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Old 03-09-2011, 09:25 PM   #1
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My GPS can access my phone and I can dial and access my phonebook through it while I am riding because it's glove friendly and waterproof. I like the routing on the garmin as I can setup my routes a lot easier and I don't need cell service or take up any unnecessary memory usage on my cell, which is important because I ride where there is little or no cell service of any network.
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Old 03-09-2011, 09:28 PM   #2
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My GPS can access my phone and I can dial and access my phonebook through it while I am riding because it's glove friendly and waterproof. I like the routing on the garmin as I can setup my routes a lot easier and I don't need cell service or take up any unnecessary memory usage on my garmin, which is important because I ride where there is little or no cell service of any network.
so you connect your phone to the Garmin then the Garmin to the Sena?

I like the fact the I can use the Garmin to access my phone book. I also like that the Garmin allows me to play my books on tape and keeps track of my place no matter what.
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Old 03-09-2011, 09:31 PM   #3
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so you connect your phone to the Garmin then the Garmin to the Sena?

I like the fact the I can use the Garmin to access my phone book. I also like that the Garmin allows me to play my books on tape and keeps track of my place no matter what.
Yep, the only issue with doing it that way is my use of the GPS as my main device overrides anything else trying to access the sena. So if someone tries to talk to me, I won't know it because GPS has priority built into the Sena. As long as audio is coming from the GPS, the Sena plays it over anything else.
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Yep, the only issue with doing it that way is my use of the GPS as my main device overrides anything else trying to access the sena. So if someone tries to talk to me, I won't know it because GPS has priority built into the Sena. As long as audio is coming from the GPS, the Sena plays it over anything else.
be nice for solo trips though!
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Old 03-09-2011, 09:43 PM   #5
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be nice for solo trips though!
It rules for solo trips. The only time I really used it where it was an issue is trips with andrea, but she just taps me on the shoulder when she wants to talk.

When Kyle used her set on the BRP trip, we just kept it on talk mode the entire way. The conversation was hilarious. "Pret-tay pret-tay pret-tay pret-tay pret-tay pret-tay pret-tay pret-tay pret-tay pret-tay pret-tay pret-tay pret-tay pret-tay pret-tay pret-tay pret-tay pret-tay pret-tay pret-tay girls..."
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It rules for solo trips. The only time I really used it where it was an issue is trips with andrea, but she just taps me on the shoulder when she wants to talk.

When Kyle used her set on the BRP trip, we just kept it on talk mode the entire way. The conversation was hilarious. "Pret-tay pret-tay pret-tay pret-tay pret-tay pret-tay pret-tay pret-tay pret-tay pret-tay pret-tay pret-tay pret-tay pret-tay pret-tay pret-tay pret-tay pret-tay pret-tay pret-tay girls..."

and you wonder why the batteries died so quick
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and you wonder why the batteries died so quick
The batteries didn't die quick. It lasted a full day and half of the second day. The problem was we were camping. We couldn't recharge them at night, so I recharged one in the morning, while he used the other one and then we changed when it was recharged and I recharged the second one. He didn't have a powerlet on his bike or we could of just recharged both while we were riding.
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My GPS can access my phone and I can dial and access my phonebook through it while I am riding because it's glove friendly and waterproof. I like the routing on the garmin as I can setup my routes a lot easier and I don't need cell service or take up any unnecessary memory usage on my cell, which is important because I ride where there is little or no cell service of any network.
I understand snookie wookums, I had a Garmin 885T before some dirt bags stole it, that is. Now I have a Garmin 835T (no BT)and I'm happy but I'd still have the same problem because with a wired headset, you can't BT stream music... I should have kept the TWO Integrator IVs that had with the TWO high end J&M headsets and added two way radios for $50 to talk to my disappearing GF...

Heck, the Int IV has a phone input... Yeesh!
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