We SEEG owners have no communications on our bikes. Looking to be able to: 1) talk to my daughter (passenger), 2) my wife on her bike, and 3) be able to link to a Zumo if I get one.
Any help, tips, advice would be appreciated. Phone use is not really needed. Thanks, bob
Here is a real world review at http://www.hdforums.com/m_2923824/tm.htm
Bob, the answer to your questions are yes, yes and yes.
All right, here is the initial impression after 2000+ miles.
I have two sets, let Glenn use one.
The system is everything the ads say. We were able to communicate like we were on a telephone. Distance was easily 1000+ feet. I think at times we were well over the 1600' when we had a direct line of site. We were both using full face helmets.
The cell phone feature is nice - ask Good Howie. I talked to him last night while coming home for about a half hour. He had no idea I was rolling down the highway at 65 mph.
The units don't stay "open" all the time unless you set it so. We found out battery life is almost 2 full days (turn on at 8am turn off whenever) when I forgot to charge them one night. They charge up in about and hour or so (and I can charge them in the tourpak).
Cell phone overrides the intercom and I think it has a distinctive ring - one for numbers in your phone phonebook and one for not in the book.
My phone does not have a very good voice rec - so that feature didn't work too well.
The FM is mediocre and I would not get it for that option. Too hard to operate.
The vox circuit opens up easy and stays open for about 30 seconds.
The only annoyance I had really had nothing to do with the Cardo's. My cell coverage is crap and as the phone would go in and out of service the Cardo's give a brief ring, or in my case with "sprint no-tel" non service an annoying notice. I finally pulled over to pull the phone out of the tourpak and "un bluetooth" it.
Would hate to buy and J&M or someone else come out with something more usable real soon. But that's the way electronics are I guess. Bob
Nature of the beast Bob
I talked to the J&M people at Americade and some Nolan people. They have nothing like this and you want the same thing I wanted. So this is good.
You can use 3 units. The only caveat is you talk to your passenger and if you want to switch to the other rider you have to hit a button to activate. And you passenger cannot communicate with your "other rider" (3rd unit).
But you daughter could pair "her" bluetooth phone and talk to your wife that way. With family plans it really is a non extra cost issue.
I spoke with J&M's distributor here in Ohio yesterday (Sierra Electronics) and they said their latest Bluetooth headsets would be out by the end of July with the features of the Q2 Cardo Scala and in STEREO..
J&M and Sierra (Americade) both told me it would be mono.
Cardo people told me they have a new headset coming out with a 1/8" jack for iPod mp3 use, but not stereo. The actual communicator is separate from the headset.
The speakers are thin and use the velcro "hook" to attach. They stick well to the helmet lining. My helmet (HD) has very little room around the ears, so plcement of the speaker took some time.
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