Sena Blue tooth Coms stuff

[ST2UP]

Could you have filtered power for the UHF charger??? , now over to the experts.

Tried a different cig lighter on the bike from a different source than that first tried and a stand alone battery from the boat.....all with the same result 

[ST2UP]

The instructions for the Uniden 078 advise against transmitting while it is on charge.  Page 6 of the User Manual (attached)

Thanks for that Pete I had read that as well, the Uniden 12v Charger that Uniden sell for this radio I questioned about just that that you mentioned......perhaps they just wish to sell more product but stated it is a battery eliminator as as apposed to a charger.......but it does charge the battery 

But interestingly I have the issue even on receive.......it's no big deal as I can charge on lunch stops and overnight and carry a second hand held battery.....

[ST2UP]

Some Sena feed back after a little jaunt this afternoon to scrub the new tyres in........ok it was a coffee run



- Using our Earmould plugs we found Music and intercom not loud enough via helmet speakers.....but phone was fine, interestingly when I was solo yesterday the volume was fine.....just not 2UP with shared music (which is great) and the intercom.

- Using our Earmould speakers.....WOW  bloody marvellous 

- VOX intercom that we got used to on previous Bikercom and Starcom.......not great when 2UP, solo with my helmet and behind the screen all good......BUT 2UP with Pockey in more disturbed air her Helmet introduces heaps of wind noise over 90kph, so the VOX activates drops your tunes and needs constant re-set. Using off VOX on user activated intercom mode SO much more betterer and gooderer !! Just takes a little getting use to as we have used VOX for last 5 years.


- Pockey not having the primary phone and UHF in her head as well as mine was not ideal as again she had got used to being able to be in a conversation on the Phone and UHF......but now she has her own mobile connected to her helmet.


- Charge on the move is great over the Bikercom


- This is the clearest Music we have experienced over the other systems we have owned


So is this the perfect system for us ???.......not quiet there !!! Need to breed the Starcom, Bikercom and Sena together to clone the perfect system for our use 



 

[StinkyPete]

On my previous bike, I had the Uniden 078 permanently mounted in the charger cradle and under my seat.   The cradle was hard wired to the battery, fused and with an in-line switch.    At night, I'd turn the radio off and switch the charger on.    Next morning, full battery on the Uniden, and I'd turn the charger off.   Because it's such a small battery, it took very little from the bike battery.   Worked for me.

[ST2UP]

Yeah that's the go Pete.....I have my 078 on the bars and have the eliminator/charger plugged in and the bike connected to the CTEK 800ma......turn the radio on when in the shed to put a little load on the battery for the CTEK to cycle.


On the road we will just attach the charge cradle on breaks and overnight if required, carry a charged second battery for the portable if required.....I run the radio on its 1watt setting so get about 12 hours from the battery with minimal transmit time.....



 

[Brock]

Also with the SMH10, turn off the Side tone, any squelch breakthrough on the radio will trigger it and feed constant wind noise into your ears...

[Yorkie]

Had this problem with handheld, it now resides permanently in the shed, bought uniden 7700, modified internally and made the correct lead to plug into SR10, all problems solved.
The suppliers will only recommend handhelds for bikes as they have dual purpose mike, e.g. talk and listen, it does not work.

[bloodbikes]

Does anyone know where I can purchase a sena sr10 from in WA?

 

[ST2UP]

Again the place for you is Prestige Communications.......I bought our Sena equipment from them delivered to this side of the country FAR cheaper than anywhere else in Aust.


$219 delivered VS $249 on Ebay Vs $265 from Mr Mobile


 

[Sabie]

I bought the SMH10 for the Ballarat trip and I'm not 100% happy with them... They've played up almost every day.

Report to follow

[ST2UP]

Be interesting to see your report Sabie......we had a few teething issues of our own when we changed over to Sena, but most of the issues we found were from the way we used our previous Intercoms and retraining ourselves.....biggest change was to using PTT and not VOX.

We do need to turn generally mine of a few times a day and turn back on to reset, most of this I believe relates to the marriage between Sena and iPhone. We have the following connected, to my helmet.....iPhone (TomTom, Mud Maps 2, Music, and Phone) and UHFCB as well as Intercom to Pockey.......Pockey has music shared from my iPhone via the Intercom and her own Samsung for calls to her Helmet.

 

[Sabie]

We have constant issues with;

Failing to connect time after time
Drop outs
Battery life (doesn't last the day) one unit goes flat a long while before the other.
Disconnects
Static
Voice quality
Sound quality
Stereo changes (one side prominent and then the other side prominent after next start up.

[Brock]

Failed to connect..

Was this connection between Sena units, or phones, ancilliaries.

Battery Life

mine last at least 10 hrs, it may depend on how its used. ie, is it pumping music or gps info all day. I dont listen to music.

Full details will be interesting to see. It would be interesting to see what Sena have to say if you let them know that is..

[Streak]

We have constant issues with;

Failing to connect time after time
Drop outs
Battery life (doesn't last the day) one unit goes flat a LNG while before the other.
Disconnects
Static
Voice quality
Sound quality
Stereo changes (one side prominent and then the other side prominent after next start up.

Bugger mate, sounds like a dud unit to me, Shiney and I have done two trips with ours now together and they have been fantastic, regularly over 10 hours battery's running fine, no troubleds connecting, from time to time if I get a phone call while we are talking it does not connect, but very rare.

Everything you have written about points to a faulty unit in my mind.

[Yorkie]

I have no problem with mine, listen to music 10+hrs, use UHF and phone.

[Sabie]

Connecting to the other unit, I can just about repeat the line "connection failed .... Try again later..."

While in Melbourne and Sydney, it was vital that I stay connected to Pauline while in traffic eg lane changes and so forth, but no it let us down badly.

After talking them up to Pauline so I could purchase the SMH10's they really weren't worth a piece of crap... I can hear Pauline talk clearly but she can't understand a word I say, she reckons I talking underwater.

They turn themselves off without warning

Pauline's unit battery last about 4 maybe 5 hours

It looses pairing with the bluetooth MP3 player every day to every 2nd day (both units)

So when we get home it's in the draw or bin and put the old Scarla Q2's back on. The music with them is very soft, but the audio between units has never failed and the batteries last 2 days.

[Streak]

I would be talking to sena and getting your money back or a replacement mate, don't waste good money 

[Brock]

Have the latest updates been applied, and have you adjusted the SMH10s settings via a PC.

There are a bunch of settings to set it how you want it.

[Sabie]

Latest updates were installed before we left.. Update 5 I think it was. All recommended settings were applied.

I bought them online through prestige communications WA.

[Brock]

You may want to check the settings on your unit.

Mine ar

Enable VOX Phone, EDR, HighQuality A2DB, Mic boosting. Disable VOX Intercom Side Tone

By the way, an new firmware update is available.

[Sabie]

Updates will have to wait until we get home as I only have a eye thingy while travelling.

[Brock]

Well, its nice n comfy at home right now..

[Couch]

Never at any stage had a problem with mine, battery life lasts all day+ without any problems, connects easily to my mates unit & comes through clearly without static, and I usually have music streaming through my iPhone, phone calls connect easily.....mate, there has to be something drastically wrong somewhere! I've never run any updates since I purchased the unit......couldn't really see any reason to do so, so I've never bothered.

You must have a bodgie unit Sabie or somethings set up incorrectly!

[ST2UP]

Connecting to the other unit, I can just about repeat the line "connection failed .... Try again later..."

While in Melbourne and Sydney, it was vital that I stay connected to Pauline while in traffic eg lane changes and so forth, but no it let us down badly.

After talking them up to Pauline so I could purchase the SMH10's they really weren't worth a piece of crap... I can hear Pauline talk clearly but she can't understand a word I say, she reckons I talking underwater.

They turn themselves off without warning

Pauline's unit battery last about 4 maybe 5 hours

It looses pairing with the bluetooth MP3 player every day to every 2nd day (both units)

So when we get home it's in the draw or bin and put the old Scarla Q2's back on. The music with them is very soft, but the audio between units has never failed and the batteries last 2 days.

Sabie, talk to John at Prestige Comms.......

[Sicman]

I havent yet ridden with anyone who hasnt had an issue with their sena bluetoothy stuff. If it takes away the pleasure of the ride then its money wasted. I will stay cabled up to my Starcom 1