sportsguy
searchgeek - author
Might seem like a simple question, but its not covered in the owners manual...LOL
Got the gear mounted on the bike yesterday, with HUGE thanks to Hudson for his help, space, tools, time, tape, zipties and hospitality.
Loads of time into trying to figure out where to do final mounting for the headset cords, which remain "loose" right now pending our final fitting session here at home.
Took a few hours today to mount the speakers and microphones in the helmets. Not sure what I was expecting, but it wasn't to have to go get a set of exacto knives and start cutting into our helmets...LOL Once I had the items for each helmet outlined, the cutting was pretty simple. The pieces fit right the first time and remain secure. Love how flush the microphones are now - very different than the ScalaRider G4 units that filled the open space between your lips and the inside of the helmet. Not that I had a problem with the ScalaRider units, but there is a noticable difference in space used.
The speakers sound great, and even though I was just idling in the garage, the volume was easily enough to completely block any sound of the idling bike from reaching my ears...and there was still lots of room left to increase the volume even more. You can immediatly hear the difference between these speakers and the ScalaRider G4 speakers - which SHOULD happen given how much larger and thicker the J&M units are - much harder to mount, but there's always a tradeoff, isn't there...
Which now brings me to my question...
How the heck to we talk to each other on the bike? I've read the manual, checked the website and nada. Is it as simple as simply speaking and it overides any input from the aux input or the CB, and the passenger hears me. The same from the passenger's end, where they simply speak and overide the audio inputs to be heard by the rider?
Or...is that what the passenger CB transmit button is for? Methinks I may have this mounted in the wrong spot on the handlbar, and maybe THAT needs to go to the back of the bike to allow the passenger to speak by pressing and holding the button...hmmm...
I might have some tinkering to do at the Tech Day in a couple weeks...
Any input from JMCB users would be most appreciated.
Got the gear mounted on the bike yesterday, with HUGE thanks to Hudson for his help, space, tools, time, tape, zipties and hospitality.
Loads of time into trying to figure out where to do final mounting for the headset cords, which remain "loose" right now pending our final fitting session here at home.
Took a few hours today to mount the speakers and microphones in the helmets. Not sure what I was expecting, but it wasn't to have to go get a set of exacto knives and start cutting into our helmets...LOL Once I had the items for each helmet outlined, the cutting was pretty simple. The pieces fit right the first time and remain secure. Love how flush the microphones are now - very different than the ScalaRider G4 units that filled the open space between your lips and the inside of the helmet. Not that I had a problem with the ScalaRider units, but there is a noticable difference in space used.
The speakers sound great, and even though I was just idling in the garage, the volume was easily enough to completely block any sound of the idling bike from reaching my ears...and there was still lots of room left to increase the volume even more. You can immediatly hear the difference between these speakers and the ScalaRider G4 speakers - which SHOULD happen given how much larger and thicker the J&M units are - much harder to mount, but there's always a tradeoff, isn't there...
Which now brings me to my question...
How the heck to we talk to each other on the bike? I've read the manual, checked the website and nada. Is it as simple as simply speaking and it overides any input from the aux input or the CB, and the passenger hears me. The same from the passenger's end, where they simply speak and overide the audio inputs to be heard by the rider?
Or...is that what the passenger CB transmit button is for? Methinks I may have this mounted in the wrong spot on the handlbar, and maybe THAT needs to go to the back of the bike to allow the passenger to speak by pressing and holding the button...hmmm...
I might have some tinkering to do at the Tech Day in a couple weeks...
Any input from JMCB users would be most appreciated.