911 Turbo: Starts from 2nd Gear, Radio

Hi all,

Just got a 2008 911 Turbo/Tiptronic last week and am absolutely loving it.

As Borat would say, "verrry niiiiice...." I always drive it with Sport
Mode 
turned ON. Given this:

#1 When coming to a complete stop, the transmission resets itself back to 
2nd gear. So left it its own devices, it'll always start from 2nd. I'd 
prefer for it to start in 1st. While stopped, I can force it into 1st
using 
the downshift button and I can deal with that, but is there a way to make
it 
reset to 1st automatically ?

#2 The darned radio turns on whenever I start the car. I'm not really a 
music/radio guy so it's kind of irritating. I tried two obvious solutions:

    a) Turn the radio off before turning the car off. You'd think that
would 
work but it doesn't. The problem is that the radio is fully integrated
with 
the Bluetooth, GPS, and other gizmos. I *do* need the Bluetooth and GPS to

be on... which means that I need to power on the main system right after 
turning on the car -- and when I do, BOOM, on comes that darned radio!

    b) Keep the main system powered on but turn the radio volume all the
way 
off. Again, you'd think that would work but it doesn't. Even if you turn
the 
volume all the way off, the next time you start the car, BOOM, on comes
the 
stupid radio at a medium-low volume.

It seems that whoever designed the electonics in the '08 911 Turbo was a 
rabid music fan. Not only is it seemingly impossible to permanently keep
the 
radio off, but the heads-up display by default shows the name of the song 
that's currently playing right beneath the speed. Who the *** cares what 
song is playing?? This fortunately can be changed and replaced with more 
useful information (psi boost pressure, tire pressure, oil info,
navigation 
instructions, etc.)

Items #1 and #2 notwithstanding, this car is awesome. I'm so glad I chose
it 
over the M5.

See you on the road.