How should I connect Sena to BRP Go?

Hello all,

I recently purchased the Sena Impulse helmet and am loving it, but not sure how I should connect all the bluetooth devices together with the bike's built in system. At the moment, I am bypassing the bike entirely and going directly from phone to helmet, but I'd like to use's the bike's controls if possible. However, with my previous bluetooth helmet system, calls wouldn't come through correctly, but that could have just been the headset being dumb. It was cheap after all. I did try using the selecting media pairing on the helmet with the bike, but it seems the bike will always say it failed if it can't connect the phone part. All that being said, I was wondering if anyone has played around with connecting everything in different ways to give pros and cons of going through the bike vs not doing so. Thanks for any help anyone can provide.

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Originally Posted by Proferomalum

Hello all,

I recently purchased the Sena Impulse helmet and am loving it, but not sure how I should connect all the bluetooth devices together with the bike's built in system. At the moment, I am bypassing the bike entirely and going directly from phone to helmet, but I'd like to use's the bike's controls if possible. However, with my previous bluetooth helmet system, calls wouldn't come through correctly, but that could have just been the headset being dumb. It was cheap after all. I did try using the selecting media pairing on the helmet with the bike, but it seems the bike will always say it failed if it can't connect the phone part. All that being said, I was wondering if anyone has played around with connecting everything in different ways to give pros and cons of going through the bike vs not doing so. Thanks for any help anyone can provide.

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I have a Sena outrush R and a Garmin Zumo XT. I gave up on the BRP system and just use the helmet and Zumo--but I found that even though both are paired, I have to connect the Zumo first, then turn on the phone blue tooth. They both work together well and the Zumo shows the next song up and answers the phone which is answered through the helmet . Would be nice to use the bike joystick if someone chimes in with the process.

If you pair to both the bike and phone the headset can get confused as to what device to connect to. To make it work you pair the headset to the bike and pair the phone to the bike. Then, when a call comes in you see the screen go blue with call info and use the joystick to answer.

Any music from the phone can be started before connecting to the bike and it will come thru the headset (or speakers if set that way). Either Sygic or Genius Maps or even Rever is used for Navigation. Rever can also be used to control a GoPro.

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Originally Posted by Flamewinger

If you pair to both the bike and phone the headset can get confused as to what device to connect to. To make it work you pair the headset to the bike and pair the phone to the bike. Then, when a call comes in you see the screen go blue with call info and use the joystick to answer.

Any music from the phone can be started before connecting to the bike and it will come thru the headset (or speakers if set that way). Either Sygic or Genius Maps or even Rever is used for Navigation. Rever can also be used to control a GoPro.

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If you configure it as mentioned can you still use Google Maps thru the phone for navigation and music from Pandora and run thru the bike speakers or headset if preferred?

DON"T bother...... just my two cents. I do as mentioned above with the zumo XT and the headset/phone setup. BRP go always wanted to override the other bluetooth options which meant I would have to disable/disconnect every restart. I just removed the BRP app completely from my phone. All good now

You don't use BRP Go for phone and music. That just connect to the bike via Bluetooth. You only use BRP Go to display the apps on the screen. Make sure you remove the pairing between the helmet and phone. Then pair your phone and helmet to the bike.

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Originally Posted by Mazo EMS2

DON"T bother...... just my two cents. I do as mentioned above with the zumo XT and the headset/phone setup. BRP go always wanted to override the other bluetooth options which meant I would have to disable/disconnect every restart. I just removed the BRP app completely from my phone. All good now

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BRP Go has no control over Bluetooth connections. But your headset paired to both the phone AND the bike causes confusion as the sounds, calls and music come from the phone into the bike and the headset has to figure out what to connect to.

If paired correctly, there is no reason to have to reconnect every time.

This new technology requires learning how it works and many don’t seem to want to.

Does it or can it work without the phone being connected to the usb port ? or does what is being described require the usb connection. I have a wireless charger for my phone and would prefer not to connect to the usb on the bike.

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Originally Posted by Mazo EMS2

DON"T bother...... just my two cents. I do as mentioned above with the zumo XT and the headset/phone setup. BRP go always wanted to override the other bluetooth options which meant I would have to disable/disconnect every restart. I just removed the BRP app completely from my phone. All good now

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Spending more $$$ on a stand-alone GPS when you have a smartphone doesn’t make sense as the phone is a GPS as well as a phone, plus so much more.

I pair the headset to the bike. Pair the phone to the bike and forget it. Works every time. Follow the instructions in BRP Go and it works.

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Originally Posted by HastingsRider

Does it or can it work without the phone being connected to the usb port ? or does what is being described require the usb connection. I have a wireless charger for my phone and would prefer not to connect to the usb on the bike.

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To get the screen in the dash to show the apps and all, you need the USB. For just music and sound, just bluetooth. I’ve seen some WiFi devices that might work instead of USB but haven’t seen the need to try them.

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I have the phone and headset connected to the bike.

When I get a call can’t answer with the headset and can only hear thru phone speaker.
**RESOLVED** the joy stick is used to answer and hang-up. The volume levels don't seem as good as they were pre BRP connect during my test but it has been a few months since I actually used the headset. Hoping some tweaking later will make it better.

I can toggle music to bike or headset OK.