A young driver who was distracted changing music on her car radio when she fatally struck a cyclist sobbed as she was sent to prison for nine months.

Emma Kent, 24, was sentenced to jail and a two-year community corrections order in the Victorian County Court on Monday.

Emma Kent at an earlier court hearing. Credit:AAP

She was trying to connect her phone's Bluetooth to the car audio when she struck 57-year-old Gareth Davies on Black Forest Drive at Macedon on December 10 last year.

Judge Sue Pullen noted Kent expressed remorse and guilt for her actions but insisted a term of imprisonment was needed.