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No touring this week...
Let's see. I had booked a hotel in Shimoda for Saturday night. As usual, I stayed for free with my accumulated points.
And yet... I have to work....
No, thank you. I'll work on it without complaining.
So I had to work on a sunny day with a high of 17 degrees Celsius even though it was December, and I didn't have time to go out on the bike today or Sunday!...orz
For now, Bluetooth
I can't help it, so I'll put this on during the break first. The example"Making it illegal to operate and look at a smartphone while driving"Correspondence.
I opened the box, took out the contents, and read the instructions, but it seemed to be a very simple process of connecting and installing each part.
Remove the interior of the helmet. First, the headphone part.
SHOEI's helmets have a space to install speakers in the ear part.
Attach it there with the supplied round Velcro.
How to attach the base plate of the intercom to the helmet?
- Attach with clip
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- Attachment with Velcro
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- Attach with double-sided tape
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I had a feeling that I would want to change the position later, so I chose the removable clip method for now.
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There are two types of microphones included: a boom type that can be used even with a jet helmet, and a compact cable type, so I chose the cable type. I chose the cable type and attached it to my mouth with Velcro.
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So, I wired up the microphone and headphones, and hid the extra cable under the top of my head interior or something....
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After attaching the base plate to the helmet and putting on the cheek pads... The cable is going to be on the outside (of course).
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When I tried to run the cable under the pad, the plastic plate with the mounting bracket got in the way....
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I used scissors to cut the parts that might be hit. The cut was so sharp that I thought it might cut the line, so I put on some black taping that I had on hand and cured it....
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I still need to adjust the pads as they are a little bit floaty, but the lines are hidden and the installation is complete.
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The speakers also fit nicely.
I'm going to try a few things indoors.
Now that it's ready, let's charge the unit and test it.
But this is super nice. I can hear the voice clearly, and this solves the problem of being inconvenienced by the lack of a navigation system when renting a bike.
And you can control your phone with your voice on the microphone, so all you have to do is say, "Alexa, play a song from _____."Amazon Music UnlimitedYou can listen to over 65 million songs on the Internet, and you can even get the weather for your destination by saying, "Tell me the weather in ______.
I think I'm going to have to go touring next week and try this out.
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