USB to bike, BT to ipod?

[Pick]

Can I run my iPod off of the USB and then Bluetooth a headset to the iPod just to stream audio? I'm not so interested in making phone calls while riding, but I like to use earbuds on long highway runs to cut down on wind noise. Don't really want to add the comm plug just to get the option of a headset when I don't intend to use voice. I can always default back to tossing my player in my pocket, but I kind of like having the controls on the bar and not having to fumble for them.

 

[Spazz]

Try it... see if it works.... no harm in trying and haven't lost anything if it doesn't...

 

[Pick]

Was kind of hoping someone else already had. Don't have a BT headset laying around here and my wife is starting to catch on to things appearing in my Drawer of Failed Experiments...

 

[Spazz]

Was kind of hoping someone else already had. Don't have a BT headset laying around here and my wife is starting to catch on to things appearing in my Drawer of Failed Experiments...

Hit up Mojo.... I think he has a BT headset...

 

[hevyrockerdk]

Sounds like it would work okay. You're just trying to power the iPod via USB, right? If so, I think connecting a BT to the iPod directly would still work.

I don't have an iPod, but I'll plug my phone into the USB tomorrow morning and bust out my old BT headset just to see if it'll work.

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[Mojo]

Hi Pick Welcome by the way. Given the limitations the Boom Box has I came up with a "work around" that works quite well for me:
I connect my iPhone via the USB cable in the Juke cavity after I connect my Blue tooth LG Tone Pros. I set the radio onscreen control to SEEK (not SCAN) and can move fwd or rev in my selected iPhone Playlist with the Left hand toggle. I also can see my album covers (downloaded in iTunes) onscreen of the Boom Box. It works better for me than the wired HD hedaset. If I wanted I could even answer a phone call but I choose not to. BTW, the LG Tone Pros are availabe for about $40 here:

http://www.esurebuy.com/lg-tone-pro-hbs-750-bluetooth-stereo-headset/

 

[Pick]

Precisely what I wanted to hear. It makes sense that that would work, but given some of the other "features" of this unit...

What an amazing bike. What an...interesting...navigation and entertainment system...

Thanks!

 

[Spazz]

Hi Pick Welcome by the way. Given the limitations the Boom Box has I came up with a "work around" that works quite well for me:
I connect my iPhone via the USB cable in the Juke cavity after I connect my Blue tooth LG Tone Pros. I set the radio onscreen control to SEEK (not SCAN) and can move fwd or rev in my selected iPhone Playlist with the Left hand toggle. I also can see my album covers (downloaded in iTunes) onscreen of the Boom Box. It works better for me than the wired HD hedaset. If I wanted I could even answer a phone call but I choose not to. BTW, the LG Tone Pros are availabe for about $40 here:

http://www.esurebuy.com/lg-tone-pro-hbs-750-bluetooth-stereo-headset/

I knew you were the one to have his answer...

 

[eberky]

I assume Mojo's connection theory would be the same with any type of headset (Sena SMHx), right?

 

[Spazz]

I assume Mojo's connection theory would be the same with any type of headset (Sena SMHx), right?

I am not 100% sure... but I think he tried a few different scenarios and units before he found what worked... He'll be back...

 

[Mojo]

eberky- If it's a Blue Tooth headset that will pair with your phone then the answer is yes. I have no experience if "other" smart phones will display album covers on the Boom Box though.