Make Radio Mute at Startup

[Wxman]

First nitpick about the new truck.  I am not a radio guy at all.  Never have it on.  I do use Apple Carplay for maps, phone, messages, etc.  So, I don't want to turn the entire infotainment system off.  However, I don't want to hear the radio come on every time I start the truck.

As it is, I have the volume muted when I shut the truck off.  I have the max startup volume turned completely down in the vehicle settings.  However, when I start the truck I get a blast of radio until it loads my profile.  Seems as though soon as the profile loads it knows I want mute and makes it so.

I want to get rid of that radio blast, 1-2 secs after start and before profile loads.

I am only driver.  I do like my iPhone and Carplay connecting automatically at startup.

Anyone have ideas on how to get rid of the radio blast at start?

 

Thanks

[redwngr]

I used the arrows on the 'max startup volume' screen to set it to minimum and I couldn't hear the radio until I turned the volume up 

 

We are using profiles, and have more than one set-up 

 

Phone doesn't do wireless CP/AA, but sometimes use AA cabled

Edited March 11, 2021 by redwngr

[Wxman]

Maybe fixed.  It wasn't every time, but most starts I would get a radio blast, then the profile confirmation would pop up on screen, then the radio would go mute like I had set it.

I deleted the profile and then went into settings and set the max start volume to minimum.  I don't really need a profile since I am only driver.  Seems to have worked.  Haven't tried but imagine if I now created a profile it would all work OK, since the 'defaults' are now set how I like them.  Doesn't matter because don't need a profile.

[RugbyRef]

@Wxman - after reading your initial post it got me to thinking about how I could keep the volume muted when I too started the truck.  I tried everything you did, including setting the "max start volume" to the lowest setting.  In the end, I simply turned the volume all the way down when I get out of the truck.  Works like a champ!  Whenever I get in the truck, now, I simply adjust the volume accordingly.  It's nice NOT to have whatever the last station is playing when I start it up.  At 5:00 a.m. I like to hear the growl of that 6.6L diesel.  

 

I have a 2021 GMC 3500 Denali.

[Wxman]

Glad something worked.  For me I was always already muted at vehicle shutdown because I never turn it on to begin with.  Was still getting a blast at start until the approach I posted above.

 

Cheers

[ShogunKC]

I had a somewhat similar issue - when I first started the truck, it would play from a station that I never recall having listened to (and music that I really didn't like). Once it loaded my profile, I got my regular radio station back.  I think that the problem is still there but somehow the station that came on at startup changed to my regular station. The reason I think the problem is there is that the music pauses briefly once the profile loads and comes back on afterward. 

 

I might try to delete both profiles and create just one since I'm really the only driver.