GPS audio - video demonstration

cbritton

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Excuse the Triumph !

This product has taken us a year to develop and is designed and made in the UK.
After my initial thoughts of 'oh that'll be easy, just an amplifier and a microphone' I found out it wasn't quite as easy as that due to ambient noise and vibration. We've been lucky with the talented technical help we've had and the fact that there is small subcontract manufacturing still alive and well in the UK inspite of what everyone thinks.

I have to say it really does work well but - see for yourselves.....

http://youtu.be/DmGpNZW-XuA


Regards, [email protected]
 
cbritton said:
This product has taken us a year to develop........
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A year to develop! :eek:

I have to say that my Garmin 660 worked right out of the box and was able to send the audio down a little cable to my helmet speakers with no trouble at all. :rolleyes:

Why did you mount the satnav in such an awkward place? :confused:
 
I can't quite see what it is that took a year to develop :confused:

Been listening to my 660 just fine through autocom.. I'd imagine i would be able to do the same using the headphone jack and a pair of monitors too....
 
I'll guess that they're trying to show that you don't have to have a GPS which interfaces with an intercom system / is bluetooth enabled to be able to hear instructions. So you could use a cheapy car one in a waterproof box.
 
John Armstrong said:
I'll guess that they're trying to show that you don't have to have a GPS which interfaces with an intercom system / is bluetooth enabled to be able to hear instructions. So you could use a cheapy car one in a waterproof box.
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He's plugging his lead in before the ride.. Still lost me :eek
 
Guess its so you can use a car gps, big screen, lifetime updates all singing GPS for £150 + 25 for waterproof case and mount from flebay. Rather than a £400 unit that runs out of memory after a couple of updates. Depends on the cost of course.
 
My cheapo NavMan S50 has Bluetooth already integrated. Cost £75 three years ago. No need for the lead, just the waterproof case. :nenau


Sounds like you have found an expensive solution to a problem that can be solved by simply buying a different and possibly cheaper satnav, that's already fitted with Bluetooth. :thumb2



Val.
 
It's true that some car satnavs had audio out & even Bluetooth but I think you'll find that the main brands have taken away the audio socket and only allow Bluetooth to your phone, not for navigation.

This solution allows riders to use their existing car satnav on their bike with audio at a fraction of the price of a dedicated m/c GPS.

Regards, Colin
 
I've just recently had to give up on my old and trusted Garmin 2820.
I couldn't really justify the cost of the Zumo 660 so bought a Garmin Nuvi 2440 (£185), aware that it had no audio out or waterproof features. It's a brilliant piece of kit and this little add on from ridermount might just mean that I can get the audio back into my earphones which I so reluctantly gave up when "downgrading" to what is really a car satnav. Well done :clap
 
cbritton said:
It's true that some car satnavs had audio out & even Bluetooth but I think you'll find that the main brands have taken away the audio socket and only allow Bluetooth to your phone, not for navigation.

This solution allows riders to use their existing car satnav on their bike with audio at a fraction of the price of a dedicated m/c GPS.

Regards, Colin
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Hmm!? You could have a point there.

However; If the output socket is no longer included, then how will the lead attach??


Val.
 
To explain this a little more clearly -

The microphone attaches to the speaker casing of the GPS using double sided tape and that plugs into the GPS audio box (audio in). There is a 3.5mm stereo output socket lead which you plug your earphones or intercom into (audio out).

Regards, [email protected]
 
for the over 2 years i rode with my cheapo, outdated, nerdy Tom \Tom 1. No itinarary planning avaliable. nada and either had the sound just blurting out via the onboard speaker or it on mute. and this includes journeys to spain. torrential rain never killed the thing either, even without the requisite waterproof housing. It was a dream. Oh and was mounted on a £8 mounting bought off flea bay. I also bought some in helmet speakers for about £7. Now when i want sound I plug the cable (£2) into the sound out and then into my helmet lead! In stereo. Jobs a good un. Why would I bother with and extra unit, a specific ram mount, a £500 quid sat nav...? Sometimes common sense must prevail. I can get 5 units for this...
 
You're lucky to have audio out Don. For those that haven't, we invented GPSaudio.

Cheers, Colin
 
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