Who has gone bluetooth with their headset?

[rickardracing]

Who has gone Bluetooth on their headsets? What brand did you go with? What all did you have to do to get them to work on the second gens? Are you happy with them?

[VentureFar]

Are you asking about connecting the cb to your helmet?

I use the sena smh10 Bluetooth and get intercom and also music from my iPhone.

To connect the cb requires their sm10 adapter and special yamaha cable. Then the cb audio talk and listen will happen in your headset.

Personally I don't use the cb but if I need to I can listen in the speakers and reply with hand signals if needed.

I am very pleased with the sena smh10 Bluetooth headset system.

VentureFar...

[rickardracing]

Yes I want everything to work through the helmet. Cb, gps (which is Bluetooth) and satellite radio and the intercom. I picked up another helmet last year for my wife, blue to match my 07, her current helmet is red to match her bike, and I am looking for another headset for the blue one. For the price of an Elite J &M, I can get 2 Sena Bluetooth headsets on Amazon. Cords are a pain, but s would making sure the headsets are constantly charged. I know I would have to get the Buddy Rich cable, did not know I would have to get another one from Sena. Also, I have done rides that lasted longer than the 9 hour battery life. So I am kind of not sure what to do. Being over 94 people have looked at this thread, I am kind of disappointed at the response.

[Dale124]

I also have the Sena SMH10, but did not care to connect any of the bikes audio to them. I just wanted to be able to talk to my wife or to my friends. The battery life seemed great to me, as you don't need to have the lines of communication always open, just put it in standby and touch the jog shuttle button when you want to chat. I have also paired it to my phone, which worked great. It's cool talking to someone on the phone who doesn't realize you are currently on a motorcycle.

Dale

[stickhandle2]

We have the uclear bluetooth, just for talking back and forth between ourselves. I like the fact that it doesn't have a boom mic, I even went and got the ear bud setup for when I have my shorty helmet on. I tried it on a ride with my daughter and the bike to bike communication was great, even better she could still understand me at highway speeds (100km/h).

 

The mic for the shorty setup are up at the front of your helmet out of the wind, it is actually a pretty cool setup.

 

Mike.

[friesman]

I used the Scala Bluetooth setups on my G1 bike and wasn't sure that I would like the corded system when I got the RSV. I promised myself I would try the bikes corded system for a while and now actually I like it better than messing around with the Bluetooth controls and fidgeting. The Cord hookup is easy on the bike and all my controls are upfront and in sight, not on the side of my helmet. My gps uses FM so it broadcasts to the radio and into my headset, so about the only thing I cannot do is talk on the phone, and getting away from the phone is one of the reasons to ride, so for me the RSV OEM system is a win all around.

 

Brian

[blue mtn. jim]

Who has gone Bluetooth on their headsets? What brand did you go with? What all did you have to do to get them to work on the second gens? Are you happy with them?

I have gone bluetooth with everything, GPS,PHONE, HELMET TO HELMET. I made a non bluetooth GPS into a bluetooth one and my headsets only cost a 100.00. Frugal I am. The bluetooth GPS was easy, solded a female jack to the speaker wires and bought a transmitter to plug in, transmitter dongol was 20.00. There you have it! Cheap, Jim

[rickardracing]

I have gone bluetooth with everything, GPS,PHONE, HELMET TO HELMET. I made a non bluetooth GPS into a bluetooth one and my headsets only cost a 100.00. Frugal I am. The bluetooth GPS was easy, solded a female jack to the speaker wires and bought a transmitter to plug in, transmitter dongol was 20.00. There you have it! Cheap, Jim

 

What you did will not work for me. My gps is Bluetooth. I am not going to add a wire to it and run it through the aux. If I do that, I won't be able to use my satellite radio. I need to be able to pair the gps to the Bluetooth, use the helmet to helmet intercom AND the cb. I could care less about a phone. I will not talk on the phone while riding a motorcycle.

[aharbi]

I gave up long ago trying to make the Venture audio/CB work with bluetooth & iPhone. I have two sets of helmets for the Venture. One with the old wired J&M that we use for group rides needing the CB. The other is SENA SMH-10, intercom, iPhone, GPS, MP3. I prefer using the bluetooth SMH-10. Have used it two full days in a row without charging it - no problems. Also, it can be charged while riding if you have a 12VDC plug. I installed one in the trunk and have factory one in the front cowling.

 

As I have several bikes that require pairing differently. I bought a third SMH-10 to snap on/off my helmet paired to the other bike when I ride solo. So I don't have to unpair - re-pair each time.

 

My suggestion; forget about the Venture audio, it's old dead technology. Go bluetooth. If you need the CB use your old helmet.

 

Also, USB device charging. I found a pocket three prong surge protecter (for laptop) with two 110AV plugs and 4 USB charging ports which is great when we travel. In a hotel you quickly run out of plugs and run the chance of leaving a USB charger behind.

[alwrmcusn]

We have two Bluetooth sets.

A Scala Teamset which works great.

We also have a uClear set which does not work very well for us. We returned it once and there was/is no change. It whistles and squeals like crazy when we first put them on. Also it seems to randomly turn on/off. When it is working, it's pretty good. I have considered the earbud/remote mike additions at Cycle Gear but until I get some confirmation that they will work better than the normal uClear arrangement I can't see spending the money to get them. I'm not sure where or how the remote mike is placed with the earbud units.

Considering getting a second set of Scala headsets so I don't have to change them out when we change helmets from cooler weather to hotter weather (modular to 3/4 helmets).

[BigLenny]

Rickard,

 

I don't have a Venture, I have an RSTD, so therefore I have no need to hook up to a CB. I do, however, want to throw my 2 cents worth in for a Bluetooth headset. My wife and I have been using them for 6 years now and they work great for talking to each other, cell phone, and mp3 connection. I have two sets, the Scala Q2, and the Sena SMH10 Dual. The Sena is the better product. When I bought the Sena, they were not very well known. Everybody and there uncle was using the Scala product. I went out on a limb and tried them because they were cheaper than the Scala and quickly realized they are better and easier to use. The battery will last for 9+ hours. As a matter of fact. two Fridays ago we took of and rode for 3 hours and stopped at a hotel, we then realized we had forgotten our Sena chargers. So, we turned the units off until the next morning. We rode 400 miles the next day and 9 hours and they never went out.

 

Having said that, I do kinda have some interest in trying that UClear unit with no microphone boom. The only reason I haven't yet is because I just can't wrap my brain around how it could be as good at picking up sound as a unit that you speak directly into the mic. Maybe if I could hear from someone that has experienced a Scala or Sena, but now has has a UClear and confims its good.

[Guest Bluestreak]

Who has gone Bluetooth on their headsets? What brand did you go with? What all did you have to do to get them to work on the second gens? Are you happy with them?

 

I read on a Goldwing site about using Sena headsets and "Sierra Electronics" having a special cable made to connect to factory audio. I contacted Steve Schmidt, the guy that created the special cable, to see if he would consider making a cable to connect my Scala headsets that I already owned to my 2nd gen. He agreed to do it so I sent him 1 of my headset clamps and he connected and soldered the cabling necessary. He did not want to make and sell the cables but sell the idea to a company like Sierra and let them build them. The Scala gives me mono music from the system, I leave the bike intercom volume all the way down, and I can use the CB from the wireless. This requires a minimum of 2 headsets. 1 for the bike and 1 for the driver, + 1 additional if you want 1 for passenger. I can still connect with my phone to the Scala but I have difficulty switching from phone back to bike system. My experience with Steve was good but I think the Sena headset is a better candidate for doing this.