Help! Q won't ring in my Motorcycle Helmet!

[Whizzer]

I am a noob to the Moto Q, and to this forum. For over 2 years, I have had a Starcom1 helmet communicator and can make and receive calls clearly and safely from my old Honda Gold Wing. (Disclaimer: I ride MANY MANY miles on isolated rural Kansas highways yearly. But high traffic flow situations are unsafe to use cell services in my view--motorcycle or car.) I switched to the Sprint Q from an Alltel Nokia 6255i which has served me well, ringing nicely in my helmet through the supplied 2.5mm phone jack. The adapter to the comm is 2.5mm male (phone) to 3.5mm male input to the communicator.

I can set the headset profile to "auto answer" and it will yield a very brief "ring" in the helmet speakers just before connecting. I don't like auto-answer in particular, and the extremely quick ring is hard to catch in a noisy environment. This is the best I have done so far. I hope that is not the only answer.

Phone calls are loud and clear and fully duplex with the Q, interfacing with the Starcom1. Text message alerts come through loud and clear through the helmet. Go figure.

As a last resort I could purchase a dedicated bluetooth adapter made for the Starcom1--but it is pricey--190+shipping.

I know this is an odd request, but several sessions with everythingq search function have not turned up anything useful on this topic.

Any help would be appreciated.

[bobzinger]

I bought a Motorola HS830 with helmet adapter. It's not very loud and the speaker sound quality is terrible. But I only paid $14 on ebay for it.
bobzinger

Originally Posted by Whizzer

I am a noob to the Moto Q, and to this forum. For over 2 years, I have had a Starcom1 helmet communicator and can make and receive calls clearly and safely from my old Honda Gold Wing. (Disclaimer: I ride MANY MANY miles on isolated rural Kansas highways yearly. But high traffic flow situations are unsafe to use cell services in my view--motorcycle or car.) I switched to the Sprint Q from an Alltel Nokia 6255i which has served me well, ringing nicely in my helmet through the supplied 2.5mm phone jack. The adapter to the comm is 2.5mm male (phone) to 3.5mm male input to the communicator.

I can set the headset profile to "auto answer" and it will yield a very brief "ring" in the helmet speakers just before connecting. I don't like auto-answer in particular, and the extremely quick ring is hard to catch in a noisy environment. This is the best I have done so far. I hope that is not the only answer.

Phone calls are loud and clear and fully duplex with the Q, interfacing with the Starcom1. Text message alerts come through loud and clear through the helmet. Go figure.

As a last resort I could purchase a dedicated bluetooth adapter made for the Starcom1--but it is pricey--190+shipping.

I know this is an odd request, but several sessions with everythingq search function have not turned up anything useful on this topic.

Any help would be appreciated.

[BigTK]

Maybe not what you are looking for but if I talked on the phone or listened to music while riding, this is the way I would go. http://cardowireless.com/riderproducts.php
( I ride to get away from it all. I can see the Qscreen great when its in the map pocket of my tank bag. so if someone calls that i want to talk to i'll just pull over.)

[Whizzer]

Thanks for the responses. I'd about given up on anybody looking at this thread that has any answers specific to my issue.

I'm looking at the Cardocycle thing, BigTK. There might be an affordable bluetooth solution from them. And bobzinger, that sure seems like a good low budget fix. However, I experience pretty good call quality with Starcom1, unless the cross wind is HORRIBLE, so I probably will stick with it. I looked at the HS830, however, since reading your post. And ebay might eventually show up with a bonafide BT for Starcom1. I'm just not dropping 200 on a BT adaptor unless I KNOW it will solve my issue.

Well BigTK , I understand getting away from the world on a scoot! It does tend to unwind we who are tightly wound. But I often try to mix business and pleasure, so I need to be available by phone during those rides. In rural Kansas, I feel fairly safe. It is nearly hands free on outgoing calls, and totally hands free on incoming.

My current pitiful solution: I downloaded a LONG old timey rotary phone ringer and have assigned the mp3 to my headset profile, in conjunction with auto answer. Just before auto answer kicks in, I do get a pretty loud ring now. It is pretty brief, but I don't miss as many calls.

It's not what I want and would like to hear a ring without having to have Auto Answer set. Surely there is a hack.

Anyone?

Thanks, Stan