Xiaomi smartphone owners often face situations where even the minimum volume seems excessive, especially when listening to music or watching videos at night, when it is necessary to observe silence, but standard system settings do not allow the sound level to lower below a certain threshold.
The problem lies in the logic of MIUI and HyperOS, where the volume scale is broken down into fixed steps, and the first step is often too loud. Fortunately, the company's engineers have provided hidden tools and software methods to get around this limitation and achieve comfortable sound.
In this guide, we will take a look at all the available methods, from basic interface settings to advanced methods through the engineering menu, learn how to turn off absolute volume for Bluetooth headphones and what commands will help reduce the sound level in the media player to a minimum.
Standard methods of volume control in the interface
The first thing you need to do is to examine the standard control panel in detail. On Redmi and Poco smartphones, the volume slider has several independent channels, and often confusion arises because the type of sound is not regulated that is needed at the moment.
Click any of the physical volume buttons on the side of the case. When the scale appears on the screen, tap the three-point or arrows down to open the extended menu. Here you will see individual sliders for multimedia, call, alarm and notifications. It is important to make sure that you are omitting the Multimedia slider, because it is responsible for the sound in YouTube, games and players.
Some versions of MIUI include a button change feature that allows you to reassign the action of the side keys. If it is activated, short presses can change the volume of the call, and long presses can change the volume of the media, or vice versa. Check this setting in Settings → Sound and vibration → Volume, so that the control becomes intuitive.
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Use the Control Panel widget on your desktop for quick access to volume sliders without using physical buttons.
Using the equalizer and Dolby Atmos for fine tuning
The system equalizer is a powerful tool that is often ignored, although it allows not only frequency changes but also the overall output volume. Xiaomi smartphones often preinstalled Dolby Atmos or Mi Sound Enhancer's own equalizer, which have their own gain levels.
Go to the audio settings and find the Dolby Atmos or Mi Sound Enhancer section. If you have Auto or Dynamic mode on, try switching to User mode. In manual mode, you can not only lower the frequency sliders, but also find a common volume master slider that cuts the peak signal values, making the sound quieter even at the maximum position of the system regulator.
⚠️ Attention: If you lower the frequencies in the equalizer, the sound can become deaf and indistinct. It is better to lower all the sliders evenly than to twist them selectively to zero.
Also worth paying attention to is the Monoaudio function, which in some cases changes the channel mixing algorithm, which can subjectively be perceived as a change in volume. Check how switching this setting affects your situation in the Settings section → Advanced Settings → Special Options → Hearing.
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Solving the problem with Bluetooth headphones (absolute volume)
A separate and very common problem is the volume dissynchronization of the smartphone and wireless headphones, and it's often the phone has a minimum twisted and the headphones are still very loud, because of the Absolute Volume feature, which links the levels of the devices.
To break this link and be able to adjust the sound independently, you need to activate the developer menu. → On the phone and press quickly 7-10 once on the line “Version” MIUI" or "Version". OS", The message is, “You’ve become a developer".
Then go to Settings → Advanced Settings → Developer. On the long list, find Disable Absolute Volume. If the switch is active, turn it off, if it's off, turn it on. After that, make sure to reconnect the Bluetooth device.