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I spent some time fooling around with the various menus and options for Android Auto and Car Play. If I want maps on the dash screen, I needed to plug in a phone (mine is android, wife is car play). Having not used Android Auto (AA) very much I was frustrated when it switched to the phone media player when I would change some switches on the screen. I could not easily get the "internal" Sirius to come back on. Unplugging the wire worked the best.
Tried a lot of things and finally ended up with the following fixes.
You can install Sirius XM app on your AA or Apple phone and put it in the list of apps that get displayed on the screen. It has the same stations as the built in Sirius in the Maverick but the interface is a little different and you need to set up favorites, etc. separate from the car. If you have a Sirius radio in another car (Platinum) you are allowed a mobile account. It is a different id and password from your normal Sirius account. By using the phone for Sirius in the Maverick, you do not need to keep your "Maverick truck" subscription active. You will be using "minutes" and you play the app in the car though.
You should always have the "Ford" app on the AA or Carplay screen. This allow you to back into the Sync 3 media and allows you to pick FM or "native Sirius" from the Ford Lariat. While it does not cost phone time to listen to Sirius this way, you need a subscription. Took me a long time to find this "Ford" button as the way to go back to the "native" radio.
I have also added Amazon Music Unlimited on both phones and it also uses phone time if you have not downloaded songs in a local library. It provides better audio quality than Sirius and it did have a lead on Spotify when I adopted it.
These online music apps augment a local phone media player of your choice on your AA or Apple car phone.
I have not tried Google maps extensively, but Waze plays music (of your choice) in the background. Seems to be a lot more "app" chatter in Waze (distraction).
The key is having common applications on both phones (no matter which is plugged in) and having the "music player" menu choices on the top of the list of AA and Car Play menus, respectfully. If something goofs up, for example, you push the white corner button (AA) to get the music player options back on the screen.
Be sure and have the "Ford" button on the top row. It gets you back to the internal FM and Sirius radio, if you value that option.
Tried a lot of things and finally ended up with the following fixes.
You can install Sirius XM app on your AA or Apple phone and put it in the list of apps that get displayed on the screen. It has the same stations as the built in Sirius in the Maverick but the interface is a little different and you need to set up favorites, etc. separate from the car. If you have a Sirius radio in another car (Platinum) you are allowed a mobile account. It is a different id and password from your normal Sirius account. By using the phone for Sirius in the Maverick, you do not need to keep your "Maverick truck" subscription active. You will be using "minutes" and you play the app in the car though.
You should always have the "Ford" app on the AA or Carplay screen. This allow you to back into the Sync 3 media and allows you to pick FM or "native Sirius" from the Ford Lariat. While it does not cost phone time to listen to Sirius this way, you need a subscription. Took me a long time to find this "Ford" button as the way to go back to the "native" radio.
I have also added Amazon Music Unlimited on both phones and it also uses phone time if you have not downloaded songs in a local library. It provides better audio quality than Sirius and it did have a lead on Spotify when I adopted it.
These online music apps augment a local phone media player of your choice on your AA or Apple car phone.
I have not tried Google maps extensively, but Waze plays music (of your choice) in the background. Seems to be a lot more "app" chatter in Waze (distraction).
The key is having common applications on both phones (no matter which is plugged in) and having the "music player" menu choices on the top of the list of AA and Car Play menus, respectfully. If something goofs up, for example, you push the white corner button (AA) to get the music player options back on the screen.
Be sure and have the "Ford" button on the top row. It gets you back to the internal FM and Sirius radio, if you value that option.
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