Bluetooth headphones disconnect randomly

Hi,
I have been using some bluetooth headphones (Sennheiser MM-550X) for a while now and while they are playing audio they stay connected, however if I stop the playback sometimes they disconnect and the Mac reverts to the internal speakers. I'm not sure if it is the headphones disconnecting because there is no audio coming through or the OS disconnecting them because there is no audio being output or if it is something else. Also it is very random, sometimes they can be sitting on the desk with no audio playing for an hour and will stay connected, other times they disconnect after just a minute or two.
Anyone got any ideas on how to keep them connected at all times when they are switched on?
Thanks.
Kind regards,
Andrew.

I have this same problem on my mac with my bluetooth headphones (Kinivo BTH220).  As long as sound is playing from my mac they stay connected.  If sound stops, the sound output switches over to interal speakers.  For example: If I'm listening to Spotify, the headphones disconnect after every track, I can reconnect them without any errors but it's super annoying.
I'm on an iMac, OS X Snow Leopard (10.6.8)

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