Canceling on hearing aid bluetooth device no longer stops playing

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Canceling on hearing aid bluetooth device no longer stops playing

I wear Oticon hearing aids and connect to my iPhone 5 via an Oticon ConnectLine(TM) device. The music connection -- both on and off -- is controlled with a a little button on the front of the bluetooth device with a music symbol. Press it, and my aids beep, letting me know that I'm connected to my iPhone. I can then play music or, more likely, podcasts.

Prior to the iOS 7.0.2 upgrade, clicking the button off had the exact same function as disconnecting the physical headphone connection -- playback stopped. However, after the upgrade, the Podcast app continues to play the file -- with the sound going nowhere -- after I've canceled the connection on my bluetooth device. It still tracks along, ultimtely reaching the end and then, as I've set the preferences this way, deleting the file from my iPhone.

My wife has the same phone on the same OS, but sans hearing aids. She checked the Podcast app with her physical headpones, and the podcast media file stopped playing when she unplugged. So the software is working, it's just no longer recognizing that a hearing aid disconnect is the same as a physical headphone disconnect.

And I really need it to.

E.

Posted on Oct 7, 2013 9:53 AM

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Oct 10, 2013 11:44 AM in response to Evo Terra

I have had this same issue with the podcast app, it seems whenever you switch the way you are listening ie:Bluetooth, headphones, aux. jack or the iPhone itself the podcast keeps playing yet no sound comes out. Also with this glitch, it often rewinds itself a few minutes into the podcast. What works for me if I'm going to switch listening modes, like go from Bose speaker to headphones is to pause the podcast, unplug or disconnect from the audio source, then close the podcast app, plug in the headphones, reopen podcast app and begin listening again. This is a pain in the ***, switching was seamless in iOS6, not sure why it's jacked up in iOS7 but that's the only thing I've found that works. Hope it helps.

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