How to mute my PS4 controller from the quick menu?

One of the most important devices on consoles is the controller. This analog peripheral facilitates  mobility in games  on the PlayStation. They usually have a very distinctive feature, and that is that they can cause a sound or vibration when we are playing.

This vibration or sound, which is emitted by the PlayStation controls, has always been present in these gaming equipment. With them we can feel a little more the emotion of the game. However, many people are bothered by the sound that it can make. For this, we are here, to solve and teach you how to silence the control of your PS4.

How to mute my PS4 CONTROLLER from the quick menu or settings

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1. How to set up a shortcut to mute your PS4 controller?
2. How to enter the configuration of the controller and silence it?
3. How to also disable vibration and lights while using the controller?
4. What is the way to connect the sound with headphones to your controller?
   1. What to do if they are not recognized?

How to set up a shortcut to mute your PS4 controller?

The new controls that the new PlayStation consoles  have have a characteristic of having a small speaker in their record. This was done, in order to give a sound effect and catch the player’s attention. But the truth is this can be silenced, as well as deactivating the vibration of the control.

• To do this, you can press the PS button on your controllerand go to Control Center.
• Within it, select the Sound option.
• Then, press the option to enable the sound button on the controller.
• In this way, you can activate and deactivate the sound of the control whenever you want. Pressing the mute button, it will be indicating you with a blink on the button when it is deactivated.

How to enter the configuration of the controller and silence it?

In other alternatives, you can go into the settings and mute the controller . Within these options that you will have at your disposal, you can enter this Control Center and turn off the console without the remote or with the remote .

• To enter the control center. You will have to press and hold the PS button on the controller, the Control Center will be opening.
• From this panel, go to ‘Sound’. Here all the options will be located, you will select ‘Volume Control’.
• This is where the volume options of the remote will be located. You will only have to reduce the volume to your personal taste.

How to also disable vibration and lights while using the controller?

With the advent of this console came better controls. In this way, it can be seen that this new DualShock controller is more powerful and has a better vibration in the lighting system. However, with these new devices came better options , such as connecting the PS4 controller to the computer.

But in this way, these new additions brought disadvantages to the command. One of them is that they download faster than normal, since they use more energy to keep this vibration and lights active at all times. Hence the need to disable these options, to reduce power consumption.

• If you want to disable the option you must go to ‘ settings’ of the console. In this way, you will search for ‘Devices’ and in the menu that will appear, you will go to ‘Controllers’.
• In this window that will be displayed, you can uncheck the ‘Vibration’ box. With this, it will not be applied when you are playing.
• Similarly, by following the steps, you’ll scroll down to the bottom of the options, and look for ‘ Dualshock 4 Light Bar Brightness’.
• Here, you will be able to adjust the light that the controller emits when you are playing. This light cannot be turned off completely. That is why, by selecting the ‘Dim’ option, you can dim the remote’s Led lights.

What is the way to connect the sound with headphones to your controller?

If you don’t want your controller to make so much noise, you can connect headphones to it. In a very innovative way, linking these two devices together to work together in some way. For this, the control of the new PlayStation has an input to connect the headphones. In this way, listen more carefully, the sound of the game.

All this, you can do from the comfort of the quick menu of the console. To do this, you must press the PS button , go to the Sound / Devices option and select ‘Headphone output’. From these options, you can adjust the sound of the command, which will be heard through the headphones.

What to do if they are not recognized?

However, today, wired headphones are rarely used. With the advent of Bluetooth hearing aids, this method has become more practical than using the old and annoying cable. To do so, you can go into the Console settings, and go into Bluetooth to pair the two devices .

• First, enter the ‘Settings’ of the Consoleand then devices.
• Next to this, you will have to turn on the Bluetooth headphones. They will be appearing on the screen.
• Select to begin pairing between the two teams. It only remains to wait for the process to finish.

But in very particular cases, normal wired headphones, such as Bluetooth, do not work or are not recognized. This is due to a misconfiguration in the sound settings options, such as Change Audio output . It is an example, which can affect the use of headphones in relation to the sound we hear.