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CarPlay connection turns my car radio off

Every time I get in my car and my phone connects to CarPlay, it turns off the car radio (ie the radio station I was listening to stops playing - the car media screen is still on). There's no media playing on my phone.


How can I get CarPlay to connect (so I can use my phone's maps), but leave the car's radio playing?


I can just switch back to the car's menu and turn the radio back on, but I don't want the radio to be turned off in the first place.


Any ideas?


I found something that said I can use an automation to do this (along the lines of: when the phone connects to CarPlay, pause media on the phone), but this doesn't work for me.


Thanks

iPhone 12 Pro, iOS 16

Posted on Dec 4, 2022 9:49 AM

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Posted on Dec 6, 2022 2:15 PM

Hi paulym666,


When connecting to a CarPlay enabled stereo, it is expected for the audio system to swap over to the iPhone.


If you'd like to see tweaks to this, we can recommend submitting feedback here: Feedback - iPhone - Apple


Take care.

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