bike FM

[DryRob]

I like listening to something while I commute (I know, I know, heathen, sacrilege, save it for the Harleys, Goldwings and cars etc.), I've tried to use a personal radio but it continually dropped signal.

I was thinking of going for one of these, anyone used one before?

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Waterproof-Motorcycle-Audio-FM-MP3-Radio-Sound-System-Stereo-For-Harley-Cruiser-/161812109116?hash=item25acc0d73c

[DJ123]

Quite a few Bluetooth headsets contain a radio system now, personally I'd go for one of them. I have a headset, it doesn't have Radio though, I just listen to music on my phone.

[ophic]

I think that's a bit like a car stereo in that it needs speakers mounting somewhere. If you want to use headphones it won't do.

Besides if you can hear it through a helmet, you:

a) need a louder exhaust
b) are not going fast enough
c) are pumping out 200dB and will be arrested soon
d) need a new helmet

:clown:

[DryRob]

It looks like it's got a headphone socket on the front

[ophic]

is that what "adobe output" means?

It doesn't mention a headphone socket in the description.

[DryRob]

I don't know, I'm going by the symbols on the pictures. Wouldn't bother fitting speakers so I suppose I could wire them into a 3.5 mm socket if it's not.

[ophic]

I don't know, I'm going by the symbols on the pictures. Wouldn't bother fitting speakers so I suppose I could wire them into a 3.5 mm socket if it's not.
Wouldn't advise that. Circuitry and power output quite different.

Can't see an antenna. Reception might suck.

[embee]

Hey, it's £14, give it a shot. I've considered trying one of these myself, it might be fine.


I had a rather more expensive bike/marine round radio, which was fine while it worked and when you had a decent signal, but it decided to start freezing (no controls did anything, had to disconnect and reconnect power to reset) so was too much hassle.


I'd guess the "adobe out" is the headphone jack socket. I do like the warning label saying the bike must be connected to the battery or it will "burn the host". Nasty party?


Aerials on bikes can be tricky, suck it and see.


Car audio often tends to use separate channels with push-pull type amps, so they don't have a common terminal at the speaker outlets (each speaker needs a +&- separately) and you can't use a 3.5mm stereo jack, but I'd bank on the socket being a headphone outlet.


It's £14.

[DryRob]

probably won't bother then, stick to my ipod. new music is rubbish anyway.

[Mark_h]

adobe in/out is just an auto-correct of audio I suspect. Or maybe it'll produce a PDF for a singalong sheet as you go along too.

[JM2]

Your commute might be a boring as that. But I'd always shout out against any distraction - and music/talk-radio fits in there nicely.

[DryRob]

Aye, I agree to an extent but I listen to the radio when I drive a car and can ignore it same applies on a bike