Greetings all,
Internet Explorer is not able to stream in Connected Standby. There are apps that can stream while the Surface is in Connected Standby (Xbox Music).
How do I get my music (like Pandora) to keep playing after the Surface shuts the screen off while on battery?
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I want to listen to music on my Surface but not have to have the screen on (to save battery life). Is the only way to keep the music app running to keep the Surface awake? Or if I have Pandora going in the background and I flip to another app it stops the sound. How do I keep it going?
Thanks
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Anonymous
2012-12-26T05:31:47+00:00 Kate, we are all using Pandora.
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Anonymous
2012-12-26T06:42:49+00:00 Are you using metro IE? I find that Pandora continues to play after the screen turn off - but only if I use the desktop version of IE.
Kate
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Anonymous
2012-12-26T07:01:21+00:00 I'm using desktop ie. In the power settings I have "put computer to sleep" set to never. I went to advanced settings and under display I set "turn off display" to 1 min. Then I started Pandora. One min later both display and music stopped. What are you power settings and have you changed them from the defaults?
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Anonymous
2012-12-27T02:36:54+00:00 Pat,
I thought Pandora played after the screen turned off when using desktop IE - but today I can't get it to work. :( Only Xbox Music continues to play music. It seems like it should work - just like my Windows Phone. Hopefully, this will be resolved by a Windows Update.
Xbox Music includes 6 months of free streaming, so you might use that instead (until there's a Pandora app or IE streams when the screen turns off). After you start Xbox Music, tap New Smart DJ and type an artist that you like.
Kate