dalglir said:
In fact, I'm so cross with CarPlay, I'm going to put the instrumentation through a factory reset in an attempt to get the Kodiaq to forget my phone... Wish me luck,,,,
Right! I think I may have fixed this - persistent disconnection of CarPlay (because its a bit rubbish) - without factory reset.
While CarPlay is connected, you can go to the Smartlink Screen either by hittin the 'App' button on the touchscreen or by selecting the 'Skoda' app within CarPlay on the car's touchscreen and it displays a top level Smartlink screen.
From there, there is an option to 'disconnect'.
This disconnects the CarPlay device i.e. iPhone from Smartlink but, crucially, although Smartlink will continue to remember that the phone is CarPlay capable, it seems to prevent Smartlink _automatically_ re-establishing CarPlay connectivity each time you connect the phone, and allows the phone to quickly connect to Media via USB, instead.
Haven't had a chance to test this further but, honestly, just really glad CarPlay is no longer seems to be overriding my phone's USB connection to the car.