Bluetooth versus intercom

[danham]

Today I did a short ride with a friend and discovered that every time the XT spoke directions, it would cut off the intercom connection between us (both using Sena devices). It would require us tapping a button on the Sena to reconnect, so we gave up after the umpteenth disconnect.

At a stop for gas, I tried to find a setting on the XT that would prevent this. Mute does not do it; every time it wanted to speak a direction, no sound was sent to my helmet, but the intercom connection disconnected. The only way I could find to stay connected is to disable Bluetooth altogether on the XT and just use the screen visually to navigate. This worked to keep intercom connected all the time, but it means giving up a number of other features, the most important being radar and traffic alerts and less important but still handy, phone calls.

Anyone here have a better suggestion?

Thanks,

-dan

[Stu]

From the main screen click on volume and scroll down a bit and untick the "spoken navigation"

Quick and easy to turn on and off from there

[danham]

From the main screen click on volume and scroll down a bit and untick the "spoken navigation"

Quick and easy to turn on and off from there

Stu, you are the man! I can't believe I missed that one. I hit the three dots lower right and used Mute, with no success. I will test this as soon as I ride again with someone who has intercom. Many thanks.

-dan

[Peobody]

It works dan. My wife rides pillion and got so frustrated with the XT interrupting her that I now ride with spoken navigation turned off. I do more u-turns than ever before but it has been worth it. I have spent a lot of time trying to figure out a way to give intercom communication precedence to no avail. We use Cardo Packtalk units but it sounds like the problem is the same with your Sena.

[danham]

The folks on this forum are the best. Thank you!

-dan

[danham]

It works dan. My wife rides pillion and got so frustrated with the XT interrupting her that I now ride with spoken navigation turned off. I do more u-turns than ever before but it has been worth it. I have spent a lot of time trying to figure out a way to give intercom communication precedence to no avail. We use Cardo Packtalk units but it sounds like the problem is the same with your Sena.

On my zumo 660 I would only turn on Bluetooth when riding alone. Disabling it did not have any effect on phone, radar, or music but let me have uninterrupted intercom when riding with others. I don't love that the XT demands to be the hub, but now that I know to use the correct setting it shouldn't be a problem.

-dan

[MotoToph]

One of my biggest complaints! I wish the XT would "cut" out the intercom a lot smoother! Takes forever to get back to the intercom! I don't remember this happening on the Zumo 396 LMT-S

[Peobody]

One of my biggest complaints! I wish the XT would "cut" out the intercom a lot smoother!

...and release control back to the intercom a lot sooner. Cardo Packtalk has a priority setting but giving priority to intercom does not make a difference. Don't know whether that failure is a Packtalk or XT shortcoming.

[danham]

One of my biggest complaints! I wish the XT would "cut" out the intercom a lot smoother!

...and release control back to the intercom a lot sooner. Cardo Packtalk has a priority setting but giving priority to intercom does not make a difference. Don't know whether that failure is a Packtalk or XT shortcoming.

With only one ride so far with intercom this is a guess, but... it seems like the long delay returning to intercom makes the Sena units think the "call" is over. So no setting on the Sena will fix this. You can "call" again to establish comms, but you'd have to do it every time the XT speaks.

-dan

[MotoToph]

One of my biggest complaints! I wish the XT would "cut" out the intercom a lot smoother!

...and release control back to the intercom a lot sooner. Cardo Packtalk has a priority setting but giving priority to intercom does not make a difference. Don't know whether that failure is a Packtalk or XT shortcoming.

Yup, that's what I was trying to say