Blueant F4 Stereo Bluetooth Interphone Motorcycle Kit (Helmet not included)

by BlueAnt

Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 3 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• ASIN: B0030U4XXM
• Item model number: F4 Interphone
• Average Customer Review: 3.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #34,287 in Cell Phones & Accessories (See Top 100 in Cell Phones & Accessories)

Product Description

The innovative Stereo F4 Interphone Motorcycle Kit is a fully fledged wireless entertainment and communication system for bikers on the go.

Wireless, water-resistant, windproof and world class, the removable and rechargeable BlueAnt Interphone F4 Stereo Motorcycle Kit can be used at up to 110 mph and is compatible with all Bluetooth mobile phones.

* Talk handsfree on your bike while riding.
* True Handsfree: simply say any word within 10 seconds to answer an incoming call.
* Pairs with up to 8 Bluetooth devices.
* Multipoint: connect 2 phones and answer the one that rings.
* Bike-to-bike Intercom Mode (requires a second Interphone or F4 Interphone) for rider to passenger communication or intercom communication between two riders up to 1640 feet apart.
* Full digital signal processor to reduce wind and road noise.
* Voice dialing (if supported by your phone).
* Stream stereo audio/music from A2DP Bluetooth phones and music players.
* Music remote control using AVRCP allows you to play, pause, rewind and fast forward.
* Listen to audio directions from your Bluetooth-enabled GPS device (works with "motorcycle-friendly" GPS devices only).
* All weather, waterproof design.
* Large controls designed for easy operation with gloves on.
* Automatically connects and reconnects to your phone.
* Excellent performance at speeds up to 110 mph.
* Easy installation: mounts onto all full faced and open face helmets without affecting the structure, finish, or helmet homologation.
* Anti-theft quick release button allows you to easily remove the main unit from the helmet when leaving the helmet on the bike.
* Up to 10 hours talk time (indicative, based on typical usage patterns); 700 hours standby.
* 2 year replacement warranty.

PLEASE NOTE: Helmet not included.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

25 of 25 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars BlueAnt F4: Not iPhone friendly, January 15, 2010

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bugman (Arkansas) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Blueant F4 Stereo Bluetooth Interphone Motorcycle Kit (Helmet not included) (Wireless Phone Accessory)

I have owned a pair of these since November (I bought them within a day of their availability in the US), and have lots of miles on them. Don's (Daugherty) review is excellent, and I won't repeat it. I have used these on both my custom Harley (loud) as well as a cruiser, and I can tell you that volume is fantastic, as is the fidelity. However, as Don notes, they are NOT iPhone friendly. The problem is not the A2dp compatiability (BlueAnt tech is using that excuse, but is using old iPhones), as only the first generation iPhones and iTouch's had that problem.
See this link for proof: [...]

The problem is that the BlueAnt F4 is NOT sending the "pause" code when it enters intercom mode. It does send the proper code when it enters telephone mode (the music stops playing and returns when stopped). You do get the music back when the phone call terminates. When an intercom "call" terminates, you can not get back to your music without taking out and fiddling with the iPhone.

Don noted that the external (redundant) Bluetooth adapter works (sort of true), in that the music returns. However, the music has continued playing while you were on intercom, proving that the F4 did not send the pause signal. If it HAD sent the pause signal to the iPhone (or iPod), you would not have to use the external Bluetooth device.

What is bad about the external Bluetooth device hanging on your iPhone? It costs extra, for one. More importantly, it absolutely drains your iPhone battery quickly (you are running 2 Bluetooths on the phone!), AND you can't have your phone plugged into the bike for power since the Bluetooth adapater is occupying the iPhone charging slot!

So, if you aren't using the iPhone as your music and phone device, I fully recommend the BlueAnt F4. However, if you are an iPhone user, you will be frustrated, as the 10h battery life of the BlueAnt means nothing when your iPhone craps out in less than 4 hours !!!

BlueAnt can fix this with a protocol change, and I surely expect them to. Until then, iPhone buyers beware.

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars How about a list of GPS's?, July 2, 2010

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Mark J Levis (Saint Clair, MI) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Blueant F4 Stereo Bluetooth Interphone Motorcycle Kit (Helmet not included) (Wireless Phone Accessory)

Works well on my Harley (Loud). I have an Ultima Performance engine and I can hear music & phone calls fine over that.

Have it connected to my Zune with a Bluetooth adapter as well as my Blackberry . Sounds is a bit tinny and the right speaker seems to be quite a bit quieter then the left one. I will see how it works with an IPod soon.

Now for the not so great. Contacted support to find out about what "Motorcycle Friendly GPS's" means. Got back a "Have to contact the GPS vendors" response. Really? You claim suport but can't list any? Not very helpful there. Well I decided to picked one up anyways for the other features and hoping that my Bluetooth GPS would work. Nope the Garmin 1490T did not work. Contacted Garmin and they stated the F4 will not work with their GPS's not even the Zumo motorcycle specific ones. So what does that "Motorcycle Friendly GPS" mean if motorcycle centric (Zumo) ones don't work? Glad I waited to drop the $$$ on the Zumo GPS for a bit.

Would rate it higher if their support was better and they would actually list supported GPS's. I can't imagine shipping a product without saying what we support and what could possibly work.

17 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Blueant F4 Stereo Bluetooth Interphone Motorcycle Kit, January 14, 2010

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Donald Daugherty "Don" (Oklahoma) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Blueant F4 Stereo Bluetooth Interphone Motorcycle Kit (Helmet not included) (Wireless Phone Accessory)

Just received two of these and installed them on mine and my wife's helmets, easy install. This is the third set of headsets I have purchased for my Goldwing. First I tried the J&M corded model. Could hardly hear my wife even when the bike was not moving, plus the cords are a pain. Then I got the first version of the Interphone for Motorcycle (one speaker) much better product, no cords and worked well; however, I am hard of hearing so when riding I could never hear when a phone call came in, if I slowed to a stop I could then have a discussion; yes I know that is the safe way to use the phone but you can't pull off and stop if you never hear the call come in. Now I have the new version the Interphone F4. I have not used it on my bike yet because it is too cold to ride; however, when playing my Ipod around the house I have to turn down the volume because it is too loud. That never happened with either of the others. There is a problem with these headsets if you use IPHONE or ITOUCH, even though both of my apple devices are bluetooth stereo models they will not work properly. When you switch from intercom back to music they will not restart -- lots of fussing to make them come back on again. I contacted interphone and was told Apple does not support the "A2DP protocol" to make the Apple products work properly you need to add an adapter to them that does support the A2DP protocol. So... I happened to have such a device that I use in my shop to broadcast my XM radio to my bluetooth headset. I synced that adapter with my headset then plugged the adapter into the Iphone and "bang" it works perfectly with the interphone f4. Bottom line, I am very happy. Even though I have not tried these on the road yet, I am positive that I will be able to hear much much better than any other previous headset I tried. Also, note I am hard of hearing so I am not a great judge of sound quality but these speakers put out a lot of sound, both highs and lows.Blueant F4 Stereo Bluetooth Interphone Motorcycle Kit (Helmet not included)