Volume control on headphones not working

[dpoverlord]

Question, the volume control on every headphone I have tried does not work with the note 3... am I doing something wrong.

Kef M200 ($199.99 headphoneS)
Iphone 5

The click for play/pause works, but the volume buttons fail to work. What am I doing wrong?

 

[Ryandroid86]

Question, the volume control on every headphone I have tried does not work with the note 3... am I doing something wrong.

Kef M200 ($199.99 headphoneS)
Iphone 5

The click for play/pause works, but the volume buttons fail to work. What am I doing wrong?

you arent doing anything wrong...
Not all Headphone jacks are created equal.
It obviously wont work on your note 3
I have heard that Beats have better luck at working since they actually build things for Android.
(or the stock samsung headphones will work for sure)

 

[kj11]

I know this doesn't really help you, but I'm using the headphones that came with my galaxy S3 and the volume control works fine...

Posted using my Galaxy Note 3 via Android Central App

 

[CR6]

As these guys pointed out, not all headphones are compatible with all smartphones. (regardless of what the packaging may say) Try another pair of headphones and/or the stock earbuds in order to determine it's actually a headphone issue, and not a phone/hardware issue.
Good luck!

tap'n

 

[Clovis3321]

No iPhone headset will work with an Android device due to the fact that Apple owns the patent for the electrical signals that the headsets send. (I believe that are 0 and 20 ohms, but I'm not sure) The android framework has a small, but annoying, line of code that instructs it to ignore all signals on this voltage. Blame apple for that one.

 

[Kods]

Apple is using a different standard headset wiring compare to Android. Yo may be brought one made for Apple. See more details here.
Apple Headphone is Not Working On Android or Windows Phone