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Old May 23, 2021 | 07:44 AM
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Hi, every time I start the car either the radio will play for a few seconds and go out or it won’t play at all. And it seems like sometimes CarPlay pops up with no radio. Then I have to hit radio then select a station. It gets annoying that the radio just doesn’t start and keep playing.


Anyone have any idea if I have any sort of setting off or anything I need to select?
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Old May 23, 2021 | 04:38 PM
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Mine will do this when I use Apple CarPlay which is just about always. I get in, Sirius starts and then as CarPlay loads the MMI switches to my Apple Music. I simply have to just push the Satellite ‘button’ on the MMI, then Apple Play and all is well. It never used to do this iirc but seems to do it after the TSB software update that was installed.
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Old May 23, 2021 | 05:04 PM
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[QUOTE=Lisa Smith;25591144]Hi, every time I start the car either the radio will play for a few seconds and go out or it won’t play at all. And it seems like sometimes CarPlay pops up with no radio. Then I have to hit radio then select a station. It gets annoying that the radio just doesn’t start and keep playing.


Anyone have any idea if I have any sort of setting off or anything I need to select?[/QUOT

What year. Etron?
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Old May 23, 2021 | 05:40 PM
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[QUOTE=E.T;25591269]
Originally Posted by Lisa Smith
Hi, every time I start the car either the radio will play for a few seconds and go out or it won’t play at all. And it seems like sometimes CarPlay pops up with no radio. Then I have to hit radio then select a station. It gets annoying that the radio just doesn’t start and keep playing.


Anyone have any idea if I have any sort of setting off or anything I need to select?[/QUOT

What year. Etron?
Hi, 2021 Etron
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Old May 23, 2021 | 05:52 PM
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Lisa, 2021 too and mine does the same thing. I suspect they all do.
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Old May 23, 2021 | 08:10 PM
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My issue is not the exact same, but still a radio issue: every time I start up the car I get a message that says "Your SiriusXM subscription has been updated" (I have a SiriusXM multi-year subscription) and then I have to click ok. It does not eventually go away. That started after about 2 months into my ownership. Super annoying! Anybody else experience this and find a solution?
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Old May 24, 2021 | 08:12 AM
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Originally Posted by ERuss
My issue is not the exact same, but still a radio issue: every time I start up the car I get a message that says "Your SiriusXM subscription has been updated" (I have a SiriusXM multi-year subscription) and then I have to click ok. It does not eventually go away. That started after about 2 months into my ownership. Super annoying! Anybody else experience this and find a solution?
I have the same problem. It's beyond ridiculous that I have to go through literally a half dozen set and activation steps every time I want to use "Favorites" on the MMI.
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Old Jun 3, 2021 | 05:36 PM
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Originally Posted by ERuss
My issue is not the exact same, but still a radio issue: every time I start up the car I get a message that says "Your SiriusXM subscription has been updated" (I have a SiriusXM multi-year subscription) and then I have to click ok. It does not eventually go away. That started after about 2 months into my ownership. Super annoying! Anybody else experience this and find a solution?
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I have the same problem. It's beyond ridiculous that I have to go through literally a half dozen set and activation steps every time I want to use "Favorites" on the MMI.
Same problem here. I also noted it started about 2 months after buying the car. I have to accept the "update" screen about once a day on average. Some days more than once, some days not at all. I messaged SiriusXM and got no help other than refresh signal (no change, of course), and to call SiriusXM by phone or call the Audi dealer.
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Originally Posted by Lisa Smith
Hi, every time I start the car either the radio will play for a few seconds and go out or it won’t play at all. And it seems like sometimes CarPlay pops up with no radio. Then I have to hit radio then select a station. It gets annoying that the radio just doesn’t start and keep playing.


Anyone have any idea if I have any sort of setting off or anything I need to select?
Same issue- looking for help
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Old Sep 9, 2021 | 09:56 PM
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Same thing happens to me almost everyday. I did notice it’s more frequent if the back ip
camera pops up. If I immediately go into D it seems to happen less. I try to back into spaces now and it’s happening less.
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