why does the car music pause when starting the engine?

Question

You turn on the electricity, and the music starts playing. When you start the engine, the music has to pause for a brief moment before continuing after the engine has finished starting. Why is that?

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Answer 1

The car’s engine needs to be started with an electric motor called a starter which requires an extremely high amount of current. When the key is turned to the start position there is an electronic switch that cuts off electricity to every circuit except to the starter so the battery can send all available current to the starter and not divide it among all the other unnecessary circuits.