Turn Mazda Services Off or Back On
ScreenTune can stop Mazda Connect services your car doesn’t use, which frees memory for the screen and your phone connection. A service is turned off only when you select it, or when your vehicle profile shows the car lacks the hardware it serves. Everything else keeps running.
Turn a service back on, or off, after you buy
Section titled “Turn a service back on, or off, after you buy”To bring back a service such as SiriusXM, or turn off another one:
- In My ScreenTune, open Change features and go to Setup.
- Find the service under Mazda services you don’t use:
- Under Turned off for your Mazda, select Customize, then tap the service to keep it running. Use recommended puts the list back.
- Under Also available to turn off, clear its Turn off choice to keep it running, or select it to turn the service off.
- Continue through Add-ons and select Review update. Your changes lists each service as Turn off … or Keep … running. Request the package (add or change ScreenTune features).
- In the car, choose UPDATE, or REPAIR if the prompt shows the version you already have.
New orders make the same choices on the Setup step of the configurator.
Two lists on the Setup step
Section titled “Two lists on the Setup step”The section Mazda services you don’t use shows a running total of the memory freed.
- Turned off for your Mazda lists what ScreenTune turns off for this vehicle: software for hardware the car does not have, and Stitcher, which has shut down. Open Customize and tap any item you want ScreenTune to leave running.
- Also available to turn off lists the remaining services. Each one is turned off only if you select its Turn off choice.
What each service does and what keeps working
Section titled “What each service does and what keeps working”Memory figures are the most each service used on our test unit.
| Service | Turning it off stops | Keeps working | Memory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mazda’s built-in Pandora | Pandora in Mazda’s Applications menu | The Pandora phone app over Bluetooth, CarPlay, and Android Auto | ~6.3 MB |
| Mazda’s built-in SiriusXM | The satellite-radio tile and receiver, plus SiriusXM Traffic and Travel Link weather in Mazda navigation | The SiriusXM phone app over Bluetooth, CarPlay, and Android Auto | ~46.0 MB |
| Mazda’s built-in Aha | Aha in Mazda’s Applications menu | Pandora and phone audio | ~6.9 MB |
| Mazda voice commands | Mazda’s own voice-command button and its speech process | Siri and Google Assistant through CarPlay and Android Auto | ~8.0 MB |
| DAB digital radio | The factory DAB source used in some countries | FM/AM, Bluetooth, USB audio, and phone apps | ~5.5 MB |
| Stitcher | The Stitcher integration. Stitcher shut down in 2023. | Everything else | ~5.8 MB |
| Mazda maps and compass | Mazda’s map, compass, and navigation helpers | CarPlay and Android Auto maps, which still get the car’s GPS position | ~16.2 MB |
Aha, Pandora, and Stitcher share helper software. Turning off both Aha and Stitcher can also stop a helper of up to about 5.3 MB, and turning off both Pandora and Stitcher another of up to about 7.4 MB.
Keep Mazda navigation if the car relies on it
Section titled “Keep Mazda navigation if the car relies on it”Mazda maps and compass reads: “Leave on if your car has traffic sign recognition or Active Driving Display.” Turning it off affects more than the map:
- Traffic sign recognition depends on Mazda navigation on equipped cars, even when you use CarPlay or Android Auto for directions. Keep navigation on and its SD card inserted if you use the traffic sign display. Mazda documents this in the MX-5 personalization settings, footnote 3 and the 2022 MX-5 owner’s manual.
- Active Driving Display brightness, height, and saved driver positions are controlled by Mazda navigation on cars that have it.
- The compass goes away, including the instrument-cluster compass that Touch while moving otherwise keeps working.
- The clock still sets itself from GPS but no longer follows time zone or daylight saving changes. Set both under Settings → Clock, as on a car without the navigation SD card.
CD, DVD, and TV software stays unless the hardware is absent
Section titled “CD, DVD, and TV software stays unless the hardware is absent”Software for a factory CD player, DVD player, or TV tuner is not on the list of services you can turn off. ScreenTune turns it off only when your vehicle profile shows the car does not have that hardware, and then it appears under Turned off for your Mazda. When the hardware is present or uncertain, it stays.
ScreenTune also leaves alone the fuel economy screens, vehicle status, maintenance reminders, car settings, dealer diagnostics, traffic, the music database, and spoken directions.
Check the result
Section titled “Check the result”Services do not appear under Applications → Miatafy → WHAT’S INSTALLED. To see what your package turns off, open Change features in My ScreenTune: Setup shows the current choices.
On the car, a service you turned off no longer starts. A service you kept, or turned back on, works as it does on a stock car. If one you kept is not working, insert the ScreenTune USB and choose REPAIR (repair ScreenTune). If that does not fix it, see a feature is missing.
What REMOVE restores
Section titled “What REMOVE restores”REMOVE restores the startup configuration saved at the first ScreenTune installation, so every service ScreenTune stopped loads again. See remove ScreenTune.