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Podcast-In this episode Rick “Big Daddy” Kane and I get down and dirty with what headsets work best with the Harley-Davidson Boom! Box Infotainment System. Yes, we have the best solutions for Bluetooth wireless headsets and the good old wired 7-pin DIN plug in headsets. You'll really need to listen in to get all the information.
Let me be VERY clear……..No, there is absolutely no wireless Bluetooth headset that will pair “directly” with the Harley-Davidson Boom!™ Box Infotainment System. It doesn't matter if you have a 2014 or a newer 2017 Harley with the Boom Box as it is the same exact version of the Infotainment system and no changes in hardware have been made by Harman Kardon, maker of the Boom! Box.
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Video of Interest:
If you want to use a wireless motorcycle Bluetooth headset with your Harley Boom!™ Box Infotainment System, we do have a solution and workaround.
Wireless:
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GET THE SENA FREEWIRE HERE FOR THE BEST WIRELESS BLUETOOTH HEADSET FOR YOUR HARLEY BOOM BOX
- The Sena Freewire, paired with a compatible Sena Bluetooth Headset, can do everything a wired headset can do! 100% Full Harley Boom!™ Box Infotainment System Integration!!
- Give voice commands, turn by turn directions, skip songs, tune stations, internal intercom, CB radio, phone calls and more!
Of course, the Boom! Box has always worked with a wired headset solution and you do get full Boom! Box integration that way. And it is a quite a bit cheaper than the wireless alternative (above).
Wired:
The Boom! Box was never designed to have a wireless Bluetooth headset pair directly with it. It was not made with an HSP, headset profile. It was made with an HFP, hands-free profile, which is why your smartphone will pair with the Boom! Box directly, but not a headset.
In Harley's defense to having no headset profile, Honda did the same thing with their Goldwing line. Goldwing owners are having the same sort of issues and having to do workarounds. The Goldwing has a 5-pin DIN communications port instead of a 7-pin like the Harley.
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Gary Schauer says
installed a Sena freewire paired to my SMH 10 on my Harley 2014 street glide special. I can hear the caller but they can’t hear me. Any Idea what wrong?
Ryan Urlacher says
COMPATIBILITY:
The Sena Freewire currently only supports the following Bluetooth 4.1-enabled Sena Headsets:
Sena 20S Bluetooth Headset
Sena 10S Bluetooth Headset
Sena 10C Bluetooth Headset
Sena 10R Bluetooth Headset (with firmware update version 1.2)
We are hopeful that a future firmware update will expand compatibility to all Sena Bluetooth 4.1-Enabled Headsets, however, the initial firmware version only supports the 10C, 10S, 20S and 10R (with firmware update version 1.2).
Calvin Kandarian says
The Boom! Box was never designed to have a wireless Bluetooth headset pair directly with it. It was not made with an HSP, headset profile. It was made with an HFP, hands-free profile, which is why your smartphone will pair with the Boom! Box directly, but not a headset.
Are you sure this applies to the new Boom Box GTX for 2019?
Also have you tried pairing a Freewire
Ryan Urlacher says
100% certain it applies to the new GTS.
Calvin Kandarian says
DIDN’T FINISH…
Also have you tried pairing a Freewire to anon Sena ie. Cardo unit?
Ryan Urlacher says
Hit and miss. You have to try and see if it pairs.
Thomas Shore says
Hey ! Do you have the IMC headset system for a 2008 ultra classic
Matt Couchman says
Thomas,
Here is a link to our store: https://bit.ly/32F038E
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CMSGT Ret. Gerald Boyer Jr says
I am interested in going wireless… 3/4 helmets, and ride a 2018 Ultra Limited…..want to know what Sena kit and Wireless Headsets fit my 2018 Ultra Limited
Ryan Urlacher says
Here is a link to our store and these 2 Sena headsets would work great. ==> https://shop.lawabidingbiker.com/collections/sena-headsets
BRETT JA MCKECHNIE says
Hi, I have a 2023 Street Glide is there a wireless headset to suit the Boom Box on my bike.
Cheers
Brett