StreetPilot "voice" tied into factory speakers

[ChrisRappl]

My R1200RT is coming with the factory radio. I will be adding a Garmin StreetPilot 2720 and Valentine One. I know that there are electronic geniuses monitoring this board and I could use your help. I would like to set the StreetPilot up so that its voice comes through the radio amp and out the factory speakers. If possible, I would like to do the same with the Valentine One, although this is not as important to me. Has anyone done this? Is the BMW Navigator 2 set up this way? Can anyone guide me through the process. It would be worth dinner out at the next rally or?

[MattS]

I had set up an SPIII to speak through my R1150RT speakers via an AUX connection in a third-party radio. Not sure of the dynamics of the radio system on board the R12RT, but you'd need some kind of input access, and then probably a mixer to integrate the two signals (V1 and GPS) into one stream that is ported to the radio.

 

It's do-able, but you're held hostage by the inner workings of the bike radio.

[ChrisRappl]

Matt,

 

Thanks for the reply. I'm hoping that the factory setup has the Nav 2 connected through the radio. If so, there must be an aux connection. I think you're right about needing some type of mixer if I want more than one input.

[EricJRW]

I had this idea, but then realized you probably want to listen to the radio AND hear the GPS at the same time, right?

 

Prior to that, I was wondering if an FM transmitter, like the ones used to broadcast iPods or MP3 players to a car radio, would do what you want?

 

Not even sure how this would work on a "regular" (or BMW) radio, unless the radio does have additional inputs and a mixer to handle the aux and the internal...

 

Neat idea though.

 

Eric

[John Bentall]

The reason my many on this board use Autocom, Starcom or other intercom units is

1)that when running with the sceen down it becomes difficult to hear the bike speakers - it nice to have sound piped directly to the helmet.

2)the intercom unit cuts the music so that the GPS voice output (& cellphone, other riders using FRS) can be heard clearly.

Autocom have been producing harnesses that link into the BMW radios for a long time (it's 5 years since I first started using them)

[ChrisRappl]

Thanks for the replies. I guess I'll listen to the speakers at speed and make a final decision. I've never had a radio or intercom and was hoping to keep it as simple as possible.