MapFactor Forum

I only have two speakers in my helmet. Worked perfectly for more then 10 years with a cable and my old garmin 2720. The volume was ok and depending on the speed (setting in the garmin).

Now I have added a bluetooth receiver in my helmet. The smartphone with mapfactor replaced the garmin. The sound is transferred by bluetooth. (default setting in mapfactor and maximumvol me on the phone).

I expect that there are tricks to increase the maximum volume of the smartphone. I googled and found several solutions to this but have not tried them yet.

I would like to see a setting in mapfactor that makes the volume depending on the speed (as it was in my garmin).

Thanks for pointing this out to me. A better headset could solve this problem.

I am a touristic driver and prefer the smaller 60 km roads  so the problem is small.

At this moment is use an old smartphone (stripped all unnecessary apps) for mapfactor.  Because it is an old phone it does not have a lot of memory.  Unfortunately mapfactor has a memory problem (is known) that creates a lag for the screen after 60-70 km (on my phone). That means the screen lags behind and becomes unresponsive. I think that this problem is much smaller on newer phones becuase they are faster and have more memory, I do not know. When mapfactor behaves without problems on my phone I  will think about investing in a better headset. 

yesterday I made a trip with my motorbike. Halfway the battery of my old samsung was empty so I replaced the samsung with my normal phone, a motorola E4 plus.

result: no more screenlagging (or it is so minimal that I did not notice it). Unfortunately the maximum volume of this phone is less then the volume of the old samsung. I will have to increase the volume of the motorola (is not rooted so this could be a problem) or find an other bluetooth receiver/amplifier for my helmet.

I tried some volume boosters but no succes yet. Volume boosters seems to work only on rooted phones. My samsung is rooted but my motorola is not rooted (tried but did not succeed). I think I have to change the speakers in the helmet, the bluetooth receiver or add an portable headphone amplifier. I expect that the amplifier will be the best (affordable) solution.

I have an usb charger plug (1A) on my motorbike. That should be enough for my old samsung (charges with 0.5A).

When I start with a battery that is more the 75% full then at the end of the day the battery is completely full so the charging works.

When I start with a battery that is half full (50%)  then the battery will not be charged at all so it stopps after a while.  Strange, I do not know how this is possible.

And I drive a guzzi too (a 1976 V7)!!!!!!!!!