALLY quick and pause the action, I can turn it down, but I'd rather not have to race against time.

The context for this, is the desire to show someone else video on the iPhone (say a National Geographic video podcast) without the audio blasting forth.

Any ideas?

iMac, Mac OS X (10.4.10)

Posted on Oct 18, 2007 2:20 PM

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Answer 1

Mike Kelley

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Oct 18, 2007 3:29 PM in response to gar1013

Welcome to the forums.

Any ideas at all? Well, plugging in the earbuds or any earphones will route the audio away from the speaker, so perhaps that is the safest bet.

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gar1013 Author

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Oct 18, 2007 3:38 PM in response to Mike Kelley

Well, I figure that is one route, but seeing as I don't typically carry earbuds with me, I need some other solution.

This, along with video podcast playing only when you access them as "Video", and the Yahoo push issues are the only thing that mar the experience in my opinion. Otherwise, I'm enjoying the phone -- often using it when it'd be easier to just use the computer in front of me to accomplish the same thing.

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Oct 18, 2007 4:02 PM in response to gar1013

Not sure I'm understanding the question. When you're playing video/music, touch the screen and there's a seperate volume control for video/music..I have mine set fairly low compared with my phone ringtone or phone speaker volume and it works just fine.

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gar1013 Author

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Oct 18, 2007 4:10 PM in response to Steve Hodson

Right, but I want to access that BEFORE the music/video starts playing. As it stands now, I start playing something and it's a race against time to turn down the volume to the level I want it at. Sometimes I'm successful, other times not.

I'd like to be able to turn down the volume for the music/video, and THEN play whatever clip I'm looking to play.

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Oct 18, 2007 4:27 PM in response to gar1013

So you're saying the phone doesn't remember the previous setting you had it at and jumps up or something...?

..or you want to hit play and have it not play so you can adjust the volume first...sorry can't help if that's the case. It kind of doesn't make sense from a UI perspective, when I press play or start a video I want it to play....different strokes for different folks tho 😀

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gar1013 Author

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Oct 18, 2007 4:26 PM in response to Steve Hodson

I'm not sure if it does all the time. Today it seems to have remembered the setting. Beyond it remembering the setting, I'd like to be able to adjust it so that I can set it appropriate to my current situation, not the situation the last time I played it.

Never seemed to be an issue with my ipod nano, but that's because it didn't have an internal speaker.

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Answer 7

Nov 13, 2007 8:26 PM in response to gar1013

How about always turning the volume down at the end of viewing a video? That way the next time you start a video you know it won't be too loud for the situation.

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