Small electrical issues on 2009 DB9

[Sebastian Tombs]

I recently returned from a 3500 mile trip through Europe in my DB9 and while the car mostly performed faultlessly there were a couple of small issues that were cause for concern.

At one point I got a message telling me that manual gear selection was disabled (not after any particularly unusual driving either) and sure enough I couldn't use the paddles anymore.
At another point the stereo decided that it was only going to scroll two or three lines on the ipod or iphone that was plugged in, and never let me select artists, albums etc. Only random play worked.

Both of these were solved by turning the car off and on again, and neither reoccurred, but it irks me that either happened in the first place. Any ideas why?

And is there another way of resetting the stereo or the gearbox without pulling over and turning the car off?

I also had an annoying rattle from the passenger door (or pillars) at speeds over about 90mph which I will have to have someone fix at the next service. Probably a loose connector or something.

[rovcallum]

When strange things happen to the electrics, it usually points to the battery. Maybe just need to charge it up a little or worst case replace.
Regards rattles, someone on here recently started a thread to deal with such annoyances.