I am on day 3 of FTR ownership so still on a steep but happy learning curve. My bike is a 2023 FTR Carbon R with RideConnect. I have managed to connect my phone no problem but normally I put my helmet on turn the music on (Cardo Freecom 1) and head to the garage. With my new bike I do the same but the moment the bike boots up its computer and connect to my phone the speakers turn off in my helmet - although I can see the screen telling me that music is playing. If I take my phone out of my pocket and disconnect the Freecomwith the bike running and reconnect it everything is fine until I stop for gas (which is about every mile!) and then I have to repeat. Is this something I am doing wrong or just a quirk of the bike?
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- Thread starter arobert3
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Charliemurphay
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I'm not sure about the new RideCommand system but with my '19 I have my bike autoconnect to my phone first and then the headset to my phone. Most of the time its fine, but sometimes I do have to change the bluetooth audio source back to my headset even though I can still change music on my bike screen. I would chalk it up to being which device connects LAST is what the phone will choose as the audio device in my experience.
Charliemurphay
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I personally blame the bluetooth/phone more than I'd blame the Ride Command. All other Ride Command functions work fine for me otherwise.
Update - I have been riding most of the day and have clocked up 300 of my 500 mile break-in miles ready for my first service that I booked the day I got it. I am now convinced that Ride Command is not the culprit. It is clearly that the phone does not like to be connecited to the Cardo before the bike. If I start the bike and let it connect and then connect the Cardo everything is fine. However, the GPS thing remains a mystery if anyone has any tips - to recap. If I find an address through the app on my phone it does not transfer to the bike like my Royal Enfield or my Beeline does. If I put in the address from the bike no problem. The phone is an iPhone 13 about 6 months old.
I am getting the hang of it and I can work around it. If I connect the headset before I start the bike the bike disconnects the speakers. If I connect the bike first and then the headset all is good. I just have to change my routine and put my helmet on after I start the bike. I still forget when I stop for gas though and have make a pit stop.
