Disable phone volume control missing

[TrophyWife]

I have the latest Wiim Home app version. I cannot find this at all under Device Settings. Android version:

To disable phone volume sync (so your phone buttons only control the phone’s own volume):1. Open the **WiiM Home app**.2. Go to **Device Settings** for your WiiM device.3. Navigate to **Audio** or **Volume Settings**.4. Look for options such as **“Volume Sync,” “Remote Volume Control,” or “Phone Volume Control.”**5. Disable this option and save.After this, your phone’s volume buttons will no longer change the WiiM device volume .

 

[slartibartfast]

I have the latest Wiim Home app version. I cannot find this at all under Device Settings. Android version:

To disable phone volume sync (so your phone buttons only control the phone’s own volume):1. Open the **WiiM Home app**.2. Go to **Device Settings** for your WiiM device.3. Navigate to **Audio** or **Volume Settings**.4. Look for options such as **“Volume Sync,” “Remote Volume Control,” or “Phone Volume Control.”**5. Disable this option and save.After this, your phone’s volume buttons will no longer change the WiiM device volume .

Where did you find those instructions?

 

[TrophyWife]

When you search in the forums for posts, it gives you an AI response first. This was from the AI response.

 

[hgo58]

I have the latest Wiim Home app version. I cannot find this at all under Device Settings. Android version:

To disable phone volume sync (so your phone buttons only control the phone’s own volume):1. Open the **WiiM Home app**.2. Go to **Device Settings** for your WiiM device.3. Navigate to **Audio** or **Volume Settings**.4. Look for options such as **“Volume Sync,” “Remote Volume Control,” or “Phone Volume Control.”**5. Disable this option and save.After this, your phone’s volume buttons will no longer change the WiiM device volume .

In the WiiM Home App, go to "More" - "App Preferences" - "Allow playback on lock screen".

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faq.wiimhome.com

 

[TrophyWife]

I have that enabled and have the player on the lock screen. What I want is to disassociate the phone's volume buttons from the volume of the app.

The problem is if some other media plays on my phone and I need to adjust the volume of that media, the app volume also changes. The AI response implies that I can separate those.

When I originally installed the app a year or so ago, it was like this by default. Something changed and I would like it to go back to the way it was.

 

[slartibartfast]

I have that enabled and have the player on the lock screen. What I want is to disassociate the phone's volume buttons from the volume of the app.

The problem is if some other media plays on my phone and I need to adjust the volume of that media, the app volume also changes. The AI response implies that I can separate those.

When I originally installed the app a year or so ago, it was like this by default. Something changed and I would like it to go back to the way it was.

Try disabling "Allow Playback on lock screen". That stops the WiiM app interfering with other apps.

 

[TrophyWife]

That worked. A bit unintuitive.Thanks for the trick. Cheers!

 

[SinanH]

Well I'd like to keep the playback on lock screen (so I also get media controls in the notification panel too), but want separate volume controls for WiiM and local media. Like DLNA or Chromecast players do: a separate channel appears on the volume mixer. It's really annoying to have the phone and WiiM volumes synced and I really don't see the logic behind it

 

[slartibartfast]

Well I'd like to keep the playback on lock screen (so I also get media controls in the notification panel too), but want separate volume controls for WiiM and local media. Like DLNA or Chromecast players does: a separate channel appears on the volume mixer. It's really annoying to have the phone and WiiM volumes synced and I really don't see the logic behind it

There isn't any logic behind it. It never has worked properly.

 

[Wiimer]

Well I'd like to keep the playback on lock screen (so I also get media controls in the notification panel too), but want separate volume controls for WiiM and local media. Like DLNA or Chromecast players does: a separate channel appears on the volume mixer. It's really annoying to have the phone and WiiM volumes synced and I really don't see the logic behind it

I thought I could only control the WiiM volume from my phone when the WiiM app was in the foreground. On your phone, can you control the volume even after closing the WiiM app?

 

[SinanH]

On your phone, can you control the volume even after closing the WiiM app?

Yeah, if 'playback on lock screen' is ticked, and volume buttons are set to media controls in android Audio settings, they annoyingly control both phone and WiiM volume from anywhere, except when WiiM app is on the foreground.

 

[Wiimer]

Yeah, if 'playback on lock screen' is ticked, and volume buttons are set to media controls in android Audio settings, they annoyingly control both phone and WiiM volume from anywhere, except when WiiM app is on the foreground.

Thanks. I use Spotify, so I don't have that issue. But when I tried it on YouTube Music, I was able to reproduce the issue.