Windows 10: How do I regain independent volume control?

Previously, I could set my Bluetooth Headphones volume to its highest with its built-in hardware buttons (Skullycandy - they beep whenever you hit the highest) and set my laptop's master volume to wherever I want. For example, I could set my headphones up to 100% and have the laptop volume at 10 or something, and if I wanted it louder, just turn up the laptop volume.

Now, turning up the Bluetooth hardware volume also turns up my laptop volume, which results in it being too loud or too soft. This means, the max for the laptop is now the max for the headphones. That's not really ideal for me.

I believe this is connected to one of Window's updates. In any case, how do I regain independent volume control?

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volume control error

Hi Akash,

The issue with volume control could have happened due to the corrupted or outdated driver. To resolve your issue, we suggest that you follow the 2 methods below:

Method 1: Run the Audio Troubleshooter on the system.



Windows 10 has a built-in troubleshooter to check and fix issues with Sound. We would suggest you run this troubleshooter to check if the issue is with your Audio



Refer these steps:

• Press Windows key+X, select Control panel.
• Change the view as an option on the top right to Large icons.
• Click on troubleshooting and click on the view all option on the left panel
• Run the playing Audio troubleshooter

Method 2. Uninstall and reinstall the latest drivers from the manufacturer website.

Follow the steps to update the audio drivers:

• Press Windows key + X key and click Device Manager.
• Expand the Sound, Video and game controllers.
• Right-click on the Sound card and click on Uninstall.
• Install the latest audio driver from the manufacturer website.

Let us know the result for us to assist you further.

 

Independent audio volume settings

This is not a very good place for suggestions. Head over to the official user voice forum instead to vote for (and add) suggestions. Here is the 'separate volume' suggestion:

http://windowsphone.uservoice.com/f...-control-ringtone-and-media-volume-separately

 

How do i control Bluetooth speaker volume independently

Once you've set the physical volume buttons on the device whilst controlling it's Master Volume, say 50%, switch back to the PC Master from the Volume flyout......