Preventing audio auto-play

jgs · May 4, 2015

I've hesitated to post this because I feel I must be missing something obvious. But after asking a few friends, and spending some quality time with both my car and the manual, I've come up blank, so here goes.

How do I keep the audio system from auto-playing when I return to the car? As far as I can tell there is no distinguished "off" setting for the audio system as there is on – dare I say – any normal car. If I stop the audio by pausing it, the pause doesn't stick when I return to the car after having been away from it. Of course I can reduce the volume to zero, but that's an ugly kludge.

Surely there must be some way to do this. What am I missing?

Barry · May 4, 2015

Press the left wheel and it mutes the audio.

jgs · May 4, 2015

Barry said:
Press the left wheel and it mutes the audio.

Yes, but I have to do that again every time I step into the car. I want to turn off the audio system and have it stay off.

Zextraterrestrial · May 4, 2015

jgs said:
Yes, but I have to do that again every time I step into the car. I want to turn off the audio system and have it stay off.

it used to be this way. not sure which firmware changed it

llavalle · May 4, 2015

I think it's related to the sleep mode. I've had zero issues with "Energy Saving" switched to OFF... but set to "ON", audio almost always resume when I get in the car. VERY annoying.

jgs · May 4, 2015

Thanks, all. It sounds like there's consensus that it's a bug – upside, I'm not crazy, downside, there's no fix. I guess I need to figure out how to file a bug report with Tesla.

PaulR · May 4, 2015

Glad to see I am not alone! I am enjoying my Model S, but this is annoying to me....

TexasEV · May 4, 2015

jgs said:
Yes, but I have to do that again every time I step into the car. I want to turn off the audio system and have it stay off.

Why not just turn the volume down to 0 if you don't want any audio? Or you could tap the internet tab but not choose a station.

Arnaud44 · May 4, 2015

I have the same "bug". Very annoying indeed.

brianman · May 4, 2015

jgs said:
Thanks, all. It sounds like there's consensus that it's a bug – upside, I'm not crazy, downside, there's no fix. I guess I need to figure out how to file a bug report with Tesla.

Hold down the voice command button (right side of the steering wheel) and say "BUG REPORT ... " followed by your report. Try to keep your messages less than 30 seconds, as it seems to be more reliable (in my experience).

bob_p · May 5, 2015

I haven't seen this problem, perhaps because I have the "sleep mode" disabled, except when I need to use it for minimizing discharge when the car is parked for an extended period (like at the airport). The audio software seems to have problem when resuming from sleep mode - such as the auto-play feature mentioned here, or in losing the position or file of files being played.

Unfortunately, the one mode that is guaranteed to always be turned off when entering the car is when playback was from a Bluetooth device. When re-entering the car, I always have to re-select my smartphone to playback from it. Wish they would fix that obvious problem - and retain the Bluetooth selection, if the same device is present when the car is restarted.

ThosEM · May 5, 2015

Well, I'm annoyed that the audio now turns off every time I stop and has to be turned back on when starting up again. Thanks a lot, guys!?

jgs · May 5, 2015

ThosEM said:
Well, I'm annoyed that the audio now turns off every time I stop and has to be turned back on when starting up again. Thanks a lot, guys!?

Maybe we should trade cars?

jhs_7645 · May 5, 2015

bob_p said:
Unfortunately, the one mode that is guaranteed to always be turned off when entering the car is when playback was from a Bluetooth device. When re-entering the car, I always have to re-select my smartphone to playback from it. Wish they would fix that obvious problem - and retain the Bluetooth selection, if the same device is present when the car is restarted.

Can I get an Amen! And now that sending feedback to [email protected] is pointless, I guess this is our only voice.

- - - Updated - - -

I almost added all of my bluetooth gripes here, but decided a new thread was in order:
http://www.teslamotorsclub.com/showthread.php/46905-List-of-bluetooth-features-lacking-%28my-vw-jetta-handles-bluetooth-better%29?referrerid=9907

pgiralt · May 5, 2015

Pretty sure this started with 6.2. It annoys me as well and I do have energy save turned on (but also set to Always Connected).

As an aside, I started having a possibly related issue that I didn't see until the .188 release. Has happened twice now. Basically when getting into the car while on a phone call, it looks like the bluetooth connects to the car but the radio also starts playing on its own, but because it's in bluetooth mode, the pause/play control is greyed out so you can't stop the music (which shouldn't be playing when on a bluetooth call anyway) and it overrides the bluetooth audio, so you can't actually have a conversation.

Cyclone · May 5, 2015

Now that would suck. I often get in my car while still on a conference call. I may have to learn to keep Bluetooth turned off on my phone until needed.

jayman · May 5, 2015

I have this problem but I think it is a problem with iPhone automatically playing not the car?

Cyclone · May 5, 2015

jayman said:
I have this problem but I think it is a problem with iPhone automatically playing not the car?

Our 2011 Lexus will start playing music from the iPhone. The last Camry I rented did not, but the Altima a couple weeks earlier did. It's hit or miss on head units sending the play signal to the iPhone. My aftermarket Bluetooth in my 4Runner does NOT auto-play, but it also does not auto-pause. If it was playing when I turn on the car, it will transfer the audio to the car and keep going automatically.

mspohr · May 5, 2015

bob_p said:
I haven't seen this problem, perhaps because I have the "sleep mode" disabled, except when I need to use it for minimizing discharge when the car is parked for an extended period (like at the airport). The audio software seems to have problem when resuming from sleep mode - such as the auto-play feature mentioned here, or in losing the position or file of files being played.

Unfortunately, the one mode that is guaranteed to always be turned off when entering the car is when playback was from a Bluetooth device. When re-entering the car, I always have to re-select my smartphone to playback from it. Wish they would fix that obvious problem - and retain the Bluetooth selection, if the same device is present when the car is restarted.

So... some people here are annoyed that audio plays automatically and others are annoyed that it doesn't.

mibaro2 · May 5, 2015

The other way to prevent the audio from playing is to turn down the volume to 0 (don't mute it). I do that everytime I leave the car. (mostly habit from when I was parking in a small garage. I wanted to hear if I hit anything. )

When I get back in my tesla, I can't hear the radio unless I turn up the volume.

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