Autocom Headsets

[tommyboy]

Just bought a GSA and it has an awesome autocom fitted which I can't use as I do not have the headsets and leads for it, phoned autocom and they want £90 for two headsets and two leads!
I could almost buy a whole new system for that!
Am i being seen off by autocom?
Any ideas or do I just bend over and drop my pants for autocom?
Cheers
Tom

 

[John Armstrong]

Are the leads 5 or 7 pin? People who've upgraded to a "newer" system might have some spare leads / headsets.

Unless you've got the 7 pin system

 

[skipper]

no pants down

for £90 you would have the best intercom available.. so what's the problem

bill

 

[tommyboy]

Bill

I guess we have a different idea of whats reasonable, I think £90 is a tad on the expensive side when someone was offering the same system brand new on this site for £125 as part of their autocom half price promotion.
Surely the expensive part is the box with it's gubbins?

Cheers
Tom

 

[John Armstrong]

So why not buy a half price unit, and then sell the bits you don't need? Or keep it as a spare?

 

[PIGGLET]

It's worth it

I bought a new autocom pro 7 at the bike show in their sale. The kit with TWO headsets as opposed to one plus leads was nearer £200. It is in my opinion well worth the money

You will pay more for a single set of decent headphones at a hifi shop.

If you can't find any second hand don't feel as though you've been diddled, £90 for a ready to go autocom is not bad plus if you buy second hand you don't know how much drool has splashed the mike

 

[beemerboy9]

Tommyboy, you are so lucky. Most people spend about £90 on their first intercom system and then go out and spend £250 a couple of years later on something that actually works at all speeds like an Autocom, Starcom, Intaride etc.
You have indeed been saved from an expensive mistake.
Anybody else agree?

 

[Cookson]

Tommyboy, you are so lucky. Most people spend about £90 on their first intercom system and then go out and spend £250 a couple of years later on something that actually works at all speeds like an Autocom, Starcom, Intaride etc.
You have indeed been saved from an expensive mistake.
Anybody else agree?

 

[abrasion]

To Anyone who thinks that £90 is reasonable i found out today how much Autocom pay for their headsets
Believe me Tommy you don't want to know.

 

[Dick Dastardly]

To Anyone who thinks that £90 is reasonable i found out today how much Autocom pay for their headsets
Believe me Tommy you don't want to know.

Come on then....don't leave us in suspenders

 

[Dick Dastardly]

I take it they are shipped in from abroad then.

Maybe from the East?

 

[komatias]

When I bought my bike, it came with an autocom and only one headset. I manufactured a second which worked fine. all in all if you make your own, it wont cost more than £5.

Cheap headphones £2
miniture microfone £1.5
7 pin din plug £0.75
1m shielded cable £1
wire coat hanger FREE!!
a bit of felt cloth FREE!!

On the original headsets, the little red conectors that are used to connect the plug to the phones and mic cost a fortune if you buy them from a model shop. They are used to connect the battery of the reciever on remote control toys. Apparently gold plated.

The seven pins are a bit of a con too actually. You only need to have 4 really but autocom have been anal when it comes to grounding things and each of the voice chanels has a different connection when plugged on the rider or pillion socket.

Hey...Autocom

 

[thauma]

Hi Folks,

I'm in a similar position as Tom, in that a friend has given me his old autocom (very old I guess as it is a PRO system - no numbers.....) with 1 red 5 pin connector (1 black and 1 grey). He's got rid of his bike, and the lids & stuff went in the bin.

Autocom want £120 (beer tokens) for headsets. To their credit they said I'd be better off buying a complete new unit.

The trouble is I don't know how much it would get used. I've already got speakers fitted in my helmet (for the garmin) which sometimes get used for MP3, and I occasionally take a pillion so comms might be useful.

So I don't mind trying something - for free / cheap. But I don't want to spend loads, and have wasted my money.

Does anyone know the wiring for this autocomm so I can visit my local maplins and try to cobble something together, using a similar parts list as provided by komatias.

I don't mind buying a new unit - but only if I know it will be used.

Any electrical guidance greatly appreciated.

Cheers

Dave#...

 

[bmwdumptruck]

Eh come on guys. If you reduce anything down to its component form its always dirt cheap. Bugger me, there can only be £30 or so's worth of base metals in my GS, F***ing BMW ripped me off big time for what it cost

I don't believe Autocom to be the best, and I have no experience of the other two systems. But you get what you pay for. The Quality of their connectors and components is on the whole excellant. Their back up and helpfulllness wouldn't be there if they didn't make enough profit to cover the cost of such backup.

And as far as development is concerned, the competition from the other two brands will push the performance of them all forward.

They have had to reduce there initial prurchase price to compete, but as with all things these days, spares prices will have to go up to regain lost profits, Its exactly the same as our Cars and Bikes, just look at what we pay for a gallon of oil and a filter at any main agent. My Pug van has just cost £198 for its first 10k service, thats just oil and filter


Tommyboy didn't say which system his got. If its a Pro 7 just buy the headsets and enjoy.
If its a Pro M1, i'd take it back to autocom, have them uprgrade it to Pro7 spec, buy the headsets and enjoy.
Anything older probably isn't worth bothering with by now. Buy the new system complete, and stick what you've got on ebay.

Hugh