bluetooth motorcycle intercom

bluetooth motorcycle intercom
The bigger problem facing from parking side that the space are not be sufficiant and it give the results of damage. The intercom mode is duplex, like a telephone, allowing simultaneous Rider-passenger conversations. Designed with a special amplifier to enhance sound quality under the most extreme motorcycle and helmet conditions, the Ride mate is the ultimate intercom system for motorcycle & snowmobile communications.


The intercom mode is duplex, like a telephone, allowing simultaneous Rider-passenger conversations. Designed with a special amplifier to enhance sound quality under the most extreme motorcycle and helmet conditions, the Ridemate is the ultimate intercom system for motorcycle & snowmobile communications.
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Henry Pollick

 

thats not bluetooth

 

Ummm....yeah....Blue tooth would indicate a wireless type device....key word in this description is wireless...or does it hook up your devices to it thru bluetooth?

 

nope not bluetooth. bluetooth can't do what this POS calls "duplex"
make note of the red arrow coming out of the bottom right 12V

 

it looked like a lot of wires ...if you had all the gear( key word here again)

 

if you want a pretty good bluetooth headset with duplex intercom, check out the scala rider Q2. I have 2, my girlfriend and I think they work well. Playing music through them doesnt sound good for some reason though.

 

It is spam, Poeple try to make some sale here on the forum.

 

The best blue tooth deal is the Element helmet. I have had one for two months and is fantastic! Works with my i pod and I phone....I also have the Scala rider and that sucks for sure....

 

bluetooth intercoms

I have the SENA SMH10 bluetooth intercom/interphone to hook up to my helmet and it works amazing. It lasts forever and very clear. There are reviews on webBikeWorld and it retails for like 219.00. I got mine at MrHit.com - Premium Cell Phone accessories, Mounting and Bluetooth. Lifetime Warranty! We Carry Cynergy Design, Case-Mate, Krusell and others at the Best Price. Mr. Hit for $159.99 and they have the Dual set for $259.99

 

Bluetooth certainly can do full duplex. FRS, GMRS cannot do full duplex.

It's only a good deal if it's a good helmet, plus AFAIK the Element does not support A2DP.... no stereo. I prefer to fit the bluetooth to the helmet of my choice.

That's the one I wanted but I couldn't find a good deal. That's the best price I've seen.

 

Deal alert!
Radio Shack has the Midland BT2D (dual pack) for $199 with free shipping. They also have a current discount for $15 off any order over $125. That's $75 less than anyplace else right now. I just ordered a set, $185 + tax.
Review link
Radio Shack BT2D link

I looked at the Sena SMH10 again. I love the jog dial, but I don't like how big it is and how the bracket hangs down so far below the edge of the helmet, and there's no option to mount it higher. My BT Multi-Interphone with the clip mount only hangs down about 1/4" and still snags my jacket when I turn my head.

 

I actually got to do a ride this weekend with a couple guys that had the SENA BT setup. They didn't have any issues with them snagging on their jackets, and one of the 2 who had it was a 10 year old boy. Neither he, nor his dad had any issues, and they fit pretty flush to the bottom of their helmets.

 

I guess it depends on the jacket and the helmet. From the pictures on webBikeWorld it looks like the base with the wires and mic boom hang down at least 1/4" below the lower edge of the helmet. My jacket has a seam with reflective piping on the shoulders. The mount on the BT Mutli-Interphones would catch when I turn my head. It didn't cause any serious problems but it was extremely annoying and it did knock the unit loose once.

Here's the Midland BT2 on my Bell Star. I had to mount it pretty high because of the contour of the helmet. It looks like the wires running under the edge will be the failure point, but if I set it on a table they don't touch the surface. The more I look at it, I don't think the Sena could be mounted to this helmet. There's not enough room on the inside for the clip, and no flat surface near the edge for the adhesive.

 

my first bluetooth unit was the scala rider Q2. worked well. even at high speeds. only problem was that it disrupted the wind flowing around my helmet which resulted in creating some noise. not noise through the speakers, more like where wind used to flow silently past my helmet now encounters this unit sticking to the side and crates an eddy which i clearly hear in my left ear. quite a problem in my opinion. and i'm sure remains true with any other type of unit.
i then switched to the Nolan N 103. a modular helmet with BT built right in. much like the Scala rider, 3 easy to push (even with gloves on) large buttons. just no eye-sore of a box sticking to the side of your helmet. also, the Nolan BT allows for wirelessly streaming music from your phone or nav system. and if you want to rock out to music and listen for your GPS as well, there's a 3.5mm plug for either. Basically, i'm quite pleased with this helmet. the bonus is there's an internal sun screen which can be lowered with the flip of a switch. never get caught with the sun in your eyes again.

 

Sena

I popped for the Sena systems this past week, but have not yet ridden with it. Got it charged, installed in the Aria Corsair and Shoei. Sync'd without a hitch and sent my Shoei shod son walking down the street to get a couple hundred yards away before the link got choppy.

Sync'd with m iPhone 3G, stereo tunes - phone no problems. This should solve the need to take off gloves and helmet to call from the side of the road.

Have not yet tried sync'in with the Zumo.

So far everything's been as good as the reviews have said. The jog-shuttle is easy to use and the unit appears well made. just have not ridden with them yet. I'll post when I do.

For the budget concience... MrHit.com delivered quickly. Dual set for $269.99 to my door via USPS.

Prosit,
Nozzle

 

I spent ten minutes trying to sync my iPhone 3G and Zumo 550 with the Sena this morning.

The order you link stuff together matters. Link the phone and the Zumo, then the headset and the Zumo. Otherwise you’ll have issues and need to unlink/turn off all the toys before you do it in the correct order. Start at the top of the Zumo menu and work down the list. Then it takes about ten seconds for the iPhone, then ten seconds for the Sena headset to sync up.
The Zumo drives just one speaker of the Sena, so the babe-in-the-box just screamed in my left ear. It was easy to turn down the volume to an acceptable level as her voice told me to turn left and right out of the neighborhood. Things were fine below 40mph as the wind noise is no issue.
After I pulled on to the interstate, the wind noise made it hard to hear without twisting the Sena’s volume to max. I got warning in plenty of time to make exits and turns – all without looking down over the tank bag at the GPS. Seems safer to have my eye looking at the road, so this would seem a good thing for travelling to places I don’t know well. Unfortunately, I was commuting to work and the voice instructions were annoying.
I tried calling home from the Zumo. Told Zumo to phone home and the phone icon pops up on the lower left corner and I hear the phone ring, my son says ‘hi’ and I can recognize his voice. He can understand me fine at interstate speeds, but says it doesn’t really sound like me. He hangs up and the connect gets dropped cleanly and the phone icon goes away. Sweet. Now I can call the place I’m going and let them know my ETA, no need to remove helmet and gloves (iPhone does not like touches with gloves) to call someone from the side of the road.
I switched the Zumo to the music I’d put on the SD card so I could listen to tunes. The Zumo 550 mp3 files sounded horrible through the Sena – esp. at speed with the wind noise. After two songs, I decided this not for me. Quiet was better than the “music” due to the wind noise. I’d listened to the Zumo via earbuds earlier and that sound was better – mostly due to the foam insulation in the buds keeping the wind noise down.
I stopped for gas, then re-paired the rig to go from the iPhone to the Sena. The sound is much better, stereo, but harder to control since the iPhone stays tucked in the tank bag… so I listened to some podcasts the rest of the way to work. The voice was O.K., but the wind noise required lots of volume on the Sena to overcome. I’d never considered buying a different windscreen, but perhaps I have a reason now… quieter air. I’d turn down the Sena if I pulled into the wake of an 18 wheeler – which is super easy to do with the huge knob on the unit.
The HUGE knob on the Sena makes it easy to control, but the unit is big enough that I could feel the drag on the left side of my helmet from it. It is a little annoying, but not so much so that I’d send the thing back.
The podcast ended before I got to the office… silence, well wind noise alone, until I got a loud “Bing” from the Sena as I turned into the parking lot. That was quite a surprise.

So for listening to my Zumo, MP3’s, phone, the Sena works, but the helmet noise makes it worth less (not worthless) for listening at speeds with the Aria Corsair RX-7 I have. I’ll have to play with speaker placement some to try to improve this, but the Sena will be great if I ever have to talk to folks from the side of the road on my phone.

No intercom test yet… maybe next week after a quick trip the rest of this week.

 

Don't know what your budget is but I've had my O'Neal Fastrack Element for over a year & it has served me well in all your requirements with only a few issues.

The music & GPS part of it is great. I linked it to my Bberry, iPhone & Garmin with no problem. GPS is great cuz the little voice talks OVER the music just like if you were in a car so no interupting my tunes. Music bumps loud & clear until I hit 85. I can still hear it but now that I have a Givi windscreen all the air get redirected from my chest to my head & it is a little hard to hear all the words. Phone calls are ok as long as you're doing less the 50mph, after 55mph you can forget about being clearly heard but I didnt get it for calls so that's cool. Although both sides of the helmet have speakers & one can be removed for "legal" reasons, if they were a little better quality, I'm sure every word would come through crystal clear regardless of speed. My biggest issue is with the padding. My head throbs after roughly 2hrs of riding. The button is easy to use even with my big ole thick winter gloves.

I talked to the guys at O'neal and according to him, they spent all last year reading reviews from people who have the Fastrack Element and worked very hard to improve what everydody complained about. The new Tirade Bluetooth Helmet dropped last week and is said to be a drastic improvement for group rides with 450 meter helmet-to-helmet intercom. I'm getting mine mid July & will let you guys know how it is.

With a new helmet I'll be able to go to Radio Shack and experiment on changing out & improving the speakers just in case the new one suck.