Autocom in System 5

[ANTS]

Just bought Autocom system half price - great piece of kit. Love listening to my music when riding.

Only problem is that I'm not completely happy with the positioning of the microphone boom in my lid.

The Autocom fitting instructions say to fit the boom between the cheek pad and main helmet which I did but it left quite a length of the boom unsupported & prone to wiggling around. Just didn't feel quite solid enough for my liking.

This evening I have been trying to route the boom to come out THROUGH the cheek pad to make the whole thing more solid & a bit neater. By making a small nick in the cheek pad cover with a knife I have routed the boom up under the cover but it's still only wedged in at the bottom between the cheek pad & main shell which means there is still a bit of play.

Do you think I could tunnel the boom through the polystyrene of the cheek pad which would give it a really solid position, or is touching the polystyrene like this going to be really detrimental to the safety of the lid?

The helmet is getting on a bit so if I completely arse it up I won't feel too bad about having to buy a new one.

 

[ANTS]

So....

After procrastinating about knackering my lid I finally bit the bullet & tunnelled the boom through the polystyrene part of the cheekpad.

Not the neatest (I used a skewer & screwdriver to ream through the polystyrene, maybe look at hot skewer to melt through next time), but it definitely feels more solid.

Unfortunately it can't be made really tight as you have to poke the plug through first which is wider than the boom itself. I aim to make it all really solid by pouring glue (?Araldite) down the hole around the boom. This means I won't be able to take it out when I change my lid, but a new boom is only 15 squid so I reckon the extra solidity is worth it.

I might try to post some pictures later if anyone's interested.

 

[MikeP]

Try some silicone sealant instead of glue, that should be good enough to keep it place yet allow removal in the future.

 

[ANTS]

Thanks Mike

Did think of that as half my car is held together with silicone sealant (Land Rover never being known for their skill at water-proofing!) but I still think this might not be quite firm enough.

I firmly believe Araldite to be "the glue of the gods" so will probably use this, although might be tricky to get it to run down into such a small space.

 

[2 zed]

glue it.

I used a hot glue gun on my schuberth, worked a treat.

 

[ANTS]

I've now actually just wedged it by poking pipe cleaners down the hole and trapping the end between 2 coins and the plastic shell - may not look neat on the inside (can't tell from the outside), but nice & firm and I can take it all out when I change lids (maybe soon - apparently some matt black System 5's have become available:eyesdown)

 

[Packer]

The Starcom1.com people do a bud mike which has a self adhesive backing and just sticks to the back of the chin guard with one very thin wire to route behind the trim back to the harness that has the main connector on it.

Used it for a couple of years with firstly Caberg Justissimo (crap) helmet and for the last year and a bit with a BMW System 5 (less crap).

The mike is brilliant and I use Ultimate Ear monitors instead of helmet speakers, again brilliant.

 

[ANTS]

Packer....

I did think that fitting it to the chin guard would be neater, but then you couldn't talk with the flip-front open.

When I had the Cardo-Scala which came with my TomTom fitted I routed the mic boom up iside the cheek pad - really neat installation that you couldn't see and still able to be heard by my mates when I was speaking to them on the phone at 115mph (on a race track, obviously)

The problem (if you can call it that) with the Autocom set-up is that apparently the positioning is crucial for the noise cancellation to work properly so I guess I'm stuck with the boom poking out of the cheek pad.

Apparently the BMW system (when they were offering it on the Bluetooth helmet) had the mic set in the top of the helmet over your eyes. I imagine this must have looked very neat, but maybe that had something to do with why they were withdrawn

System 6 with stereo bluetooth coming anytime soon anyone reckon? I'd buy on in a second.

 

[The Bede]

... I let mine wobble

 

[ANTS]

I prefer mine...

....firm