How to play music, but hear phone ring

I like to use the iPhone to stream programs from NPR, etc with it connected and playing through the stereo system. Problem is that I have missed important calls thinking that I would hear the phone ring tone through the speakers too. Is there a setting I am missing that keeps sounds files from playing simultaneously?

I don't know why I had the problem before...I was just able to hear a ring through the stereo.

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Follow basic troubleshooting found in your user Guide for your phone.
http://manuals.info.apple.com/en_US/iphone_user_guide.pdf
#1: Reset: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1430
#2: Restore: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1414

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Success!! There truly is a light at the end of the tunnel. Apple support really did come through and I am successfully back into my account. Ready to purchase more music. I followed the instructions, with patience I thought I lost, submitted my problem, someone emailed me back within two days and all is now perfect. Thanks again Apple.
To all the frustrated users out there, don't lose hope!!!

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Happy to have been of help. Hope all goes smoothly.
BTW, for the sake of others who may help you here, it's usually most polite if you mark the post that answered your question as being the one that "solves" it, not your own post. That's how people get points here, if a questioner marks their post as either "helpful" or "solving". It's not an issue for me, but for those just starting out in the forums it may be important to them. See:
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and
https://discussions.apple.com/static/apple/tutorial/reputation.html
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... providing the computer has Windows Media Player installed, ...
... This saves you having to bother with portable/travel speakers,
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