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Harley-Davidson Sena 50s, 30K, Apple Car Play, Boom Box Infotainment System-Compatibility Issues!

May 9, 2022 By Ryan Urlacher 1 Comment

In this video, we talk about the compatibility of regular Sena 30K and 50S headsets with the Harley-Davidson Boom Box Infotainment System in comparison to Harley branded Boom Audio Sena 30K & 50S headsets. Does Apple Car Play work with the non-Harley branded Sena headsets? Will they even pair with the Boom Box Infotainment System? Will you get mono or stereo sound? We answer all these questions and more in the video. (see video below)

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LAB-143-Sena Cavalry Bluetooth Half Helmet Review & Discussion-Real World Testing

May 24, 2017 By Ryan Urlacher 2 Comments

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Podcast-In this episode, we talk all about the new Cavalry Bluetooth half helmet from Sena. We put these helmets to the ultimate test in a real life motorcycle riding environment. What does this helmet mean and does it work for the real world everyday biker out there? We answer this and many other questions you may be asking yourself in this podcast episode.

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The Cavalry has a Sena 10R headset Bluetooth system built right in and integrated nicely. The speakers are built right into the helmet and sound great for a helmet style headset. There are ear flaps that help direct the speaker sound into your ears. You may also want to check out my complete tutorial video on how to use the Sena Cavalry Bluetooth headset system.

You can listen to your music wirelessly and make phone calls going down the freeway at 70+ mph. Yah-really, in a half helmet! You can also pair your Cavalry helmet with up to three other riders for group or single communications at a max distance of 1/2 mile was our findings.

See my review video & article on the Sena Cavalry Helmet:

Video Review-Sena Cavalry Bluetooth Half Helmet | Does it Work?

The Cavalry helmet does pair with the Sena Freewire Bluetooth transmitter/receiver. When the two are paired, this allows you to have wireless integration with your Harley-Davidson Boom!™ Box Infotainment System. You can give voice commands directly to the Boom Box system and hear anything coming out of the Boom Box such as music and GPS voice directions wirelessly inside your Cavalry helmet.

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The Calvary helmet is definitely geared more towards a touring rider with a fairing or windshield, which helps cut down wind noise, so you can hear the music, make phone calls, use rider-to-rider communications, and give voice commands. The capabilities of the Sena Cavalry helmet are greatly reduced if riding a motorcycle without a fairing due to the added wind noise. If just riding around town or slow country roads, you may be able to use the Cavalry helmet on a motorcycle without wind protection.

The Sena 10R headset that is built into the Cavalry charges fully in about three hours and has about 10 hours talk time. There is also an FM radio built in with station presets. Of course, you can pair your Cavalry with Sena's beautiful smartphone app to easily manage settings. Using Sena's desktop app for MAC or Windows, you can plug your helmet in and update the software, which should be done immediately.

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LAB-129-Best Headsets for Harley-Davidson Boom!™ Box Infotainment System | Wireless & Wired Solutions

January 2, 2017 By Ryan Urlacher 11 Comments

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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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Install Harley 7-pin DIN Music & Communications Kit or Plug | DIY-2014 & Newer

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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- 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:

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- 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!

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.