Helmet Comms
iCentral
Dave Milligan
<itsal...@i-central.com.au> wrote:
>About to invest in a comms package.
>Need some links or some info.
>
>
>troy
Hi Troy,
I'm investigating the same:- Bike to Bike communicators. Have a look
at the following.
http://www.challengermotors.co.nz/
http://www.motorcycle.com/mo/mcdirt/trailrider/collet.html
http://www.calamander.co.uk/intercoms/nady/nady.htm
I'm looking closely at the top one because I know the owner, but
unless I get some good answers to the questions I have emailed to him
I will be back to where I started and that is knowing fuckall about
good Bike to Bike communicators.
Kind regards
Dave Milligan
Trevor S
@news-server.bigpond.net.au:
> About to invest in a comms package.
> Need some links or some info.
http://www.advrider.com/forums/showthread.php?t=27575
--
Trevor S
"Unthinking respect for authority is the greatest enemy of truth."
-Albert Einstein
Alan Pennykid
Dave, a couple of years ago there was a mob here in Sydney called TwinBlue
motorcycles, a rental/tour company that used BMWs. They(TwinBlue) no longer
exist but I remember they used Baehr communicators for all their tours, from
what I seen they seemed to work very well. the only link I can find is
http://www.challengermotors.co.nz/
Al
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sanbar
Dick Smiths has 0.5W Uniden UHF handheld radios for just over $60 a pair,
including car charger kit and Lithium battery (much cheaper than the
Super Cheap Auto $80 a pair deal). Buy a couple of cheap
headphones, pull the wafer speakers out, cover them in fluff, use
double-sided tape with velcro to stick it ot your helmet's liner. Mount a
small mike on the inside of your helmet, again covered in fluff to cut
down on wind rush. Mount a push-to-talk switch on your handlebars and wire
it into the Uniden (c'mon, for $60 you aren't going to cry over the
warranty).
Viola. Transferrable bike-to-bike or rider-to-pillion comms for less than
$100[1]. A 0.5W unit is good for a couple of kilometres.
- sanbar
[1] Unless your brother borrows your bike and in a fit of stupidity rips
all the wiring out, rendering it pretty much useless. But I'm not bitter.
I'm not bitter! Arsehole..
Wocka
I have just bought and installed the Autocom Advanced System ( bike
powered ). Absolutely fantastic quality out of the unit. I highly recommend
it. I know another Aus.Moto rider here who has used one for over a year. No
problems.
Now if only I had a mute button so I don't hear the wife giggling and saying
"Weee..... " as we go up the old road.
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Dave Ello
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> Need some links or some info.
Hi Troy,
Check out http://www.autocom.co.uk/ . I've had the Autocom Pro 7 Kit for
about 8 months now and we're 100% happy with it. Bought it from MAW and
have done about 12,000 kms with it thus far in all types of weather. I like
to ride with my visor up and have just added some bits that allow this
without the VOX (voice-activation) cutting in - no probs up to about 120
km/h.
Clear speech at all speeds, provisions for music input, a CB attachment and
even a mobile phone (!). Pretty cool but not cheap - I think ours cost
about $750 but for us, very worthwhile. We rode for about 1/2 an hour the
other day without plugging in and didn't realise how much it improves the
whole experience (except when Lisa decides to start singing - or earbash me
about something I'm 'getting around to'...). hehe
Check it out and good luck whatever you buy.
Cheers,
Dave ZZR600 => ST2 (stolen) => '03 XX
Dave Ello
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> Troy,
>
> I have just bought and installed the Autocom Advanced System ( bike
> powered ). Absolutely fantastic quality out of the unit. I highly
recommend
> it. I know another Aus.Moto rider here who has used one for over a year.
No
> problems.
>
> Now if only I had a mute button so I don't hear the wife giggling and
saying
> "Weee..... " as we go up the old road.
Mate, I'm struggling to believe your words. When she was on my bike, all I
could hear from her was "...whoooo's yer Daaaady..." and "... bring it
onnnn, big boy...".
:)
Cheese,
Davey Baby ZZR600 => ST2 (stolen) => '03 XX
Martin Taylor
> Troy,
>
> I have just bought and installed the Autocom Advanced System ( bike
> powered ). Absolutely fantastic quality out of the unit. I highly
> recommend it. I know another Aus.Moto rider here who has used one for
> over a year. No problems.
What does it use for speakers?
I'm still hunting for something that I can use an MP3 player or radio
with. I was watching a car race recently, and saw a driver, after taking
his helmet off, remove what appeared to be earplugs with wires coming
out of them. I assumed that they were earplugs with tiny speakers in
them. I've not been able to find them.
Zebee Johnstone
Martin Taylor <mjp...@yahoo.com.au> wrote:
>
> I'm still hunting for something that I can use an MP3 player or radio
> with. I was watching a car race recently, and saw a driver, after taking
> his helmet off, remove what appeared to be earplugs with wires coming
> out of them. I assumed that they were earplugs with tiny speakers in
> them. I've not been able to find them.
I've just bought a set of Sony MDREX51LP. They are like little earplugs
with speakers in them.
not as good as earplugs as proper earplugs, but surprisingly close.
Excellent sound and don't have to have the MP3 player blasting at you to
hear what it is playing. Small enough to fit inside the helmet without
touching it and conducting sound and without being moved when you take
it off or put it on.
Expensive - $70 RRP, can get for a bit less online - but I think worth
it.
Zebee
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Tim Moran
>
> I've just bought a set of Sony MDREX51LP. They are like little earplugs
> with speakers in them.
>
> not as good as earplugs as proper earplugs, but surprisingly close.
> Excellent sound and don't have to have the MP3 player blasting at you to
> hear what it is playing. Small enough to fit inside the helmet without
> touching it and conducting sound and without being moved when you take
> it off or put it on.
>
> Expensive - $70 RRP, can get for a bit less online - but I think worth
> it.
>
> Zebee
>
I've been using the sony's for a number of years now, and they've been
brilliant, the only real gripe I have with them is that I tend to lose
the rubber surrounds on them, but thats something a dab of superglue can
minimise.
As the set I've got now are getting a bit old and battered, I've been
looking at other options, on the cheaper end of the scale, Koss do a set
they call"The Plug", and I've got a set of these,but don't really like
them, a lot more bulky then the sonys, not as comfortable in my ear, and
they don't sound as good, but then they're half the price. the next
option recommended by a lot of the guys in the US seem to be the
etymotic er6's, http://www.etymotic.com/ephp/er6.asp, but they're a fair
bit more expensive, I haven't seen a local source for them, but the RRP
is $139US, so you'd be looking at AU$200 or so if you ordered them from
the US.
The next step up after that is getting custom ones made, you get a set
of moulds made of your ears by a local specialist, which are then sent
off and a set of custom earphones is made from them. There is a mob in
qld that do this, http://www.phoenixhearing.com.au/ is the website, and
the report I read said the cost was about $60 to have the moulds made,
and then $120 for the custom phones. I'm seriously considering this for
my next set.
Tim
Martin Taylor
> I've just bought a set of Sony MDREX51LP. They are like little earplugs
> with speakers in them.
Thanks. Just ordered a set from a site called minidisc.com.au. Hopefully
will be here by Friday. Now, gotta load up the Palm's SD card with
MP3s...
As for the 'earplug' component, how many times can they be used before
they become useless? Normal earplugs last one or two uses, if that.
Trevor S
use...@cohen.hokinrazi.homeip.net:
<snip>
> they don't sound as good, but then they're half the price. the next
> option recommended by a lot of the guys in the US seem to be the
> etymotic er6's, http://www.etymotic.com/ephp/er6.asp, but they're a
> fair
> bit more expensive, I haven't seen a local source for them, but the RRP
> is $139US, so you'd be looking at AU$200 or so if you ordered them from
> the US.
I have a set of ER-6's, (I couls not justify the cost of the ER-4s) and
think they are very good. I don't wear them while riding so I can't comment
on their performance in that regard
Zebee Johnstone
Martin Taylor <mjp...@yahoo.com.au> wrote:
>
> As for the 'earplug' component, how many times can they be used before
> they become useless? Normal earplugs last one or two uses, if that.
If you are an earwaxy sort of ear, clean them with mild detergent
each night.
They seem to last fairly well otherwise. They are more like the
solid-core-with-flange plugs than the squish-and-insert type.
Zebee
Gary Woodman
@yahoo.com.au:
> As for the 'earplug' component, how many times can they be used before
> they become useless? Normal earplugs last one or two uses, if that.
That must be why they're supplied in such large boxes. But I use Leichts,
available from BOC (5 pair, blister pack, $4.95), and they dampen
effectively for at least a year. I (usually) wipe them clean after use, not
wash them, but they quickly get spotty brown and unappetising.
Gary (time for some more actually)
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"Gary Woodman" <u...@your.nose> wrote in message
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> Martin Taylor <mjp...@yahoo.com.au> wrote in news:41074946.79fc2f1f.bm003
> @yahoo.com.au:
>
> > As for the 'earplug' component, how many times can they be used before
> > they become useless? Normal earplugs last one or two uses, if that.
>
> That must be why they're supplied in such large boxes. But I use Leichts,
> available from BOC (5 pair, blister pack, $4.95), and they dampen
> effectively for at least a year. I (usually) wipe them clean after use,
not
> wash them, but they quickly get spotty brown and unappetising.
>
> Gary (time for some more actually)
I don't think you're supposed to eat them,Gary.
Pat
Mark Hutchison
> In aus.motorcycles on Wed, 28 Jul 2004 05:19:14 +1000
> Martin Taylor <mjp...@yahoo.com.au> wrote:
>
>>I'm still hunting for something that I can use an MP3 player or radio
>>with. I was watching a car race recently, and saw a driver, after taking
>>his helmet off, remove what appeared to be earplugs with wires coming
>>out of them. I assumed that they were earplugs with tiny speakers in
>>them. I've not been able to find them.
>
>
>
> I've just bought a set of Sony MDREX51LP. They are like little earplugs
> with speakers in them.
>
> not as good as earplugs as proper earplugs, but surprisingly close.
> Excellent sound and don't have to have the MP3 player blasting at you to
> hear what it is playing. Small enough to fit inside the helmet without
> touching it and conducting sound and without being moved when you take
> it off or put it on.
>
> Expensive - $70 RRP, can get for a bit less online - but I think worth
> it.
>
> Zebee
>
I have the same ones, I took the stalk off them to make them more comfortable
under my helmet, but under 100KMh I can hear my music when played at a
comfortable level set before starting the bike.
Don't lose the silicone rubber ear shells, they are around $10 each !
Mark.
--
Hutch - 1992 Honda CBR1000FN - Perth - W.A.
Hamish Alker-Jones
> They seem to last fairly well otherwise. They are more like the
> solid-core-with-flange plugs than the squish-and-insert type.
Tee hee, flange.
Hammo
Wocka
You mount them behind the lining of your helmet, You have to cut away a bit
of the hard foam to get them flush.
Or they do have velcro on the back that can just stick to the lining. But
they would press against your ears and probably hurt after a while.
The mic is very good, very directional. You can't hear any wind noise at
all.
This system allows you to plug in an MP3 player or any audio system.
--
Wocka
( '99 CBR600 F4 )
Now with added Staintune.
"Martin Taylor" <mjp...@yahoo.com.au> wrote in message
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Martin Taylor
>> As for the 'earplug' component, how many times can they be used before
>> they become useless? Normal earplugs last one or two uses, if that.
> That must be why they're supplied in such large boxes. But I use
> Leichts, available from BOC (5 pair, blister pack, $4.95), and they
> dampen effectively for at least a year. I (usually) wipe them clean
Haven't seen that brand. We use Decidamp, EAR and some other brands. At
work I use them once. When out on the plant, put a new set in. back in
the control room, throw them out.
At home I use the same pair, maybe 2 or 3 times, before they lose their
expandability. Outside of work, I use them for when sleeping on
nightshift and on the bike.
Hopefully, these Sony things will be as effective. My AGV X-Vent is as
quiet as the exhaust of a Pratt & Whitney FT4 turbo-jet.
Zebee Johnstone
Martin Taylor <mjp...@yahoo.com.au> wrote:
>
> Hopefully, these Sony things will be as effective. My AGV X-Vent is as
> quiet as the exhaust of a Pratt & Whitney FT4 turbo-jet.
They aren't as effective as the single use expandables, but they are
fairly close.
Gary Woodman
news:2mpd5fF...@uni-berlin.de:
> I don't think you're supposed to eat them,Gary.
I don't, I keep them with me for loan to people who forget theirs...
Gary
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