stuttering music when phone turned off

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stuttering music when phone turned off

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My Zumo XT is paired to my Cardo Intercom (Packtalk bold) and my iPhone. I usually ride with my phone and listen to music and the system works perfectly (and has done for a year or more). This weekend I was on a 3 day off-road motorcycle ride and didn't have a charger for my phone with me, so decided to turn the phone off to save battery life. As soon as I turned off the phone, the music would play for a few seconds and then pause for a fraction of a second and then play for a few seconds, then pause for a fraction of a second, and it keeps doing this for hours. I decided it must be searching for the phone, so I turned the phone on and the music then played perfectly, but obviously the battery in the phone is getting flattened. After a while I turned the phone off and then told the XT to forget the device (my phone) in the Bluetooth menu. The music then played fine all weekend, however I have to re-pair the phone later on with the GPS..
I really don't want to have to pair and un-pair the phone every time I go dirt bike riding, is there another way to tell the XT to not search for the phone? I can turn off Bluetooth, but then it wont see my intercom, so I won't hear any music.. Just hoping there is a simple way to stop the music pausing every few seconds when my phone is out of range or turned off.

Thanks for any suggestions.
Gary
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Re: stuttering music when phone turned off

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On the XT, turn off (unticK) "Media Audio" in the Bluetooth options for the phone. It will then not look to the phone for music. FWIW, I did this and then put music on the XT because it annoyed me that the XT prompted me to start music every time it connected to the phone.
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Re: stuttering music when phone turned off

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Many thanks, I don't have any music on the phone, so that should be a great solution.

regards Gary
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