Voice direction on Street Pilot 3,for bikes

[Old Salt]

Hi
I have just instaled my Touratech GPS mount on a crossbar on the steering handle,took it for a ride and found that it is not the place to mount it,to low down.Take your eys of the road.
I am no waiting for the solution from BMW riders of Scotland.

My Street Pilot 3 does have voice but the speaker is part of the socket which you plug in to the lighter outlet in the car,works great in the car but not on the bike.

Does anyone know if there is anything to be bought that resembles some thing like the earplugs you use on the MP3 player,with a volum control that you can plug in to the Street Pilot so I can get voice directions and keep my eyes on the road at all times.
Thanks
Old Salt

 

[ralphy]

I would have thought that any 'personal hi-fi' headphones would have done the job; either with or without an in-line volume control (as the SPIII has a volume control built in).

Alternatively, you could plug a (weatherproof) speaker into it............

HTH

 

[CoolCarbon]

I would have thought that any 'personal hi-fi' headphones would have done the job; either with or without an in-line volume control (as the SPIII has a volume control built in).

Alternatively, you could plug a (weatherproof) speaker into it............

HTH

Wrong size Plug........

One of the Yorkshire lads had some Helmet speaker kits..........??

CC

 

[Nick Marshall]

speaker or earpiece

you can buy a small speaker from maplin and adaptor jack, or use a mobile phone earpiece.. both work coz i`ve tried them, they are also cheap. volume is adjusted on the sp 111. nick

 

[Ned Flanders]

I've got a purpose made thin speaker set from Rainbow, about £25. Dead easy to fit into helmet. Brilliant.


Regards

Tim

 

[(RIP) Boxertools]

I use an ear piece for a Nokia phone.
Can become uncomfortable after a while but works well.

Mike h

 

[Old Salt]

I use an ear piece for a Nokia phone.
Can become uncomfortable after a while but works well.

Mike h

Thanks a lot will try it this evening.
Old Salt

 

[Swooper]

Helmet Speaker kits

Wrong size Plug........

One of the Yorkshire lads had some Helmet speaker kits..........??

CC

PM's to Sherpa. Cannot recall how much they are but very good.

Steve

 

[Howard Millichap]

The voices get on my tits when I'm in the car so I've turned them off. So, of course, I don't use or need them when on the bike. Just read the instructions on the screen.
Alternatively, "Audiocom" do various kits to set up for GPS, mobile phones, music etc.....

 

[(RIP) Kaister]

Just an idea but -

Why not fit a car type cigarette lighter / aux power socket near the dash on the bike ?

This way you can plug the standard car lead straight into it - with the speaker right at clock level - you wouldn't hear it at speed but you would in town.

Its probably not water proof either. ( or is it - who knows ? )

Phil

 

[BurnieM]

A cigarette light plug is not a very positive connector and subject to intermittent disconnection with vibration.

The BM style plug/socket is a much more positive connector

 

[hood]

Try John at www.adventuremotorcycling.co.uk they have all sorts of kits for bikes.

 

[snave1]

ear plug

You can get a speaker built in to 'made to measure' type year-plug,i find it realy good,
http://www.ultimateear.com/
I was going to go down the route of using a helmet speaker but was told if you use earplugs as well you may have trouble hearing it.
Lyndon

 

[PanEuropean]

Old Salt, let me give you a suggestion that will save you a hell of a lot of time and money, and simplify your life as well:

On your SP III, there is a button in the lower right labelled "SPEAK". Whenever you press that button, you will get a text display appearing that contains the exact words that the GPSR would speak to you if you had the sound output hooked up. Plus, you get a high-detail picture of the intersection that the words apply to.

I used a SP III on my moto for 2 years - never bothered to hook up the sound, because I can read the information on the screen (that what appears when I push the SPEAK button) a heck of a lot faster than I can listen to the voice generate the same instruction. I only have to push the SPEAK button once, and the info disappears after about 5 seconds. I can push it anytime I want, as often as I want.

Try riding and using the SPEAK button to get the visual (text) prompt whenever you want it for a few weeks, before you go to the trouble of hooking up the sound output. My bet is that you'll discover you really don't need the sound output after all.

PanEuropean

 

[(RIP) Kaister]

Pan European,

You seem to be a 'hands on' type of guy .

Is it possible to open up an SP3 and solder a wire across the 'speak' button to create a remote PTT / display button on a flylead ?

This would enable the screen graphics to be enabled without removing hands from 'bars - increasing safety

 

[PanEuropean]

Martin:

I'm sure it could be done, but the question is how difficult it would be to make the modification. The parts inside the GPSR are really tiny, and the rubber push-buttons on the outside don't actuate microswitches, they make a contact across two different surfaces on a printed circuit board, much like how a keyboard on a laptop computer functions.

I think that even if one had a very well equipped electronics lab available to do the modification, there would still be a high probability of "screwing it up", if you know what I mean... It would be more akin to doing brain surgery than to installing a pair of hot grips on the bike.

I have a device on my right handgrip (the throttle) called a "Throttlemeister" - it's basically a friction lock for the throttle - this allows me to take my right hand off the handgrip for a moment to press the button without having the engine roll back to idle. I think this is probably the easiest way to go. There are lots of these throttle friction devices available on the market.

PanEuropean