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Old Jun 3, 2017 | 06:48 PM
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Hi was hoping someone can answer a question i have Aquatic media player focal amp and focal 4 ohms speakers when i bluethooth music from my phone i can turn Aquatic to about 30 on volume dial before its pretty loud but when i have FM on i can only turn up to about 15 before its loud.One time i for got the volume was up and put FM on i thought i blew my speakers at 30 on volume it was distorting really bad.Thanks for the help
 
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Old Jun 3, 2017 | 09:44 PM
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What's the volume on your phone or Bluetooth platform?? Had a bud that thought he blew out all his speakers but he actually had his devise volume at 1 click.

Just one of several possible troubleshooting ideas.

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Biketronics does me well...
That went way over my head bro!

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my phone is set to 15 which is highest volume and my aquatic at 30 on volume if i switch to radio its distorting and i have to turn aquatic down to like 15
 
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my phone is set to 15 which is highest volume and my aquatic at 30 on volume if i switch to radio its distorting and i have to turn aquatic down to like 15
Strange. Have you tried a different Bluetooth source just for the hell of it?

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Old Jun 4, 2017 | 06:12 AM
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Originally Posted by harley7316
Hi was hoping someone can answer a question i have Aquatic media player focal amp and focal 4 ohms speakers when i bluethooth music from my phone i can turn Aquatic to about 30 on volume dial before its pretty loud but when i have FM on i can only turn up to about 15 before its loud.One time i for got the volume was up and put FM on i thought i blew my speakers at 30 on volume it was distorting really bad.Thanks for the help
What source and what method did you use setting the amplifier gains?
 
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Bluetooth transmission is sent with a totally different compression rate than how fm is received.
Simple solution is control your volume with your aquatic head unit.
Also make sure you don't have any eq set on the phone for the Bluetooth.
As gann asked, who set the HU and amp gains? You may want to grab you a 1khz tone and set your gains properly to match the speakers.
What specific HU, amp and speakers are you running?
 
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Is the max volume as in actual sound the same between the two at 15 and 30? If so, it's just one source is playing louder than the other. Could be your phone, the BT connection etc. This happens with FM, CD, different download types onto a USB, etc.
 
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