Cowboy67 Posted July 18, 2012 Share #1 Posted July 18, 2012 I'm looking at buying a RSV and have read the owners manual on line. One thing it does not explain, and the salesman at the dealership couldn't tell me either, is how the intercom works. The manual only tells how to adjust IC volume. I'm used to the GW and HD where you can use it as PTT or as open mic. How does this one work? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
painterman67 Posted July 18, 2012 Share #2 Posted July 18, 2012 its open mic.............although you can install mic mutes and I think that makes it a push to talk.......is that confusing enough. My 1st gen is open mic though. either adjust the voolume or turn it off completely david Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
V7Goose Posted July 18, 2012 Share #3 Posted July 18, 2012 The stock intercom works on the Hot-Mic principle where both mics are always open. One quirk is that it only works if at least ONE of the radios are on. The volume of the IC is completely independent of either radio. The volume of the radio can be turned to zero, but if both radios are turned off, the IC is dead. Goose Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djh3 Posted July 18, 2012 Share #4 Posted July 18, 2012 I just bought a couple of "in-line mic mutes". I have to turn up the IC volume so much to hear the wife I allways had a "swosh" sound going on, and after a couple hundred miles it wears on me. So I opted to try these instead of the much more expensive mic mute you wire in. Have'nt had a chance to try them out yet though. No matter what you do this sytem is better then the old tap on the shoulder yell and hope they hear what you actually said. Amazing how at 70 mph how "I got to pee" sounds like I"ll be OK. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bongobobny Posted July 18, 2012 Share #5 Posted July 18, 2012 In addition to the above info, when you talk it will mute the radio or cassette or whatever you are listening to. The passenger has their own independant volume control... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
V7Goose Posted July 18, 2012 Share #6 Posted July 18, 2012 In addition to the above info, when you talk it will mute the radio or cassette or whatever you are listening to. This is not accurate on an RSV - the IC does not mute anything. The CB radio will mute the main radio, but the IC does not. Goose Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DragonRider Posted July 18, 2012 Share #7 Posted July 18, 2012 That is one more thing that makes the 1st Gen the better bike, everything mutes when you talk on the IC on the 1st Gen........................:stirthepot: This is not accurate on an RSV - the IC does not mute anything. The CB radio will mute the main radio, but the IC does not. Goose Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bongobobny Posted July 18, 2012 Share #8 Posted July 18, 2012 This is not accurate on an RSV - the IC does not mute anything. The CB radio will mute the main radio, but the IC does not. GooseGoose, I don't know about yours, but when we talk it mutes the radio. Maybe if you are listening to the speakers it may not, I don't know, but we always listen thru the headphones and any time we speak it mutes the radio, just like on the 1st gens do... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJD Posted July 18, 2012 Share #9 Posted July 18, 2012 Ours does not work that way.. it does not mute the radio when we talk. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
V7Goose Posted July 18, 2012 Share #10 Posted July 18, 2012 A hot-mic intercom NEVER mutes the radio - it would be an unbelievably irritating feature, as any ambient noise (even breathing on the mic or wind gusts on a motorcycle) would be CONSTANTLY muting the radio! It is conceivable that one could be designed with a mic sensitivity control in a weak effort to reduce the irritation, but I have never encountered such a system - even as an avionics technician in the Air Force. Goose Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spke Posted July 18, 2012 Share #11 Posted July 18, 2012 Are you using the PTT button when you want to talk on the intercom? If the CB were turned on and you hit the PTT, then, and only then, would the radio be muted. (on a stock system). Bad thing there would be that anybody on a nearby CB on the same channel would hear your conversation. sp!ke Goose, I don't know about yours, but when we talk it mutes the radio. Maybe if you are listening to the speakers it may not, I don't know, but we always listen thru the headphones and any time we speak it mutes the radio, just like on the 1st gens do... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gibvel Posted July 18, 2012 Share #12 Posted July 18, 2012 (edited) Are you using the PTT button when you want to talk on the intercom? If the CB were turned on and you hit the PTT, then, and only then, would the radio be muted. (on a stock system). Bad thing there would be that anybody on a nearby CB on the same channel would hear your conversation. sp!ke This is, basically, what the Mic Mutes (the system you wire in) the guys are talking about does. As I understand it, if you want to use the IC you press and relese the PTT button and the it opens the mics on the IC only. Repeat the process to turn the mics back off. If you want to talk on the CB you toggle the mics on them press the ptt button down as usual. Someone, with Mic Mutes, correct me if I'm wrong. Link to Freebirds installation. http://www.venturerider.org/forum/showthread.php?t=992 Edited July 18, 2012 by gibvel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dacheedah Posted July 18, 2012 Share #13 Posted July 18, 2012 Didn't have any problems on the first gen without mic mutes and the second gen works the same as my first gen did ( Only the back seat driver can't control the radio on a second gen ). The bottom line is while wearing your headset , if you don't have mic mutes, when you want to say something, just talk. Radio on , off, cassette, ipod, cb on doesn't matter. Want to talk on the cb, push the button and talk. Talk when you want, listen when you have to . . . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woody Posted July 18, 2012 Share #14 Posted July 18, 2012 before I got my Venture my old bike had an add on from starcom 1 and it was vox activated I wish the intercom on the Venture was that way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cowboy67 Posted July 18, 2012 Author Share #15 Posted July 18, 2012 thanks guys! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Haywood Posted July 18, 2012 Share #16 Posted July 18, 2012 Goose, I don't know about yours, but when we talk it mutes the radio. Maybe if you are listening to the speakers it may not, I don't know, but we always listen thru the headphones and any time we speak it mutes the radio, just like on the 1st gens do... Ours doesn't mute either on the intercom when we talk. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
painterman67 Posted July 18, 2012 Share #17 Posted July 18, 2012 I assume you guys are talking about a 2nd gen, but when i or my rider talk on the intercom , everything is muted on my 1st gen. David Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dacheedah Posted July 19, 2012 Share #18 Posted July 19, 2012 Mine never muted, I had an 89 venture royale, worked just the same as the 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bongobobny Posted July 19, 2012 Share #19 Posted July 19, 2012 OK now you all have mewondering!! I have to admit I haven't ridden since Americade and going into the hospital. Maybe I AM thinking of my 1st gen!! The more I think about it, it IS an agrevation having to turn the volume down every time the wife wants to say something to me!! Yes, I am starting to remember now that's one more thing I don't like about my 2nd gen! No delay VOX on the audio circuit!! Sorry to all, I'm getting a little senile in my old age... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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