Turning off the radio without shutting the screen off completely ??? ( 2021 8.4")

[s alex]

Guys, how do I do this ?? I know all about hitting mute, and turning the volume down.
I just want to turn the radio off, and still have the screen on but I don't think is possible.

TIA

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[OHJeeper]

Sorry, but this is confusing... you want to turn it off, but have the screen stay on? For what purpose?

 

[Vincent]

Guys, how do I do this ?? TIA.

Hit mute.

 

[HooliganActual]

Hit mute.

Or rotate the volume knob counterclockwise.

 

[ShadowsPapa]

Hit mute.

Seriously, it used to be, maybe still is, that if you hit mute, then go park the truck for 5 minutes, get back in and star it, it's back to the last volume it was set to, NOT muted.
My wife's GC used to piss me off as I'd hit mute then get back in it later only to fine the thing was still playing - it automatically unmuted at each start.
There's no way to kill the danged radio, unfortunately. Not without killing the screen. Wish there was.
I often want to get in and drive and have NO radio, no music at all. These are programmed by people who believe every human should be listening to music no matter what. It's like Hotel California - you can mute it but it's gonna come back and shove music in your ears next start unless they've changed 'em.

 

[ShadowsPapa]

Or rotate the volume knob counterclockwise.

That's the only thing that actually works. It's like "no, this is JEEP speaking you WILL listen to the radio, we insist!" Mute unmutes at a restart.

 

[s alex]

Sorry, but this is confusing... you want to turn it off, but have the screen stay on? For what purpose?

What's confusing ?? The reason is to use the screen for the other apps, without the radio on.

 

[s alex]

Hit mute.

Then it mutes paired Bluetooth phone calls, texts. I just want to turn the radio off but have the screen on.

 

[BigG]

Change the source to USB.

 

[KQL]

Change the source to USB.

I listen to music from my USB stick all the time (my input is always on USB). But when I start the truck, 75% of the time it switches back to Radio. Pretty annoying. My routine most days:
1. Get in truck and start it
2. Put into reverse, drive 3 feet
3. Realize it’s switched back to radio
4. Stop, shift into neutral (M/T), take off my gloves, hit the little “X” to close backup cam screen (its on “delay”), press Media button to make the source switch back to USB, put gloves back on
5. Continue reversing down my driveway

just pressing the Media button forces it back to USB, I don’t have to dive deeper into the source selection.
So while this is a good tip, there may be something in the programming that defaults it back to Radio even when on USB? Although the intermittent nature of my unit’s behavior might be a one-off glitch?

 

[Kevin_D]

I listen to music from my USB stick all the time (my input is always on USB). But when I start the truck, 75% of the time it switches back to Radio. Pretty annoying. My routine most days:
1. Get in truck and start it
2. Put into reverse, drive 3 feet
3. Realize it’s switched back to radio
4. Stop, shift into neutral (M/T), take off my gloves, hit the little “X” to close backup cam screen (its on “delay”), press Media button to make the source switch back to USB, put gloves back on
5. Continue reversing down my driveway

just pressing the Media button forces it back to USB, I don’t have to dive deeper into the source selection.
So while this is a good tip, there may be something in the programming that defaults it back to Radio even when on USB? Although the intermittent nature of my unit’s behavior might be a one-off glitch?

Mine acts in a similar manner with CarPlay as the source.
If playback is paused when I shut it off, about 25% of the time, the source switches to radio upon restart.
It’s like Jeep insists you listen to something.

Kevin

 

[Gvsukids]

I listen to music from my USB stick all the time (my input is always on USB). But when I start the truck, 75% of the time it switches back to Radio. Pretty annoying. My routine most days:
1. Get in truck and start it
2. Put into reverse, drive 3 feet
3. Realize it’s switched back to radio
4. Stop, shift into neutral (M/T), take off my gloves, hit the little “X” to close backup cam screen (its on “delay”), press Media button to make the source switch back to USB, put gloves back on
5. Continue reversing down my driveway

just pressing the Media button forces it back to USB, I don’t have to dive deeper into the source selection.
So while this is a good tip, there may be something in the programming that defaults it back to Radio even when on USB? Although the intermittent nature of my unit’s behavior might be a one-off glitch?

That would have been helpful to know in the first post, then people have a baseline to work with.

 

[Panthers65]

is there even a way to turn the radio off completely with the Jeep on? I've had a few times where my carplay apps will freeze up or not load. Seems the only way to reset the radio is to turn the jeep off.

 

[ShadowsPapa]

I listen to music from my USB stick all the time (my input is always on USB). But when I start the truck, 75% of the time it switches back to Radio. Pretty annoying. My routine most days:
1. Get in truck and start it
2. Put into reverse, drive 3 feet
3. Realize it’s switched back to radio
4. Stop, shift into neutral (M/T), take off my gloves, hit the little “X” to close backup cam screen (its on “delay”), press Media button to make the source switch back to USB, put gloves back on
5. Continue reversing down my driveway

just pressing the Media button forces it back to USB, I don’t have to dive deeper into the source selection.
So while this is a good tip, there may be something in the programming that defaults it back to Radio even when on USB? Although the intermittent nature of my unit’s behavior might be a one-off glitch?

Nope. That is how ours have acted as well.
Yes mute mutes everything including BT.
Talk about something being annoying....m

 

[Lunentucker]

The Jeep is better than our Subaru with this. If the last thing I used in the Jeep was Android Auto then that's where it stays. If I'm not connected the radio doesn't play.
In the Subaru it plays the friggin radio as soon as you unplug Android, and it defaults to radio until you reconnect Android

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