Hi all.

I've had an Autocom Easi-PLUS intercom for about 12 months now, and, because I'm somewhat deaf, I have been farting around with amplifiers to boost the audio for my headset (the wife's one is OK, 'cos she's not deaf). It's been painful.

Anyway, I discovered at the bike show from David Madden (from Bluerim) that Autocom make some bits to help. I bought (a) "Race" speakers and (b) a 12-9V adapter to power the unit (uses 9V battery as std).

Well they fixed it! The speakers give more volume, and the power pack makes it clearer and louder, even for the pillion. A good result.

Might also be a solution for those with loud pipes?

Gonzo

Did those speakers install into ur Nolan ???

Hi Hooda.

The speakers are the same as the standard Autocom speakers, only a bit bigger. They are circular, 40mm dia, very thin (8mm?) and have velcro on the back so they'll stick to the liner of your helmet (usually fuzzy), or if you need to you can stick some velcro tape to the inside of your helmet.

My helmet's a HJC Sy-max, and they have very large ear pockets which easily accommodate the speakers AND my ears. Don't know about the Nolan, sorry. Hang on, don't the Nolans have provision for in-helmet speakers anyway??

Gonzo

Thanx heaps matey...yup i just bought a ncom nolan to find i have to spend another 400 bucks for the 1 setup.....i was wondering how the speakers fitted but sounds like no prob with that...Sorry mate i thought u had a Nolan from memory.....im tryin to get the GPS to work through the headset but needing a little louder.....thanx for the info mate.
Hoody

Hooda,

One other thing.... The "race" speakers (Autocom part no.17) have little 2-pin plugs on the end, so they can plug into the helmet harness. The only problem is that the latest Autocom harnesses don't have the matching sockets! My older one did, so I just plugged them in. For the new harnesses you'll either have to:

a) cut off the old speakers, cut off the plugs on the new speakers, solder them together (matching the wire colours), and fit some shrink tubing over the joint

or

b) cut off the old speakers, buy some 2-pin sockets (make sure you buy the matching half - you can get them from a remote-control car hobby shop because they use them for the battery packs), solder the sockets onto the harness leads, fit shrink tubing to insulate, and plug in the new speakers.

a) is easier and cheaper. b) is more professional.

Gonzo