Offroad lights leading to power spike?

[85_Ranger4x4]

The other night I was driving in the dark, it was late and nobody else was out so I flipped on the lights on the grille guard on my F-150 (Hella 500FF's) to see any potential oncoming deer. All was great until I saw the glow of another car coming up the other side of the hill I was climbing so I flipped the highbeams off and then flipped the Hella's off. The second I touched the switch to my Hella's my Zune MP3 player kicked off and restarted. I did it again later and it happened again, it has never done this before.

Only thing I can come up with is for the briefest of moments the alternator is still putting out to maintian the charge with all the lights on and there is a spike which the Zune doesn't care for... but with the little headphone jack-like cord between the Zune and the stereo I wouldn't think there would only be any power going to the Zune anyway. I checked and I did have the charger unplugged from the cigarette lighter, the only thing connecting it to truck was the little headphone like cord.

 

[fordboi415]

Its your zune not your truck, the aux cord you have connecting the headunit to the zune doesn't supply it power, my ipod occasionally restarts itself

 

[85_Ranger4x4]

Its your zune not your truck, the aux cord you have connecting the headunit to the zune doesn't supply it power, my ipod occasionally restarts itself

It only does it when I turn off my driving lights though, and the instant I do it.

 

[Chris.S.]

It's probably the flux capicitor.