GPS Sound

[angus]

I just mounted my Garmin 2720 on my 05 FJR what kind of EarPhones do you use so i can here turn by turn directions .I have the audio jack on the harness I installed .I used the tech stem mount worked great.

 

[Knifemaker]

https://www.etymotic.com/ephp/er6i.aspx

(many use these and love them)

KM

 

[bmac]

https://www.etymotic.com/ephp/er6i.aspx

(many use these and love them)

KM

The etymotic will not plug into the Garmin motorcycle mount without some type of adapter.

 

[Knifemaker]

https://www.etymotic.com/ephp/er6i.aspx

(many use these and love them)

KM

The etymotic will not plug into the Garmin motorcycle mount without some type of adapter.

Well it works fine on my Zumo, I thought all the plugs were the same...........

KM

 

[SkooterG]

The etymotic will not plug into the Garmin motorcycle mount without some type of adapter.

Oy?!?!

My Etymotics plug right into my Garmin SP2730. In the little audio thingy-majigy on the left side.

Your welcome and that will be $1.

 

[SR-71]

I have the audio feed from my Garmin GPS (276C) plugged into my Autocom Intercom unit. The Autocom intercom feeds the GPS audio source, (as well as MP3 & radar) to the Autocom helmet mounted noise canceling headset/mic assembly. Works nice.

 

[Geezer]

The 2720 does not have an audio jack on the unit itself. Angus has the motorcycle cable which has a 3/32" mono audio jack on the cable. It is a very small mini jack and requires this adapter in order to connect a stereo headset to the 2720.

I used a cheap Koss headset and ripped the speakers out of it and velcro'd them inside my helmet, but any headset with the standard 1/8" plug will work.

 

[brazos parker]

The 2720 does not have an audio jack on the unit itself. Angus has the motorcycle cable which has a 3/32" mono audio jack on the cable. It is a very small mini jack and requires this adapter in order to connect a stereo headset to the 2720.

IIRC, that's the adaptor I bought for my 2720. Got mostly garbled, intermittent sound and had to constantly readjust the position of the adaptor in the motorcycle cable. Went back to RatShack and got a similar, although, mono adaptor. Now I can hear Jill thru 1 earbud only. I gave up and, now, don't listen to turn by turn instructions.

I'll try again when I get an Autocom.

 

[Geezer]

The 2720 does not have an audio jack on the unit itself. Angus has the motorcycle cable which has a 3/32" mono audio jack on the cable. It is a very small mini jack and requires this adapter in order to connect a stereo headset to the 2720.

IIRC, that's the adaptor I bought for my 2720. Got mostly garbled, intermittent sound and had to constantly readjust the position of the adaptor in the motorcycle cable. Went back to RatShack and got a similar, although, mono adaptor. Now I can hear Jill thru 1 earbud only. I gave up and, now, don't listen to turn by turn instructions.

I'll try again when I get an Autocom.

I wonder if you got a bad adapter the first time. Mine works just fine. I don't use it often because I normally listen to the radar detector and I don't yet have a way to listen to two devices at the same time. I'm hoping the price comes down on the Starcom Advance some time soon now that they have a newer model out.

 

[SkooterG]

The 2720 does not have an audio jack on the unit itself. Angus has the motorcycle cable which has a 3/32" mono audio jack on the cable. It is a very small mini jack and requires this adapter in order to connect a stereo headset to the 2720.
I used a cheap Koss headset and ripped the speakers out of it and velcro'd them inside my helmet, but any headset with the standard 1/8" plug will work.

Ahhhhhh..................understand now.

So, it's not a Garmin issue, but a 2720 issue, and a Garmin Motorcycle Audio and Power Cable issue.

 

[brazos parker]

The 2720 does not have an audio jack on the unit itself. Angus has the motorcycle cable which has a 3/32" mono audio jack on the cable. It is a very small mini jack and requires this adapter in order to connect a stereo headset to the 2720.

IIRC, that's the adaptor I bought for my 2720. Got mostly garbled, intermittent sound and had to constantly readjust the position of the adaptor in the motorcycle cable. Went back to RatShack and got a similar, although, mono adaptor. Now I can hear Jill thru 1 earbud only. I gave up and, now, don't listen to turn by turn instructions.

I'll try again when I get an Autocom.

I wonder if you got a bad adapter the first time. Mine works just fine. I don't use it often because I normally listen to the radar detector and I don't yet have a way to listen to two devices at the same time. I'm hoping the price comes down on the Starcom Advance some time soon now that they have a newer model out.

Could have been a bad adaptor...I never checked. It did provide stereo turn-by-turn directions when it was positioned absloutely perfectly. The smallest movement (wind, vibration) produced the garbled, intermittent sound until I "jacked" w/ it enough to get the sound right again.

I'll just have to make a return trip to RatShack and try a second stereo adaptor.

 

[brazos parker]

So, it's not a Garmin issue, but a 2720 issue, and a Garmin Motorcycle Audio and Power Cable issue.

Hey, Skoot...IMHO, it's not a Garmin issue and not even a 2720 issue. I think it's a cabling issue. When mine worked, the stereo was A-OK. So the sound output from the 2720 is not the problem. In my case, the problem resided in the adaptor between the motorcycle cable and the earbuds.

 

[Geezer]

So, it's not a Garmin issue, but a 2720 issue, and a Garmin Motorcycle Audio and Power Cable issue.

Hey, Skoot...IMHO, it's not a Garmin issue and not even a 2720 issue. I think it's a cabling issue. When mine worked, the stereo was A-OK. So the sound output from the 2720 is not the problem. In my case, the problem resided in the adaptor between the motorcycle cable and the earbuds.

You are correct that it is a cabling issue; however, the output from the 2720 is not stereo. You can split the mono output to two headphones by using the adapter or a cable that effectively does the same thing, but you are still getting mono. Garmin must have added the stereo circuits when they put the music capability in the 2730 and newer units.

Since my Garmin puts out mono and my Escort X50 radar detector puts out mono, I considered wiring each of them to a separate speaker in my helmet so I could monitor the radar detector in one ear and the GPS in the other ear, but I haven't tried it yet. I'll probably try that with my next helmet rather than rewire the one I have.

 

[angus]

The 2720 does not have an audio jack on the unit itself. Angus has the motorcycle cable which has a 3/32" mono audio jack on the cable. It is a very small mini jack and requires this adapter in order to connect a stereo headset to the 2720.
I used a cheap Koss headset and ripped the speakers out of it and velcro'd them inside my helmet, but any headset with the standard 1/8" plug will work.

I went to Radio Shack And bought the adapter plugged it all together and I get no sound out of the ear buds.

 

[wpbfjr]

i think you want this custom patch wire:

3' GPS patch cord, 2.5mm mono straight connector to 3.5mm mono right angled connector.

from the mixitproducts.com vendor....

dana

 

[Bluestreek]

i think you want this custom patch wire:

3' GPS patch cord, 2.5mm mono straight connector to 3.5mm mono right angled connector.

from the mixitproducts.com vendor....

dana

You need a 2.5 mm mono to a 3.5mm stereo adapter and then any stereo ear buds will work fine I use this set up with my KLR and it works great. I got the adaptor from radio shack.

 

[brazos parker]

The 2720 does not have an audio jack on the unit itself. Angus has the motorcycle cable which has a 3/32" mono audio jack on the cable. It is a very small mini jack and requires this adapter in order to connect a stereo headset to the 2720.
I used a cheap Koss headset and ripped the speakers out of it and velcro'd them inside my helmet, but any headset with the standard 1/8" plug will work.

I went to Radio Shack And bought the adapter plugged it all together and I get no sound out of the ear buds.

My experience exactly. It is extremely position sensitive.

 

[tontofjr]

The 2720 does not have an audio jack on the unit itself. Angus has the motorcycle cable which has a 3/32" mono audio jack on the cable. It is a very small mini jack and requires this adapter in order to connect a stereo headset to the 2720.
I used a cheap Koss headset and ripped the speakers out of it and velcro'd them inside my helmet, but any headset with the standard 1/8" plug will work.

I went to Radio Shack And bought the adapter plugged it all together and I get no sound out of the ear buds.

My experience exactly. It is extremely position sensitive.

I had the same trouble into my Autocom from my 2720

Autocom's answer was cut the connector off the end and solder the cables together ,this is because in their terms the Garmin connector is sh!te, voila, never had any sound problems since.

 

[angus]

The 2720 does not have an audio jack on the unit itself. Angus has the motorcycle cable which has a 3/32" mono audio jack on the cable. It is a very small mini jack and requires this adapter in order to connect a stereo headset to the 2720.
I used a cheap Koss headset and ripped the speakers out of it and velcro'd them inside my helmet, but any headset with the standard 1/8" plug will work.

I went to Radio Shack And bought the adapter plugged it all together and I get no sound out of the ear buds.

My experience exactly. It is extremely position sensitive.

I had the same trouble into my Autocom from my 2720

Autocom's answer was cut the connector off the end and solder the cables together ,this is because in their terms the Garmin connector is sh!te, voila, never had any sound problems since.

I think i will cut the audio plug off the garmin cable and solder a 1/8 plug on it.