No FM while your phone connects.
Start the car before CarPlay or Android Auto is ready and nothing plays. There's no Reconnecting screen and no fallback timer.
Mazda radio turns on by itself? Keep it off.
Mazda Connect switches to FM when your phone or USB stick isn't connected yet. ScreenTune keeps the car quiet until your audio comes back.
ScreenTune from $69. One-time purchase. No radio auto-play is included and needs ScreenTune 1.2.0 or later.
The car waits for your phone. The radio stays off.
With No radio auto-play, Mazda Connect keeps waiting for CarPlay, Android Auto, USB, or Bluetooth audio instead of switching to FM after the timeout.
Your audio picks up where it left off.
When the phone or USB stick connects, its audio starts as usual.
Stop muting before you park.
You no longer need to turn the volume to zero or switch sources before every shutdown to avoid FM at the next start.
FM and AM are still there.
Pick the radio from the source list any time and it plays as before.
Mazda remembers the last source. FM is the fallback.
At startup, or when a source disconnects, Mazda Connect waits for that source to come back: about 60 seconds for CarPlay, Android Auto, and USB, and 60 to 90 seconds for Bluetooth audio. If it doesn't, the car switches to the last radio station. Once FM is playing, it is also the source the car remembers at shutdown, so the next start begins on FM straight away.
Read exactly what changes on the carAdd it during setup. Install from USB.
No radio auto-play is an optional ScreenTune feature, off unless you add it. Install a 1.2.0 or later package to use it.
Buy, then set up your car.
After checkout, enter your VIN and confirm your firmware. Select No radio auto-play on the add-ons step. It's free.
Install your package.
Use your configured ScreenTune USB package. Afterward, Applications → Miatafy → What's installed lists “Radio doesn't turn itself on.”
Start the car quietly.
Listen to your phone, switch the car off, and start it again with the phone disconnected. The radio stays off until the phone connects.
Check your Mazda. Know the edge cases.
The installer checks the firmware on your car before it changes anything.
Find your firmware versionSettings → System → About → Version Information
See supported vehicles Can I still listen to the radio?
Yes. FM and AM stay in the source list. Choosing either one, or pressing the entertainment control when no other source is available, plays the radio as before.
Will the radio ever still come on by itself?
In a few cases. Removing a source through the Mazda Connect menu, such as ejecting a CD, can still fall back to the radio. If Android Auto ends its own audio session, Mazda Connect may switch to the radio. And if FM is the source your car remembers today, the first start after installing still plays FM.
What happens when I unplug CarPlay while driving?
The audio stays off. The stock software switches straight to the previous source or the radio. When CarPlay reconnects, its audio starts as usual.
Does it work with factory wireless CarPlay?
Yes. Mazda saves FM as the last source at shutdown when an iPhone was playing Bluetooth audio. With this option the car saves CarPlay’s own no-audio state instead, so the next start is quiet and wireless CarPlay still connects.
Does it cost extra?
No. No radio auto-play is included with ScreenTune and is off until you add it. It needs ScreenTune 1.2.0 or later.
I already own ScreenTune. How do I add it?
In My ScreenTune, open Change features, add No radio auto-play on the Add-ons step, and install the updated package. Remove it the same way to restore the stock behavior.
Keep the radio off with ScreenTune.
Add No radio auto-play to your package. Your car starts quiet and plays your phone when it connects.
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