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Frequently asked questions Most of the questions we get asked are about peoples phones however Here are a few of the more general ones What is Bluetooth? Bluetooth is a wireless networking technology that was designed primarily to replace cables for communication between personal computing and communication devices. It is intended to be used for both voice and data communications. Bluetooth was initiated by Ericsson, IBM, Intel, Nokia and Toshiba in early 1998. These companies formed a special interest group known as the Bluetooth SIG. The Bluetooth 1.0 specifications were released on July 26, 1999, but the technology has only recently become inexpensive enough for widespread use. Where did the name Bluetooth originate from? The Bluetooth name refers to King Harald "Bluetooth" Blaatand, a Danish king of the 10th century, who unified Denmark and Norway.
The Camos motorcom System Overview The Camos helmet headset System consists of a Bluetooth pod mounted on the helmet or riders jacket which wirelessly takes the audio and data signals transmitted from Bluetooth enabled devices and passes them to the rider via a set of headset speakers and a mic. This allows the user to communicate wirelessly with their Bluetooth devices while riding. Microphone and Headsets The directional microphone has noise cancelling technology that will allow clear communication at speeds of up to 80 mph. A2DP The high quality stereo (A2DP) profile allows the speaker drivers to provide rich stereo sound whether you are taking a phone call or listening to your GPS or MP3 player. However it is critical to ensure that the headset speakers are directly over the ears and as near as possible if the sound sounds tinny and without bass the speakers are to far away from the ears. Volume is controlled from the Camos pod, not from the Bluetooth devices
The Bluetooth 2.0 technology provides 13 hours of talk time and 180 hours of standby time. It is recommended that the Camos system is used with the Bluetooth 2.0 devices to take advantage of the higher audio bandwidth and better battery life. However it is not necessary as it will talk to all Bluetooth devices. Headsets Headsets are available in 2 forms, 1. ½ helmet or no helmet set defined by a H suffix, this consists of a set of headphones worn over the ears and around the back of the head. Suitable for riders who do not wear a helmet or those who wear a shorty half helmet. You don't need to wear a 3/4 or full face helmet to get high quality audio anymore! 2. Full Face, ¾ or flip-front set, these headsets come a with a set of speakers which are mounted in the helmet directly over the ears and 2 mics, a button mic which works well in a full face helmet and a Boom mic which is good for ¾ and flip-front helmets The system comes complete with one or the other but are available separately if you need both. The Systems There are 2 systems in the range, the BHS500 and the BHS600 BHS500 The BHS 500 system gives the rider the option to connect two Bluetooth devices to the helmet mounted receiver such as a Bluetooth enabled cell phone and a Bluetooth enabled MP3 player. The MP3 player may have Bluetooth built in or may use an adaptor commonly called a dongle. When a phone call comes in the music fades and you can answer the call and when the call is finished the music will resume playing automatically. The system will answer the call automatically or you can answer it manually by pressing the T key on the helmet pod, calls are initiated by pressing the T key. BHS600 The BHS600 has an additional channel to the 500 which allows you to connect three Bluetooth devices to the helmet mounted receiver. The addition feature of the BHS 600 is that second channel that can be paired with another BHS 600 for a full duplex wireless intercom which will mute the audio on the first channel when you are having a conversation with your passenger. Questions about individual phones/PDA’s It is impossible to know the profiles of every phone, infact my own experiences with my personal phone have led me to believe even the staff who sell the phone are not up to speed on the Bluetooth side of things. I ended up having to find out myself from the Bluetooth functionality tables on the Verizon wireless site. Most people know if there they have a Bluetooth handset, if you are unsure its easy to scroll thru the menus to find the Bluetooth menu, if you find one, you’ve got it, and you will be able to talk to it using either Camos system.But we would recommend looking your phone up on the internet and seeing what its profiles are. IPHONE The iPhone firmware 1.1.1 allows you to stream all audio, including iPod songs, audio from movies and TV shows and even keyboard taps and system sounds to a Bluetooth headset. Apple appears to have enabled the A2DP Bluetooth profile in the 1.1.1 firmware update. The only problem is that while streaming audio to a Bluetooth headset iPhone simultaneously outputs the same audio through its built-in speaker, which does not help battery life. Plugging in headphones only serves to cut off audio to the wireless headset. It is assumed that apple will fix this in the next firmware update footnote in this day and age of the phone, music, camera , PDA and coffee maker all in one device, not all of these functions may be able to use the Bluetooth feature, in fact many of my customers phones that I see although they are MP3 players the music cannot be sent by Bluetooth. ( my wifes phone is the same, so she uses my IPOD with a dongle).BHS 500 Pairing(-) for 3 seconds. You should now have a blinking red light which is blinking approximately once every second. I think sometimes manufacturers make life very complicated when they include two products in one book so what I have endeavoured to do here is to explain as best I can the pairing procedures for both the 500 and the 600 separately and hopefully try to keep the references from one down to the other to a minimum so as not to confuse the two. BHS500 This is the procedure that I think should be used every time when pairing devices. 1. Clear the device 2. Pair the phone 3. Pair the audio Ensure that your unit is charged for a minimum of 2 hours before you use it for the first time. 1. Clear the device Looking at the unit with the writing the right way up, in the 7 o’clock position there is a rubber cover which opens to reveal an extremely tiny reset switch. This is found at the left hand side of the hole to the left of the grey spacer, press this switch using a pin or an opened up paperclip, press this down and you will feel it click. DO NOT force it, it is just a gentle push. 2. Pair the phone Turn the device on, to do this press the negative button The next thing we are going to do is to prepare your phone to pair. Generally in your tools menu you will find a setting for Bluetooth, select Bluetooth. This will generally take you to add new devices, you are now ready to start the pairing procedure. On the BHS 500 unit press the You will notice that the BHS 500 unit is now flashing twice every twice every second which means the pairing has been successful. You may now use your phone through the BHS 500 system. The system will automatically answer after 2 to 3 rings if a call is received. If you wish to send press the T button on the 500 unit to call the last number dialed on you phone. More sophisticated dialing features may be set up on a new phone if your phone has voice dialing facilities. To end the call you can press the T button or simply do nothing and when the caller ends the call the system will end your call. 3. Pair the audio When I talk about audio this could be a GPS unit, it could be a radar detector or music in the form of an MP3 player, etc. For this example I am going to use a standard IPOD with a Motorola Bluetooth adaptor which I purchased from Best Buy. The instructions on how to put individual dongles (Bluetooth adaptors) into discovery mode is found in the instruction booklet with the dongle, most of these are very similar so I am going to explain every detail that I do here. Before I start I always check that the music is playing by just checking with a set of headphones to check that there are no problems. Place the two units, the BHS 500 and the dongle that you are going to pair with fairly close together and activate your audio devices Bluetooth function. In my case this involves plugging the dongle into the bottom of the IPOD and starting the music playing. At this point a blue light comes on on my Motorola dongle and after about one minute it flashes rapidly and the red light on the 500 unit also flashes rapidly for a couple of seconds, this is the pairing complete. You can tell that the pairing is complete because the red light on the BHS 500 unit begins to flash 3 times every second rather than twice. This tells us that it is paired with two units rather than one and of course the audio should also be coming out of the headset which is a dead giveaway. To increase or decrease the volume you press the + or - button on the 500 unit repeatedly, it is no good just holding it down. Sometimes if you can not hear the music it is because it is turned down so you need to turn it up. When you receive a call with most phones it will a couple of times on the phone and then a couple of times in the headset before it auto answers. At this point your music fades and you can carry on with the call normally. Once the call is finished it will take about 14 seconds before the music comes back in again. Subsequent Pairings Whenever you subsequently turn on these two or three units and the units are in reasonable proximity to each other then they will pair automatically providing the Bluetooth function is switched on on the music and the phone. I hope this has been of some help. I use the same procedure every time that I do this, there may be other ways of doing it but I believe in the old saying “KISS” (keep it simple stupid). (+) until it flashes rapidly, at the same time activate the discovery mode on your phone, keep the two units close together, your phone should now start the searching procedure. Once it has found the unit it will say “found Camos BH500C1” and ask you to select pair or connect. Usually at this point the phone will ask you to type in a Passkey, the Passkey that is most commonly used is 0000. Some phones will ask you at this point if you want to pair in which case select yes.I think sometimes manufacturers make life very complicated when they include two products in one book so what I have endeavoured to do here is to explain as best I can the pairing procedures for both the 500 and the 600 separately and hopefully try to keep the references from one down to the other to a minimum so as not to confuse the two. Pairing BHS 600 I think sometimes manufacturers make life very complicated when they include two products in one book so what I have endeavored to do here is to explain as best I can the pairing procedures for both the 500 and the 600 separately and hopefully try to keep the references from one down to the other to a minimum so as not to confuse the two. BHS600 This is the procedure that I think should be used every time when pairing devices. 1. Clear the device 2. Pair the phone 3. Pair the audio 4. Pair the intercom Ensure that your unit is charged for a minimum of 2 hours before you use it for the first time. 1. Clear the device. Ensure the device is switched on. Looking at the unit with the writing the right way up, in the 7 o’clock position there is a rubber cover which is marked CH1 CH2, this opens to reveal a white switch which switches from left to right and will select on the left hand side Channel 1 and on the right hand side Channel 2. Below this switch is an extremely tiny reset switch. This is found directly below the white switch, press this switch in using a pin or an opened up paperclip, press this in and you will feel it click. DO NOT force it, it is just a gentle push. Do this on both units if you intend to set up the intercom feature. The units will switch off once reset . 2. Pair the phone At this point if you are using two units make sure one is switched OFF. Turn the first device on, do one device at a time, to do this press the negative button (-) for 3 seconds. You should now have a blinking red light which is blinking approximately once every second. The next thing we are going to do is to prepare your phone to pair. Generally in your tools menu you will find a setting for Bluetooth, select Bluetooth. This will generally take you to add new devices, you are now ready to start the pairing procedure. On the BHS 600 unit move the white CH1 CH2 switch from CH1 to CH2 and back to CH1, the unit should now flash red rapidly, at the same time activate the discovery mode on your phone, keep the two units close together, your phone should now start the searching procedure. Once it has found the unit it will say “found Camos BH600C1” and ask you to select pair or connect. Usually at this point the phone will ask you to type in a Passkey, the Passkey that is most commonly used is 0000. Some phones will ask you at this point if you want to pair in which case select yes. You will notice that the BHS 600 unit is now flashing twice every twice every second which means the pairing has been successful. You may now use your phone through the BHS 600 system. The system will automatically answer after 2 to 3 rings if a call is received. If you wish to send press the T button on the 600 unit to call the last number dialed on you phone. More sophisticated dialing features may be set up on a new phone if your phone has voice dialing facilities. To end the call you can press the T button or simply do nothing and when the caller ends the call the system will end your call. 3. Pair the audio When I talk about audio this could be a GPS unit, it could be a radar detector or music in the form of an MP3 player, etc. For this example I am going to use a standard IPOD with a Motorola Bluetooth adaptor which I purchased from Best Buy. The instructions on how to put individual dongles (Bluetooth adaptors) into discovery mode is found in the instruction booklet with the dongle, most of these are very similar so I am going to explain every detail that I do here. Before I start I always check that the music is playing by just checking with a set of headphones to check that there are no problems. Place the two units, the BHS 600 and the dongle that you are going to pair with fairly close together and activate your audio devices Bluetooth function. In my case this involves plugging the dongle into the bottom of the IPOD and starting the music playing. At this point a blue light comes on on my Motorola dongle and after about one minute it flashes rapidly and the red light on the 600 unit also flashes rapidly for a couple of seconds, this is the pairing complete. You can tell that the pairing is complete because the red light on the BHS 600 unit begins to flash 3 times every second rather than twice. This tells us that it is paired with two units rather than one and of course the audio should also be coming out of the headset which is a dead giveaway. To increase or decrease the volume you press the + or - button on the 600 unit repeatedly, it is no good just holding it down. Sometimes if you can not hear the music it is because you need to turn it up. When you receive a call with most phones it will ring a couple of times on the phone and then a couple of times in the headset before it auto answers. At this point your music fades and you can carry on with the call normally. Once the call is finished it will take about 14 seconds before the music comes back in again. If you are now going to use a second 600 as an intercom I would go through the identical procedures above and pair the second 600 with its own phone and music (you have to use separate phones and audio devices, both units can not pair to the same one). During this procedure I would normally switch off the first unit and any other Bluetooth units in the area. Pair the Intercom Ensure both the units are switched on, switch one of the units to Master and one of the units to Slave, the switch for this will be found underneath the rubber cover at 5 o’clock when the unit is in the upright position. Ensure the CH1 CH2 on both the 600 units are switched to CH2. At this point on both units you must switch on the second channel, to do this press the plus (+) button for 3 seconds, a green light will flash on each unit, you are now ready to start the pairing procedure. To pair the two units switch the CH1 CH2 switch from CH2 to CH1 and back to CH2, both units will flash while they are searching for each other. Once the units are paired both green lights will flash 3 times per second. As well as this the red light will also continue to flash once every second if it is not paired with anything on CH1, twice every second if it is paired with one thing and three times every second if it is paired with two things. The intercom is very much a line of sight communications tool. Once you start talking your music will fade and two way conversation can be carried on normally, note: to stop the music YOU must talk. To switch the units off first switch off CH2 by pressing the plus (+) for 3 seconds, once the green light has gone off then switch off CH1 by pressing the negative (-) for 3 seconds. Subsequent Pairings Whenever you subsequently turn on these two or three units and the units are in reasonable proximity to each other then they will pair automatically providing the Bluetooth function is switched on the music and the phone. I hope this has been of some help. I use the same procedure every time that I do this, there may be other ways of doing it but I believe in the old saying “KISS” (keep it simple stupid).
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