Starcom question

[FJRay]

My starcom seems to have issues with heat. When cold it has plenty of volume and my wife and I can talk with no problems. When it gets hot the volume fades a lot and my mike quits working. Her mike works fine but I can't talk back. Today when I wanted to check it out everything works. It has done this more than once. I have the unit mounted under the front seat in the tray as was recomended by Jeff at Bike Effects.

Any thoughts or similar problems?????

 

[Imp]

I am not sure what is causing your Starcom problems but the trouble that I had with mine was caused by the helmet micophone/speaker set. I noticed fading,crackling, microphone sensetivity and all sort of other electrical problems till I changed out the headset. Originally thought my starcom was kaput. I came to the conclusion that the headset is the weak link in the system. So you might want to try your wifes headset in your port and see if it could be your headset that is causeing the malfunction.

 

[HaulinAshe]

Definitely try swapping the headset units first.

I had a similar, but not exact problem with a Starcom Advance unit. My problem was with the music volume fading. Turned out to be the isolated audio cable and not the core unit. Unfortunately, your issue sounds very much like a core unit problem and very typical of an analog device that's going bad.

 

[dcarver]

StarCommm FailureSymptoms:

The audio level decreases to the point of being inaudible when ambient temperatures reach ~95 degrees F or above. Turning the volume up to audible levels results in severe distortion of the audio. After the StarComm cools down the problem disappears and good audio quality is heard. When ambient temperatures are cool, it works great. When hot outside, it does not work well at all.

A second, new, unit was sent to me and it does exactly the same thing as the first unit.

Sound familiar?

My issue turned out to be using lower impedance ear buds than the system was designed for, causing excessive current, causing heat, causing amplifier failure.

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