bluetooth helmet

i bought a couple on ebay too. but don't have a Q2 to test with. plz let me know what u find out

 

Do you just need to know about their operation with a Q2 or simply compared to a Q2?

 

Well...here we go.

This is what I can offer so far.

Cardo calls their unit weatherproof...the V1 is referred to as water resistant only.

The Q2's built-in FM radio offers 5 presets and is "ok." The V1...(yes that it what my BlackBerry sees it as)...has no presets and the tuner senitivity is poor. The FM radio happens to be an integral part of my set up as I use my Garmin Nuvi 350 with a Griffin iTrip universal FM transmitter. I had a heck of a time tuning the V1 into my iTrip. I tuned into a local station and went for a ride...lots of noise, fading etc.

On the Bluetooth side, the V1 wins. The Q2 does not support stereo audio. Up until last night, my Nuvi has been my navigation system and mp3 player through the itrip. I went out and bought 4GB micro SD card for my BlackBerry, load up some tunes and went for another ride. Sweet! As mentioned before, the speakers are crappy, no worse than those supllied with the Q2 I'm sure...but...everything sounds better in stereo. you have to use the phone's interface to choose your playlist...(something I do with 2 feet on the ground)...but once your tunes are playing, you can pause and start the music from the headset. A small thing but nice.

**This could be a bug but on my unit...the stereo bluetooth playback doesn't work properly if your phone is turned on 1st...I had to turn on the V1 THEN the phone. Could be the phone...I am testing this with a BlackBerry 8530 Curve**

On the phone side the Q2 is the winner. On my Q2 I can voice dial and answer calls hands free. The call quality at speed is quite good. The V1 will only allow to redial the last number and doesn't allow you to answer a call with out pressing a button. I think I made calls from my Q2 because I could...you know when something is new etc. Come to think of it now the only calls I make are to the local police's Aggresive Driver Hotline... I could live without the ability to place a call. The V1 actually speaks the number of party calling you...it works! A woman's voice with a British accent...sexy. (Incoming call from seven zero five two six eight...)...you get the idea. So it chimes twice, speaks, chimes twice and so on until a human or machine answers. That is another small but nice touch.

The moment you've all been waiting for. I succesfully paired the V1 with the Q2. The only glitch was that I could only initiate and terminate communication from the Q2. That wouldn't be so bad but they didn't pass the power off test. After I turned both off and back, they didn't stay paired. The comunication I did have with my wife occurred in the house about 50 feet apart and not line of sight. I will be unable to test it as an intercom at speed for a while so maybe someone else could chime in.

My recommendation....buy 2! At that price you'll be happy...especially if you have a Bluetooth GPS!.

*UPDATE* My wife called me when I was on my way home from work...I was in just normal city traffic (50 km/h) and she had a had time understanding me. I then redialed home and left a message on the machine...it sounded like I was speaking Finnish and I don't know how to speak Finnish!! I may need to play with it a bit more. (that's what she said!)

 

If it's just gonna give you a good excuse to ride like an ass (which I do WAAAAAAY too often so don't get offended) it might not be the best of ideas, just something to think aboooot.