Bike Comms

[viper]

I cant see how any wireless system could ever be better than a hard wired system that never requires charging such as the autocom .

[Kawdolph]

I also have the smh10 ,latest firmware allows you to connect to other makes of headset.

[Lonewolf]

I think wireless systems have come on leaps and bounds in the last few years.


Without getting into the why would you want to discussion.....I have an Autocom Logic hard wired to the bike. I have an Autocom Bluetooth module which connects the Autocom itself wirelessly to the Zumo 660, so far so good but when I try to connect the iPhone to the system the reception is appalling and even Autocom confirm there are noise compatibility issues and yet Nigel has the BMW System 6 Evo helmet with Bluetooth module and he has spoken directions from sat nav and crystal clear phone calls from a 100% wireless system.


How can this be? Autocom are supposed to be one of the best aren't they?

[Debs]

Could it be your hearing aid needs new batteries? 

[coman37]

I cant see how any wireless system could ever be better than a hard wired system that never requires charging such as the autocom .

Because every time i get off the bike the wires pull out !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Coman

[bacaruda]

Got my Sena SMH5-FM dual kit 2 days ago ($300 incl. shipping and import charges from Ebay.com) and must say that I'm very pleased.
Mounted the speakers and mic in my Arai, charged it, and got it connected to my Samsung S4 + Garmin Zumo 350.
Great sound listening to both music from my phone and radio. (Took a while to get used to radio channel search, saving and selection. The GPS directions and speed camera warning works as well. Don't care about phone function but that works as I got a call that I managed to answer.
So far total satisfaction.
I haven't tried the intercom function as my wifes new helmet hasn't arrived yet. I will probably regret getting this system more than ones during our trip to the alps in July. Maybe I can skip mounting the microphone in her helmet.......

[Ros]

I had the star com bluetooth system but it was so awful.  It was incapable of maintaining a connection between the two helmets which are a few inches apart... Totally useless, so after a very infuriating holiday, I sent them back to Starcom and asked them to exchange it to a Digital.  Which was and still is excellent.

One thing I will say about the digital is that one of the connectors has now gone a bit square so it's a bit of a pig to plug in every now and then (so I use that for the pillion )

Anyway - my 2c worth :)

Cheers
Ros

[GTRpilot]

Had autocom on several bikes, with the speakers in the earplugs. A good system but have now got Sena SMH10 in both our helmets, good comm's, easy to use, and no wires to worry about when dismounting. Very good so far 

[aljaxon]

just to add my twopenneth
we use a pair of scalarider g9s
sorry for long winded report
short summary - crap bordering on unusable
trying to speak to each other after turning on is hit and miss and the vox or voice activated stuff is rubbish
I will say "call intercom" and the system voice will reply radio on.... it gets very frustrating. one we are connected its fine
even trying to do it manually which should be simple and idiot proof - I press button A she presses button B doesn't work most of the time. if I hadn't spent so much money id throw them in the bin.
my helmet is a snug fit and my wife can hear me crystal clear up to 70 and can make out what im saying up to 110mph if I duck down behind screen
hers is a loose fit with the chin protector missing and the mic does a fantastic job of sending all that wind noise to my ears.
placing the speakers is crucial, an inch away and it goes very quiet
the multifunctioning buttons require you to sit down and go through practicing with them otherwise you will just give up totally bamboozled as even when you press the right buttons it seems to have a mind of its own.

because its so hard simply getting the intercom to work reliably - we still have to turn hers off and back on every half hour or so and then mess about trying to connect them to each other- I gave up trying to use the sat nav or radio even though I have "paired everything up"
the radio comes on sometimes on its own if im not connected to my wife and whilst trying to connect to my wife its so frustrating to heard "radio on"
If I could turn the vox off they may work better
in the manual it says press vol up and down together for 5 seconds to enable or disable vox but that simply is not true with my units.
I got it to disable once.
I should have sent it back but the first time we used them shortly after purchase we put it down to user error then never used them again until last weekend.
I personally would like a simple effective intercom only, no radio sat nav mp3 no wires  so you can hear your wife on the toilet at services keep in touch whilst paying for petrol etc.
is there such a product?