bluetooth dongle/headset audio

[spydermyke990]

I was charging up the smh10 and decided to check and see how well the "firmware update" would work, so I registered the unit on sena's website, downloaded the device manager software, and sure enough, sena had recently release a firmware upgrade, so I made the change, as well as playing around with the phone & intercom vox settings. After the update, I tested it by pulling the dongle off of its bracket on the sts, re-paired it with the smh10(the update requires deletion of pairing history), then took an audio cable and connected my ipod directly to the dongle's aux input. The result was a higher sound out put into the helmet speakers, enough to make me turn down the volume so that my eardrums didn't implode!! Then I put the dongle back into its spot in spydie's frunk, threw on the gear, and took off down the road. after I reached highway speed, I had difficulty hearing the music, and the intercom feature kept cutting in and the unit kept blaring "intercom pairing failed!!" into my ears, I went back to base, plugged the sena back into the computer, and re-disabled the vox settings. It turned out the wind noise was activating the intercom and interrupting the tunes! (I think sena needs to come up with a noise cancelling mic) I headed back out on the road, and switched the tunes back on. Not a bad improvement.the sound was a little bit better considering the wind noise coming into my helmet, but the big difference was I didn't have to turn the volume all the way up to hear the ipod, so there wasn't as much of the background noise (buzzing and static)in the speakers, and running through a couple of playlists I ran out to Watkins glen and back.

 

[NancysToy]

I was charging up the smh10 and decided to check and see how well the "firmware update" would work, so I registered the unit on sena's website, downloaded the device manager software, and sure enough, sena had recently release a firmware upgrade, so I made the change, as well as playing around with the phone & intercom vox settings. After the update, I tested it by pulling the dongle off of its bracket on the sts, re-paired it with the smh10(the update requires deletion of pairing history), then took an audio cable and connected my ipod directly to the dongle's aux input. The result was a higher sound out put into the helmet speakers, enough to make me turn down the volume so that my eardrums didn't implode!! Then I put the dongle back into its spot in spydie's frunk, threw on the gear, and took off down the road. after I reached highway speed, I had difficulty hearing the music, and the intercom feature kept cutting in and the unit kept blaring "intercom pairing failed!!" into my ears, I went back to base, plugged the sena back into the computer, and re-disabled the vox settings. It turned out the wind noise was activating the intercom and interrupting the tunes! (I think sena needs to come up with a noise cancelling mic) I headed back out on the road, and switched the tunes back on. Not a bad improvement.the sound was a little bit better considering the wind noise coming into my helmet, but the big difference was I didn't have to turn the volume all the way up to hear the ipod, so there wasn't as much of the background noise (buzzing and static)in the speakers, and running through a couple of playlists I ran out to Watkins glen and back.

I don't know about the SMH10, but the wired motorcycle comm systems have an adjustable VOX setting. The trick is to adjust to allow speech, but not cut out from wind noise. If you wear an open helmet or half-helmet, it may not be able to be adjusted enough. Mic position is important, too. The noise cancelling is typically in the comm unit and not the microphone.