..the strange case of radio fm and bluetooth speak...

Hi everyone,
I've just bought a bluetooth speaker ("Supertooth disco") and I successfully connected it to my Nokia N79.
It works fine with music stored in my mobile, but I can't get it work with radio fm.
Obviusly I know that earphones are needed: I connect them to my nokia, and then I select the option which activates speakers. But the result is that sound comes from my mobile's speakers, not my - already connected - bluetooth speaker.
However I noticed a very strange phenomenon:
- While radio is running on mobile speakers, I disconnect and rapidly reconnect earphones
- Suddenly my bluetooth speaker disconnects too and reconnects on his own
- As soon as it reconnects, for a couple of seconds... sound finally comes from the bluetooth speaker!
-...but then comes back to my mobile's speakers.
This fact made me think that there is a way to send radio sound to my bluetooth speaker. It seems that "something", at a certain moment, takes it back to the phone.. if only I could stop that "something", I could happily listen to my radio using the bluetooth speaker.
What do you think about that? Any idea of what's happening?
Thank you very much to any creative person who will take care of this issue

Hi everyone,
I've just bought a bluetooth speaker ("Supertooth disco") and I successfully connected it to my Nokia N79.
It works fine with music stored in my mobile, but I can't get it work with radio fm.
Obviusly I know that earphones are needed: I connect them to my nokia, and then I select the option which activates speakers. But the result is that sound comes from my mobile's speakers, not my - already connected - bluetooth speaker.
However I noticed a very strange phenomenon:
- While radio is running on mobile speakers, I disconnect and rapidly reconnect earphones
- Suddenly my bluetooth speaker disconnects too and reconnects on his own
- As soon as it reconnects, for a couple of seconds... sound finally comes from the bluetooth speaker!
-...but then comes back to my mobile's speakers.
This fact made me think that there is a way to send radio sound to my bluetooth speaker. It seems that "something", at a certain moment, takes it back to the phone.. if only I could stop that "something", I could happily listen to my radio using the bluetooth speaker.
What do you think about that? Any idea of what's happening?
Thank you very much to any creative person who will take care of this issue

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