| iPod Volume (too low!)
Hi!
After a bit of a warm spell here during the winter (not that our winters are ever too cold in the Front Range), I have been driving my ML with the windows down and the sunroof open.
I have noticed that my stereo's volume is woefully inadequate even at the highest setting when playing from the iPod (using the iPod integration kit, of course).
This is not the case when playing from radio or CD, so I do not believe it to be a deficiency in the stock audio system (I did not spring for the HK system much to my chagrin).
Why is this? Can I fix this somehow? Is there a setting to modify the volume from the "Aux Line In" (iPod Integration Kit). I am using the iPod kit, not the regular 3.5mm minijack AUX input (the iPod kit takes the place of that, though, so it is still called AUX).
Do I need to install an amp so I can get the volume I need? I find this very curious given that the output is fine when the volume is even cranked halfway with the CD/Radio, even with the windows all the way down, hell, it will blow out my ear drums at 3/4...but cranked with the iPod it is barely jammable...
HELP ME!
PS--I have tried Sound Check on and off on my iPod with little to no avail...I imagine I could remaster all my music at a higher intrinsic volume level, although that sounds ludicrous given that most of my music is actually ITMS legal music that has been mastered at the same level as the CD version. I have a feeling this has to do with the MB iPod kit not giving the same amount of input levels as the CD/Radio... |