Just tried reinstalling the USB Proflific serial port drives, using Xport 3, and upping the baud on the GPS to 38400 and still got the same problems. The voice breakup tonight was considerable and at times the map started to lurch around as it seemed it could not keep up.
I tried pausing the music to see if it affected the voice prompt distortion, but it didn't seem to at all.
I am not using phone control at present either ... so any other ideas