CarPlay ringer volume is painfully loud. It startles you beyond belief when driving.

I figured a way that solves the loud ringing issue. Went to Settings- Sound- to section that says “Ringer and alerts”. I turned that way down.

* You also have to switch the “Change with Buttons” to OFF.

Let me know if this works for you.

Yes, that didn’t work for me either. What did work for me was going to general setting then sounds/haptic then there is a ringer volume slide tool. Mine was defaulted very high. I slid it to about 50% and my Apple play reflected the change.

I was able to solve this. While it was ringing very loudly I used the volume controls in the car to turn it down. Still works even after restarting the car.

This is still an open issue with Apple and they’ve yet to address it all year long. To date there is still no fix to the volume car play issue on 2017 CRV. Apple please help!

I have the same issue. Any time you adjust the volume, it adjust both ringtone and voice together. In normal use, the ringtone should be much louder than voice because we attach the phone to our ear when talking but not when it rings. However, we don’t attach our ear to the panel in car when talking, so the volume discrepancy should be in a different setting.

thats all well an fine but one the ringer volume is adjusted down you can't hear the persons voice on the other end. then one has to turn the volume back up, and when the next call comes in the volume is too loud again!

I have the same issue in my new Volkswagen Passat. None of the things work and when somebody is calling it’s painfully loud even when I turned the volume down while the previous conversation.

Apple should add a separate volume control for CarPlay. It’s dangerous. The ringer is so terrible loud that I feel like I will have a heart attack each time somebody is calling....

******* He’s just looking for a solution. Hands free is safer than phone in hand because you then have two hands on the wheel.

Patrykgr wrote:

I don’t talk on the phone while driving. I am talking through CarPlay/ Bluetooth (hands-free).

That is talking on the phone while driving. Handsfree does not make it any safer. Unless you're calling 911, any calls you're making while driving could wait until you are not driving.

AppleDecatur3 wrote:

Hands free is safer than phone in hand because you then have two hands on the wheel.

No, really, it's not. Your attention is still elsewhere. Here is a nice infographic that explains the problem:

http://www.nsc.org/learn/NSC-Initiatives/Pages/distracted-driving-hands-free-is- not-risk-free-infographic.aspx

No one has to use hands-free. Not even you. If you do use it you are a menace to those around you, as well as yourself and your passengers. You are not the exception who can multi-task while maneuvering a 2 ton threat to human life. No one is.

To be clear. I’m living in Europe and here it’s fully legal to drive and talk using eg CarPlay, ok?! We are not speaking about texting!

I just asked for some advise and you are not helpful.

Perhaps listening to music while driving should be prohibited too because it’s in the same way dangerous like talking through a hands free. Come on!

So people in Europe can do things that are really stupid, because it isn't illegal? That doesn't make it any safer. Last I checked Europeans were human beings, just like the rest of us. And have the same limitations on their ability to multitask safely.

Listening to music is not the same thing, and you know it. You are just rationalizing.

What’s the difference when you have both hands on the steering wheel and you are talking through a built in microphone and listening through your car audio to your caller? It’s like you would listening to a song and singing in the same time. You don’t have the phone in your hands. It’s connected with Bluetooth to your car audio...

I really don’t see any danger in this situation