![]() ![]() More than that, it doesn’t mean that each manufacturer should abandon his own proprietary protocol (the companies invest a lot in order to develop and keep it operating in the maximum performance it is allowed). On the technical issue, It’s just a matter to establish a “communication open protocol”, like a “common communication bus”, allowing the connection between all devices. It’s an absolutely lacking of market maturity and desire from the manufacturers to implement it. I agree 100% about your disappointment about the no-compatibility between the communicator / manufacturers systems!įrom the customer point of view, it is simply outrageous. I’m also an electronic engineer and deeply involved with RF segment, in all their applications data and voice applications….cell phone protocols, VHF/UHF radio comm, spread-spectrum technology, etc. Not sure where that rumour started, but we figured we’d try it just to make sure and the results were…predictable!įrom “H.F.” (May 2013): “I’m a Brazilian biker (BMW R1150GS) and a HUGE fan of wBW website and the products analysis you publish……just straight to the point!!!! Generally I never buy any product before take a good look on your comments! Then, we started to get emails from Europe with people saying they read on various forums that different brands of intercoms were in fact able to pair. old Chatterbox XBi2 to a new Chatterbox XBi2Plus because they don’t communicate…and I had just bought another Plus model for my new helmet! Luckily, Chatterbox did the upgrade gratis!”Įditor’s Reply: Believe it or not, we must get at least one email each week asking if/why different brands of intercoms won’t pair. The moral: Make them ALL compatible, intercom OEM’s, or feel the wrath of the consumer! Cross-compatibility between OEM’s? I can’t even get compatibility WITHIN a brand! I had to upgrade my 1 yr. ![]() DAC audio formats all over again! The winner is……? NONE! They all lost! The parable: It’s the 80’s and it’s DCC vs. UPDATE (November 2013): Sena has announced the Sena Universal Intercom, a free firmware update for Sena intercoms which will provide cross-brand compatibility! Click on the image below to view it full size (1310 pixels wide):įrom “K.M.H.” (May 2013): “Great review, as always, despite the predictability. Note that the SCHUBERTH SRC system is made by Cardo Systems for SCHUBERTH and it will pair with the Cardo Scala Rider systems. The results are as expected - we could not get any two different brands of intercoms to pair. In the meantime, we have 15 different intercoms on hand and we ran a test to see if any of them would pair with different brands. There’s still a long, long way to go though - much better sound quality and even higher volumes are needed longer battery life (or the ability to quickly and easily exchange charged batteries) more standardization with the control interface (and/or remote control capability) and speaker swapping are on everyone’s wish list.Īnd don’t forget the “Holy Grail” - compatibility among different brands of Bluetooth intercoms. Since then, we at least have some standardization with Bluetooth pairing procedures, volume control and feature sets. ![]() Range was measured in the single-digit meter range and sound quality was generally terrible. In fact, sometimes they just wouldn’t pair at all or the pairing would mysteriously vanish mid-conversation. The early systems were very difficult to use, with nearly incomprehensible instructions and non-standard button-pushing routines required for pairing between two intercoms in the same retail package. In all that time, motorcycle intercoms (now called “communication systems”) have improved dramatically. The answer, for all practical purposes, is “No”. I can’t tell you how many times since then I’ve received an email from a webBikeWorld visitor asking if two different brands of intercoms were compatible. We’ve been reviewing Bluetooth motorcycle intercom systems since they were first made available, somewhere around 2004. the SCHUBERTH SRC and the Cardo Scala Rider systems) and they are compatible. Note that some motorcycle communication systems are sold under different brand names (e.g. This is unfortunate, and perhaps the next evolution in ease-of-use will be cross-brand compatibility. We have not been able to pair two different brands of motorcycle Bluetooth intercoms.Īlthough it’s impossible to definitively state that this is true for every Bluetooth intercom system, there is no indication that two different brands will pair, despite the rumours you may have heard. ![]()
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