Complete Skoda newbie here.

Mk IV Octavia with Bolero or Columbus infotainment. Still haven't worked that one out.

Anyway. I connected my Pixel 8 via Bluetooth. That kinda worked, I could use it as a media source, and I could initiate playing music from the phone. OK, but a bit clunky.

Then I was prompted to use Android Auto. This, in retrospect, looks like a mistake. Admittedly, it meant I could play music on my phone by tapping the infot screen, and lots of other things I'd never really want to do while driving. So, I put an album on. Then I decided I wanted to listen to the radio.

However. Each time I get back in the car, the radio cranks up and then Android Auto takes over, and Walk like an Egyptian starts.

Now don't get me wrong, I'm as big a fan of Susannah Hoffs as the next man, maybe more, but I wouldn't mind the option of not having her play WLAE every time I get in the car.

I've tried going into AA on the infot panel and "forgetting" the device, but every time I re-pair Bluetooth, AA takes over and WLAE takes over.

Any ideas gratefully received!

I think this is an Android Auto setting, rather than the Infotainment system, and I think the default may have changed, because I have found mine sometimes starts playing music by default.

In Settings on your phone, search for "Auto" and you should find a Android Auto section. There you will find an option to automatically start playing media. See if that works!