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04-11-2010, 03:38 PM
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F O T G
Joined: Apr 2007
Location: Traveling For Work CA OR WA ID NV
Oddometer: 164
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the intercom is not vox... its full duplex...
rode another 12 hours yesterday with the f4s in full duplex intercom mode the whole time except for about an hour at lunch... the batteries were still alive with no signs of going dead... the intercom is still loud and clear... about the intercom... here is real world... you turn on the f4s and they pair automatically since they have been paired before... note... they are now paired in stand by... we press the button to start the intercom mode... now its full duplex intercom... at least until i press the button to stop the intercom and go back to stand by... when we start the intercom mode we leave it there all day except at lunch... i talk... she talks... no delay... no voice activation... its always on... at lunch... to preserve battery life... we press the button to start stand by mode... we could easily tun them off but... why... they dont suck no juice in standby... after lunch we start the intercom again for the rest of the day... there you go... you dont have to f with the intercom button but once or twice a day... as for the other questions... we are just using the intercom right now... sorry... cant answer your other questions... j o |
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04-12-2010, 05:06 AM
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Riding is my passion
Joined: Feb 2004
Location: Newnan, GA
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I don't think my wife and I could stay "manually connected in intercom" on the Q2's all day and not kill the batteries. The days we cut it close on our trips with the batteries going dead, we had spent multiple hours on intercom and talking quite a bit. As far as only manually entering intercom only twice a day, that might work for some people, but that's not really how my wife and I use our intercom devices in the real world. For one, when you are on the intercom, you can't listen to music through the device and we both enjoy our music. When we are on a long multi-day trip, we tend to connect on the intercom's as we enter towns to check in on the other person, see if we need to stop, etc, but once back in the open road, the intercom's go off and we go to our individual music. We may pipe off and say something now and then if its something that quickly needs the other person's attention and that's where I think biggest issue with actually holding the button down will come into play. The Q2's allow you to activate the intercom via VOX and while connecting through this mode, they'll only stay connected for 30 seconds after the last person stops talking. So I can pipe up and say something, she answers and then if we both go silent for 30 seconds, the intercom turns off and we go back to our music and neither one of us had to actually touch the units and its fairly quick and painless. The good thing about no VOX on the F4's is we wouldn't have to explain to the other person when you accidentally sneeze and the intercom turns on! (Sorry honey, I sneezed)  We do stay manually connected for hours at a time if we enter like a National park or somewhere where we want to talk a lot and that is nice having that full duplex and one of the biggest reasons I love these BT connecting type devices. That's just something you can't get with an FRS/CB type device. Like I said, I definitely glad to see the F4 can last all day doing this as that has been a weak point on the Q2's. It looks like its a give and take trade and just one of those things to look at. I think if Interphone had just reversed the button role button things this would be a non issue for me. I think they should have made the intercom come on with only a quick tap of the button and then holding down the button longer to initiate a phone call instead of the opposite way it is now. I would have no problem holding down the button for a few seconds to make a phone call since I really don't do that nearly as often as initiating an intercom call.
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04-29-2010, 03:41 PM
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n00b
Joined: Apr 2010
Oddometer: 9
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F4 good price!!
I got my F4 and like it a lot. They have em at MrHit.com for $179.99 and the Dual Package is $349.99. Just wanted to share the good deal.
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05-16-2010, 05:42 PM
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F O T G
Joined: Apr 2007
Location: Traveling For Work CA OR WA ID NV
Oddometer: 164
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we goots about 14 thousand miles on the interphone f 4 units so far... still waterproof... still good sound with no lack of volume up to 95 mph...
we have come to expect dawn to dusk battery life... the batteries are shutting down after 14 hours of continuous full duplex intercom... yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeehaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa.. . j o |
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05-18-2010, 07:18 AM
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Studly Adventurer
Joined: Aug 2007
Location: Long Island, NY, USA
Oddometer: 507
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I'm interested in getting a pair of the Interphone F4 intercoms. I'll need to install them in Shoei Multitech helmets. The cheek pads of these helmets are removable, so it should be easy to install the speakers, but how have those of you who have installed F4s in Multitech helmets run the wire for the second speaker from one side of the helmet to the other? Were you able to position the jack that is in the wire that runs from one speaker to the other in such a way that you can't feel it when you wear the helmet?
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06-03-2010, 09:20 PM
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Gnarly Adventurer
Joined: Dec 2009
Location: Northern IL
Oddometer: 188
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The only part I grimaced at initially was sliding the mounting plate into the helmet liner. You have to pull the styrofoam away from the shell and then slide the mounting plate down in the crevice. Sounds worse than it is. I think I need to adjust the placement of the helmet speakers in the ear cavities. The sound is fine when not using earplugs, but with earplugs it is too quiet to be audible while riding. My old J&M system sounded fine, but the helmet speakers were constructed differently and seemed to fill the ear cavities of my old helmet (Nolan N102) differently. Reviews I have read online (here and elsewhere) indicate the sound was fine with earplugs. Michelle
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06-03-2010, 09:23 PM
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Let's Ride
Joined: Aug 2004
Location: Marietta, GA
Oddometer: 875
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It is fine with earplugs, if the speakers are in the right place. I had to cut out a bit of styrofoam so I could move the speakers to the right place.
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06-03-2010, 09:25 PM
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Gnarly Adventurer
Joined: Dec 2009
Location: Northern IL
Oddometer: 188
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I know I can make them sound better, just will take some fiddlin'.
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06-15-2010, 03:29 PM
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Like a speeding slug
Joined: Feb 2010
Location: Faytown, Arkansas
Oddometer: 1,724
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iPhone 3G and F4
I wrote the "bugman" review on Amazon that DirtMerchant referred to back on March 13 in this thread. I wrote a full review on another site when I first bought my F4's back in 2009: http://majestyusa.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=6252
The initial review that started this thread was right on (and more entertaining to read than mine). To clear up the iPhone problem (it has NOT been resolved): If you are listening to music on your iPhone 3G and a phone call comes in, the music is paused, you complete your phone call, and your music resumes. All good. However, IF you are listening to music and an INTERCOM call comes in from your riding buddy, your music is not paused and, worst of all, the music does not return to you (only way to get it back is to take out the iPhone, close the iPod app (by opening Safari or something), then reopening the iPod app). Obviously, that means stopping the bike. This sucks. If you have an iPhone 3GS you can get around stopping because you can voice-command the iPhone to open another app and then reopen music. The lack of AVRCP standard application on the iPhone prevents you using the "FF and REW" buttons on the F4 with either iPhone 3G or 3Gs. This is a minor annoyance. I often use Pandora (via the internet) when riding, and it does stink to listen to a song you don't like, but I can get over it. The InterPhone "official fix" us to make you buy a BlueAnt iLink adapter is stupid, as it plugs into the bottom of your iPhone (eliminates charging possibility while riding), and creates a SECOND bluetooth transmitter for the iPhone (one built in, and one from the iLink). While it works (music stays playing and resumes after you receive an intercom call), your iPhone will run out of battery REALLY fast because it is running a 2nd hardware bluetooth transmitter. The InterPhone folks could create an easy fix (the system needs to send the same "STOP" signal that it does when a phone call comes in), but they did not do that yet (I've begged 'em for it). The bad thing for current F4 users is that he F4 does not have an upgradable firmware like many of their other products. Don't get me wrong, I still love the units. They work as advertised other than this major glitch for iPhone 3G users. I just make sure I am the one to initiate all the intercom calls (I stop my music first), as my riding buddy has an iPhone 3Gs, and he can voice-command his way back to music.
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06-15-2010, 04:39 PM
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€ Fl Keys Fishing Guide €
Joined: Oct 2003
Location: Florida Keys/Ft Likkertail , USA
Oddometer: 5,873
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So far so good with mine. Although the music on my Ipod is not stopped when my (nokia) phone rings and I miss calls..
 I use a Sony BT dongle for the Ipod, so I'll fiddle with it some more but the sound quality is really good. Most folks don't know I am on a bike when they call....(yeah, yeah, I know but I pull over peeps  )
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06-16-2010, 11:46 PM
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Trying to stay upright
Joined: Sep 2006
Location: Perth Western Australia
Oddometer: 186
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F4- Ipod nano with a Motorola D650 bluetooth
Hi there guys, I'm sure there are some smart people out there to help me with a problem I have with the above mentioned devices. Are they bloody compatible and if so how do I sync them. Cheers Megs
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06-20-2010, 06:58 AM
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F O T G
Joined: Apr 2007
Location: Traveling For Work CA OR WA ID NV
Oddometer: 164
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had a failure yesterday...
while out riding yesterday i lost the sound to my right ear... and my left ear sound went form really good to really tinny... i thought it was the right ear jack connector or the right ear wire... but a process of elimination has led me to the usb plug and wire that plugs into the interphone... i could wiggle the wire and it would go from left ear tinny and no right ear sound to right ear tinny with no left ear sound... then nothing... now i have no sound to either speaker... i swapped out interphones from helmet to helmet and both are working... its gotta be the usb plug and wire...  we shall see how interphone handles this... more later... j o update... called the blueants service line... worked my way up form the 1st contact to the boss man... the 1st contact was reading the script... had to have warranty rma + the old unit back + and the whole shebang... the boss man simply fedexed a new boom mic kit to our next hotel no questions asked... it was there upon arrival... swapped it out... all is well... they didnt want the old parts back... went on faith... yeeeeeehaaaaaa... 1 unit is still is going dead after 13 hours of continuous intercom activation... gonna start deactivating the intercom at lunch is guess... j o |
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06-20-2010, 08:02 AM
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Let's Ride
Joined: Aug 2004
Location: Marietta, GA
Oddometer: 875
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Thanks for the update. |
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06-20-2010, 06:15 PM
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Is this thing on???
Joined: Apr 2002
Location: Hooksett, NH
Oddometer: 504
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Free USPS shipping... Ordered me one. Plan to use with Android phone and ipod. No bluetooth gps yet...  Lance
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06-21-2010, 01:16 PM
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n00b
Joined: Dec 2009
Oddometer: 3
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Forgive my confusion/ignorance, but I am somewhat new to bluetooth as a motorcycle communications solution. I currently ride a goldwing, and use the wired system that is built in. I ride 90% 2-up, and the wife and I leave the intercom on at all times (mic is always open / full duplex). I have a zumo665 and it is wired into the goldwing aux port, so I get gps directions/xm/mp3 from the Zumo. When the Zumo is playing XM radio, we hear it in our helmets, yet, since the intercom is also on/engaged, we can talk too, assuming we talk louder than the XM signal so we can actually hear each other.
Now, on to the bluetooth systems. The F4 manual seems to indicate that the intercom cannot be used at the same time as a musical device? Sounds like the way we use our current wired system cannot be done on the wireless system? Again, I want a full duplex open mic for intercom at all times, and I will sometimes have the Zumo playing XM or MP3s at the same time. Thanks, Tom |
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