# Volume and brightness

## Volume

The two volume buttons work the same way everywhere. Whatever app is open,
whatever is playing, up is louder and down is quieter.

Each press gives feedback, so a child who cannot read a number still knows the
press registered:

- **A short beep at the new volume.** Your child hears exactly how loud the Pal
  is now. If something is already playing, there is no beep: the sound itself
  gets louder or quieter, and nothing is interrupted.
- **The logo lights up** while the button is held: the top half for louder, the
  bottom half for quieter.
- **Hold a button** to keep going. Going from loudest to quietest takes about
  five seconds.

At the very top or the very bottom, the logo flashes red twice and the Pal
plays a lower "bonk" beep. That means the volume can't go any further. It
isn't an error.

## The volume ceiling

You set a **maximum volume** for the device in the Peko Pal app. Your child's
volume-up button stops at that ceiling rather than at the hardware maximum, so
"all the way up" means whatever you decided it means. Pressing up at the
ceiling gives the same red flash and low beep as the hardware maximum.

This is worth setting deliberately for headphone-free bedrooms and for shared
spaces. It applies to every app, including alarms and incoming calls.

## Brightness

The logo's **maximum brightness** is also set in the Peko Pal app. There is no
brightness button on the device itself — brightness is a comfort setting a
parent chooses once, not something a child adjusts moment to moment.

Turning it well down is the usual choice for a device that sleeps in a bedroom.
The brightness ceiling applies to every light the device shows, including the
night light and the status colors.

## Good to know

- Volume and brightness ceilings are per device, not per child profile.
- The volume level itself is remembered across a power cycle. The ceiling is
  part of the device's configuration and arrives from the Peko Pal app.