Low sound when I use headphones to my iPad

When I connect my headphones to my iPad I can only hear the music very low in the background. Almost totally silent.
Even if I change the volume there is no difference. I see the volumebar change, but the sound will not be any higher.
When I disconnect the headphones I can hear the music again and the volumebar is working as it should.
What should I do?

First check that your headphones work in another device to be sure there isn't a problem with them.
Check to see if this is an issue only with music. Do you have the same problem watching videos?
If only for music, check to be sure you haven't enabled Volume Limiting by looking in Settings > Music > Volume Limit. If it's on, turn it off.

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