Motrax Ring Light - SV650.org

ophic · 02-12-08, 07:56 PM

This is supposed to be a device that you stick to your bike and it detects when your phone rings and flashes.

I bought 2 cos I thought they sounded like a good idea. I have a bluetooth helmet device so I can take calls but with wind noise etc I don't hear or feel the phone ringing.

Anyway, when they arrived they were flashing randomly. I put my phone next to one, walked some distance away then phoned it from another mobile. Nothing. Tried the other one - same result. Thought it might be interference from the wireless network so tried them outside - same again.

Conclusion - they don't work. Avoid.

03-12-08, 10:31 AM

What sort of bt helmet thingy do you have?

ophic · 03-12-08, 04:17 PM

It's a BlueAnt Interphone. Quite good. Bought and fitted it mainly for its bike-to-bike intercom feature, but i've hardly actually used it.

rictus01 · 03-12-08, 04:53 PM

my wife got me the sony bike kit some time ago, helmet mic & speaker and a button on the handlebars, all very nice, but soon found it was all pointless, I really don't want to take calls whilst riding, these days I just use voicemeil or txt to recieve call or stop for a brew and make them then.

Cheers Mark.

ophic · 03-12-08, 05:12 PM

well yeah i agree, but its nice to know someone is phoning cos otherwise i wouldn't bother to check. I commute an hour each way down the m62 and with wind noise and battering and vibes etc I can't always tell if its ringing. So this device looks ideal - costs a fiver, sticks to the bike and lights up when someone rings - apparently

DarrenSV650S · 03-12-08, 10:19 PM

Some of them do work. But the problem is they don't just work with your phone, they work with everyone else's too. Waste of time

04-12-08, 01:09 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DarrenSV650S

Some of them do work. But the problem is they don't just work with your phone, they work with everyone else's too. Waste of time

I got the Motrax Ring Alert - same thing I assume.

As said above, mine would set off as I rode past motorised shop doors etc. I had a little play around with it, and got reasonable results by adding resistance into the circuit.

I've found more use for it since then though, detecting something else.

04-12-08, 09:10 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by baph

i've found more use for it since then though, detecting something else.

do tell

ophic · 04-12-08, 09:35 AM

mine sets off for everything except the phone! even waving a hand over it, off it goes. Put a phone next to it and ring it... nothing...

02-12-08, 07:56 PM	#1
ophic Member Mega Poster Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Whyteleafe Posts: 3,395	Motrax Ring Light This is supposed to be a device that you stick to your bike and it detects when your phone rings and flashes. I bought 2 cos I thought they sounded like a good idea. I have a bluetooth helmet device so I can take calls but with wind noise etc I don't hear or feel the phone ringing. Anyway, when they arrived they were flashing randomly. I put my phone next to one, walked some distance away then phoned it from another mobile. Nothing. Tried the other one - same result. Thought it might be interference from the wireless network so tried them outside - same again. Conclusion - they don't work. Avoid. __________________ Silver SV650SK3, Fuel exhaust

03-12-08, 10:31 AM	#2
AndyBrad Guest Posts: n/a	Re: Motrax Ring Light What sort of bt helmet thingy do you have?

03-12-08, 04:17 PM	#3
ophic Member Mega Poster Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Whyteleafe Posts: 3,395	Re: Motrax Ring Light It's a BlueAnt Interphone. Quite good. Bought and fitted it mainly for its bike-to-bike intercom feature, but i've hardly actually used it. __________________ Silver SV650SK3, Fuel exhaust

03-12-08, 04:53 PM	#4
rictus01 Member Mega Poster Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: South London Posts: 9,799	Re: Motrax Ring Light my wife got me the sony bike kit some time ago, helmet mic & speaker and a button on the handlebars, all very nice, but soon found it was all pointless, I really don't want to take calls whilst riding, these days I just use voicemeil or txt to recieve call or stop for a brew and make them then. Cheers Mark. __________________ Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside, in a cloud of smoke, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming, 'Wow! What a Ride!

03-12-08, 05:12 PM	#5
ophic Member Mega Poster Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Whyteleafe Posts: 3,395	Re: Motrax Ring Light well yeah i agree, but its nice to know someone is phoning cos otherwise i wouldn't bother to check. I commute an hour each way down the m62 and with wind noise and battering and vibes etc I can't always tell if its ringing. So this device looks ideal - costs a fiver, sticks to the bike and lights up when someone rings - apparently __________________ Silver SV650SK3, Fuel exhaust

03-12-08, 10:19 PM	#6
DarrenSV650S Member Mega Poster Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Dundee Posts: 4,414	Re: Motrax Ring Light Some of them do work. But the problem is they don't just work with your phone, they work with everyone else's too. Waste of time

04-12-08, 09:35 AM	#9
ophic Member Mega Poster Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Whyteleafe Posts: 3,395	Re: Motrax Ring Light mine sets off for everything except the phone! even waving a hand over it, off it goes. Put a phone next to it and ring it... nothing... __________________ Silver SV650SK3, Fuel exhaust

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