Ios7 incorrectly syncs music when "Manually manage music and videos" checked

iPhone 5 with ios7.0.2
Mac 10.6.8 with iTunes 11.1.1
Since installing ios7 iTunes syncs music even though I always have the "Manually manage music and videos" checkbox checked.  Since I don't want to keep the same music on my Mac that I have on my phone, this results in the music on the phone being deleted when I manually drag new music onto it in iTunes.  This happened with the previous version of iTunes, before updating to 11.1.1, and still happens with 11.1.1.
Other iPhone settings:
Music: everything off / disabled
iTunes & App Store: everything off / disabled
iTunes settings:
Summary tab: only "Manually manage music and videos" checked
Music tab: nothing checked or selected
Any ideas?
Thanks,
Mike

Then you are the only person I know that can do that on a non-jailbroken iPhone. It is restricted by design to one library.

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