i am looking for a bluetooth head set to use with my garmin 2820 either fixed inside my helmet or a small one that goes in my ear (stereo would be nice) so who's wearing what these day's ......... 
bluetooth head sets
- Thread starter geoff48h
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PanEuropean
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Geoff, just from a physical safety point of view, I recommend that you don't use one of those 'over the ear' Bluetooth headsets that are designed for office or car use inside a helmet. If you take a tumble, and that side of your helmet hits the ground, the over the ear headset will, literally, fracture your skull.
Michael
Michael
Blowzorn
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OvisLink BT Audio Receiver
Try this
http://www.ovislink.com.tw/BT-120AR.htm
You can then use any headset/earphone you find comfortable.
Try this
http://www.ovislink.com.tw/BT-120AR.htm
You can then use any headset/earphone you find comfortable.
Motorola do a bike-specific bluetooth receiver / ear piece / microphone. It "glues" to the side ofmyour lid. I purchased one a few months back (still in the box I am afraid) but cannot vouch for it. I bought mine for skiing - the phone always rings when you are "gloved-up" and phone is secreted in your deepest pocket!
Deadskin
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Blowzorn said:Try this
http://www.ovislink.com.tw/BT-120AR.htm
You can then use any headset/earphone you find comfortable.
Does it work with the 2820 and how much is it ?
Blowzorn
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Gauloises said:
It should do. it conforms to all audio elements within the Bluetooth stack including A2DP for Stereo.
I've had two of these now; one I have in it's manufactured form, and one I've butchered for a prototype (I'll post more on this when I get it working properly).
Cost me about £35.00 I think from a german online shop.
Here:
http://www.21byte.de/12014005/Bluetooth_Audio_Empfaenger_Ovislink_BT-120AR.html?cPath=85
Are you butchering it to fit inside the helmet some how?Blowzorn said:
English page on the BT unit
http://www.21byte.de/12014005/Bluet...ge=en&osCsid=6ad71964c140d1c217e11beec07907b6
SilverFish
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ebbo said:
Thats a good bit of kit, pity they're out of stock as I would be happy to spend £35 for that.
Only problem I have is that the mic is built into the unit, which obviously wont be a problem for music or gps, but is pain if you want to use the phone or intercom.
Cheers,
Mike
Unless you butcher it and put the mike in your helmet as Blowzorn maybe doing.SilverFish said:
Another thought is to take the audio out from *any* GPS and feed it in to the Bluetooth device, thence to your helmet???
Or… PMR radio on bike with PTT switch on bars, PMR radio fed from Bluetooth device. Device could also take audio out from GPS via audio isolator (transformer)
Bike to Bike radio, without wires!
Ok, I’ll shut up now
Blowzorn
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ebbo said:Unless you butcher it and put the mike in your helmet as Blowzorn maybe doing.
That's pretty much it. Though I've also done away with the casing and hidden the PCB and the battery elsewhere in the lining of the helmet.
Just need to extend the on/off switch to a more convenient location, it's currently mounted on the PCB.
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