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The microphone has a critical loud-spot which is the point where it produces the maximum energy
from your speech into the system with the least amount of effort. The system has been carefully
designed and tuned around using the loud-spot (as part of its superior noise cancellation design) so it
is important that you understand and use this loud-spot correctly.
Turn the ignition on. If using a passenger
headset get your passenger to hold one of
the passenger headset speakers over their
ear, so that they can monitor and learn
what you are experiencing.
While holding one of the riders headset
speakers over your own ear, place the
BEIGE SIDE of your microphone
AGAINST YOUR LIPS and without
shouting, project your voice positively
through it, as if to someone 5 meters (16’)
away. Try gently moving the microphone
around (with it still touching your lips)
while making a continuous positive tone
noise to find the microphone LOUD SPOT
(the loudest point).
You will know when you have found and
used the microphone loud spot because
your voice will reliably activate your VOX,
and you know when you have reliably
activated your VOX because the system
has SIDE-TONE which amplifies your own
voice through your own speakers, but only
when activating your VOX, thus providing
you with audio confirmation of correct
microphone and VOX use. Remember; if
you can hear your own voice amplified
through your own speakers then you are
operating your VOX and so you know that
others will be hearing what you hear.
The side-tone not only provides you with
important audio confirmation of correct
VOX and microphone loud-spot use, but
also lets you hear how loud you are
speaking relative to helmet noise, and so
helps you to naturally speak at a relevant
level according to varying noise conditions,
which prevents unnecessary shouting.
It is important that you do NOT set
your master volume control any
higher than actually required (too far
clockwise) because if the level of your own voice amplified to you own speakers is too loud, it makes
you want to speak at a lower level, which may not be enough to operate the VOX properly. Setting your
master volume control to an adequate level (that’s not any higher than required) makes using the
system much easier and more reliable, plus saves battery power. If you need to alter any other audio
input levels then this should be done using the audio devices own volume control, and not by using the
master volume controls. After setting everything up only use the master volume controls to compensate
for using earplugs, monitor ear plugs or no earplugs.
If you are now comfortable with finding and using the microphone loud spot and operating the VOX
reliably, let your passenger try this and become used to it, then turn the ignition off while we now
help you experience the importance of speaker positioning.
Top Tips (4)
Fine tune and perfect using the microphone loud-spot by listening to the sound of your voice through
the speakers while carefully moving the microphone around until it is at its very loudest point. Notice
how it can help if you pucker your lips to the microphone as if kissing it, while speaking. After a short
while this all becomes natural, especially when riding the bike in more noisy conditions.
MICROPHONE LOUD SPOT POSITIONING AND USE
You must speak into
the beige side of the
microphone
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