FM transmitter for wireless to helmet

[Geezer]

Having had some of the headset fm recievers in the past, I have found their reception generally sux. The reception on this Sony is damn good.

Sounds good. I guess if I went with something very small it would probably not sound very good, and may not have the volume capability that I want. I'll consider the Sony. The other advantage to a better receiver is that some have push button channel selection. That would make it easier to switch frequencies if I need to when I travel into areas that are using the frequency I normally use.

Thanks to all for the information. If I can locate the right components locally I'll give it a try this week and let you all know how it went.

 

[05fjrBluedevil]

, I do care waht tey think I like it, different, cost is good and you would like like darfator if the helmet was black!

I rode to EOM last year with a small radio and ear buds they were fine until I had to remove the helmet, then just a pain to get back on the road, those speakers work good to 80+, no issues hearing them?

 

[Scab]

The Sony actually comes with a headset of its own. The little speakers are relatively easy to remove, but the sound is not too good mounted in the helmet. I went with the larger ones that came out of the desktops for more volume as I have a little hearing loss. I can still hear the tunes at 100 with the face shield open.

( I know, not recommended. For illustration only. Do not try this at home.) Incidentally, WallyWorld has the radio in the section for radios (duh), but the desktop speakers were with the mp3's.

Oh, it prolly matters: I have a V-stream windscreen. It is pretty quiet up. However, I can still hear with it down. I also had the radio before the V-stream. The stock screen needed to go up a little to reduce some of the wind noise. (It's hard to hear anything with the stocker down.) And, my helmet was not expensive. I like it fine, but I am sure the better helmets are quieter, thus making this setup even better.

 

[05fjrBluedevil]

The Sony actually comes with a headset of its own. The little speakers are relatively easy to remove, but the sound is not too good mounted in the helmet. I went with the larger ones that came out of the desktops for more volume as I have a little hearing loss. I can still hear the tunes at 100 with the face shield open. ( I know, not recommended. For illustration only. Do not try this at home.) Incidentally, WallyWorld has the radio in the section for radios (duh), but the desktop speakers were with the mp3's.

Cool so you just poped open the cases and took them out, installed velcrowed in helment? then just had to make sure the jack had the correct size for your tuner right?

Need to put something together for EOm this year that is a little better thought out.

Last year took a port cd player/radio

 

[Scab]

Split the speaker case, and then chop the front half where the wire goes through the hole. I used wire cutters and just snaped off some of the plastic. Speakers and wiring out without cutting the wires. I then used some craft glue and glued the speakers in. Velcro would work just fine. No need to trim the wires, it is very easy to route and hide within the helmet's trim/weatherstrip. Nothing to be done with the jack. It is the right size as the speakers are the desktop models for Walkmans, mp3's, etc.

When installing the speakers, I routed the wiring tucked into the interior trim, down both sides, to the center rear of the helmet. At the rear of the helmet, you usually have the material there that kinda "closes the gap" between the rear of the helmet shell and the nape of your neck. Here, I poked one small hole, brought the jack through, and then proceeded tucking the wires under the lower helmet trim peice. (a spot of glue here and there will keep it there.) Bring jack to mounting location of radio. (front, side, where ever)

The radio comes with a belt clip. The belt clip is what I mounted to the helmet via two 1/8 pop rivets. the radio can quickly be removed and leaves the speakers, wiring, and clip with the helmet.

One additional benefit of side mounting would be weather or not you have a front vent in your helmet and weather of not front location would interfere. My helmet has a vent but I could never feel jack-crap comming through, so I didn't care if the mount intered or not. (The vent will still open about 75% though)

 

[Geezer]

I bought a Monster brand fm transmitter. It was not the cheapest I could find but it has 12 volt power and eight channels to pick from. Changing channels is a simple push buttom affair.

I also bought a cheap $10 FM radio. I figure I can always upgarde if things worked out. The radio I got has a digital tuner display and very small dials for tuning and volume. I wanted a digital display so I could be sure I was on the channel that I was transmitting on at a glance, and I wanted small knobs so they would not get moved unintentionally.

The results - Not too good. Everything seemed to work OK except there is so much electrical noise from the bike being picked up and transmitted that the noise was much louder than the signal from the Escort. I suppose I could get a ground loop isolator for the Escort, or for the FM transmitter, or maybe both, but I don't have time to fool around with it any more before EOM.

I put the transmitter in my car with a portable CD player and it works very well with no background noise. So, at least it won't go to waste.