How to disable radio when audio is on?

[bobbobman]

Today, my Mach E has suddenly decided to play the radio whenever another audio source is not connected. So, whenever my CarPlay loses connection, I suddenly get a blast of random radio music or static and when CarPlay reconnects, I have to manually tap play on the Spotify or Audible or whatever app to get it to stop. It happens when I’ve sat for too long without anything else playing too.
The weird thing is that, until today, it didn’t do that. If nothing else was playing, the audio system stayed silent so I know it’s possible. This new behavior is super irritating and I never ever listen to radio. Is there a way for me to stop Sync from defaulting to radio audio when nothing else is playing? I have no idea why it suddenly decided to start doing this, but I don’t like having to fiddle around with the screen while I’m driving to get it to shut up.

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[Bikespace]

Did you ever find a solution to this?

I just started a new thread on the topic, which then suggested this related thread.

https://www.macheforum.com/site/threads/how-can-i-disable-delete-the-radio.27410/

 

[bobbobman]

Yeah I saw that. Was hoping you’d found one haha. I just use CarPlay and that keeps it silent unless I have nothing playing for a real long time. If that happens though, I just tap the power button inside the main screen knob and turn off the whole system and turn it back on when I want to play something. It’s not ideal but it works I guess. It’s just an odd design choice on Ford’s part. I mean, who even uses the radio anymore in a world of podcasts and Spotify?

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