I’ve tried various communicators in the past, such as the Chatterbox and the Collett, but now after using an Autocom, I could never go back to using those.  This is a top notch system. 

I went with Autocom’s top-of-the-line Super Pro AVi Duo system so that I wouldn’t have to worry about upgrading later.  It comes with everything you need to communicate with a passenger, cables for a cell phone, music player, and GPS, and has tons of features. 

After shopping around, I found the best price at Kahuna Cycles; and even though they are in Canada I received the system VERY quickly; within a few days of ordering.

Very quick and easy installation. Here’s the unit itself, sitting on padding and strapped in the tail of the bike.  When we use the iPod, it plugs into its input and is placed behind the unit where the passenger’s headset lead is shown coiled.  We control it with an iJet wireless controller.

Here’s the ground wire running to the battery’s negative terminal, and the power wire running to the tail light for switched “clean” power.

When not in use, the passenger and rider headset leads are coiled up and stored under their respective seats.

When in use, the leads come out in convenient locations.

This Autocom model comes with a noise sensor that goes inside your helmet to automatically adjust the VOX level based on the amount of ambient noise. Very cool, and works perfectly. Here’s where it goes.

Microphone and Speaker

I used one of the included clips on my helmet (not really what it is designed for) so that I could keep the lead from dangling when I’m not using the Autocom.

Mounted and wired in my PPC-6700 Smartphone also.  Works great, and people I talk to say they didn’t even know I was on the bike.

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