User’s Guide
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GETTING STARTED .......................................... 4
1.1
Button Operation...................................................... 4
1.2
Powering On and Off ................................................... 4
1.3
Charging .................................................................. 5
1.4
Checking the Battery Level ...................................... 5
1.5
Volume Adjustment .................................................. 6
1.6
LS2 Bluetooth Device Manager ................................ 6
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PAIRING THE HEADSET WITH BLUETOOTH
DEVICES ............................................................ 7
2.1 Mobile Phone Pairing - Mobile Phone, Bluetooth
Stereo Device ............................................................... 7
2.2
Multipoint Pairing - Second Mobile Phone, GPS, and
SR10 ....................................................................... 8
2.3
Advanced Selective Pairing: A2DP Stereo or
Handsfree...................................................................... 9
2.4
Intercom Pairing..................................................... 11
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MOBILE PHONE, GPS, SR10 .......................... 12
3.1
Mobile Phone Call Making and Answering .............. 12
3.2
Speed Dialing ........................................................ 14
3.3
GPS Navigation ..................................................... 15
3.4
Sena SR10, Two-Way Radio Adapter ..................... 15
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STEREO MUSIC ............................................... 16
4.1
Bluetooth Stereo Music .......................................... 16
4.2
Music Sharing ........................................................ 17
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INTERCOM ....................................................... 17
5.1
Starting Two-way Intercom ......................................... 17
5.2
Ending Two-way Intercom .......................................... 18
5.3
Intercom and Mobile Phone Call ............................ 19
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UNIVERSAL INTERCOM ................................. 20
6.1
Universal Intercom Pairing ..................................... 20
6.2
Two-way Universal Intercom ...................................... 21
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FUNCTION PRIORITY ..................................... 21
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CONFIGURATION SETTING ........................... 22
8.1
Mobile Phone Pairing ............................................. 23
8.2
Multipoint Phone Pairing ........................................ 23
8.3
Phone Selective Pairing ......................................... 24
8.4
Media Selective Pairing ......................................... 24
8.5
Assigning Speed Dial ............................................. 25
8.6
Enabling/Disabling Voice Prompts ............................ 26
8.7
Enabling/Disabling Sidetone .................................. 26
8.8
Enabling/Disabling Advanced Noise Control™ ........ 27
CONTENTS
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8.9
Delete All Bluetooth Pairing Information ................. 27
8.10
Factory Reset ........................................................ 28
8.11
Exit Voice Configuration Menu................................. 28
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FIRMWARE UPGRADE .................................... 29
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TROUBLESHOOTING ...................................... 30
10.1
Intercom Failure ..................................................... 30
10.2
Intercom Reconnection .............................................. 30
10.3
Fault Reset ............................................................ 31
10.4
Factory Reset ........................................................ 31
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OPERATION QUICK REFERENCE ................. 32
CERTIFICATION AND SAFETY APPROVALS ....... 34
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FCC Compliance Statement....................................... 34
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FCC RF Exposure Statement ..................................... 35
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FCC Caution .............................................................. 35
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CE Declaration of Conformity ..................................... 35
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Industry Canada Statement........................................ 35
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Bluetooth License ...................................................... 36
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WEEE (Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment) .... 36
SAFETY INFORMATION ........................................ 37
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Product Storage and Management ............................. 37
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Product Use .................................................................... 37
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Battery ....................................................................... 39
PRODUCT WARRANTY AND DISCLAIMER ......... 40
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Limited Warranty ............................................................. 40
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Warranty Exclusions ................................................... 43
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Warranty Service ........................................................ 45
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1.1 Button Operation
Center Button
1.2 Powering On and Off
To power on the headset, press the Center
Button and the (+) Button at the same time
while hearing ascending beeps and a voice
prompt, “Hello”. To power off the headset,
press the Center Button and the (+) Button at
(+) Button
Status LED
(-) Button
the same time while hearing descending beeps
and a voice prompt,
“Goodbye”
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1.3 Charging
You can charge the headset by connecting the
supplied USB power & data cable into a
computer’s USB port or USB wall charger. You
can use any standard micro USB cable to
charge the unit. The charging LED turns red
while charging and turns blue when fully
charged. It takes about 2.5 hours to be
completely charged.
or
AC Adapter
1.4 Checking the Battery Level
1.4.1 LED Indicator
When the headset is powering on, their red
LED flashes rapidly indicating the battery level.
4 flashes = High, 70~100%
3 flashes = Medium, 30~70%
2 flashes = Low, 0~30%
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Note:
The battery normally lasts 7 hours of usage
time.
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1.4.2 Voice Prompt Indicator
When you power on the headset, keep
pressing the Center Button and the (+) Button
simultaneously for about 5 seconds until you
hear three, high toned beeps. Then you will
hear a voice prompt indicating the battery
level. However, if you release the buttons as
soon as the headset turns on, you will not hear
the voice prompt for the battery level
indication.
1.5 Volume Adjustment
You can easily adjust the volume by pressing
the (+) Button or the (-) Button. You will hear a
beep when the volume reaches the maximum
or minimum level. The volume is set and
maintained independently at different levels for
each audio source even when you reboot the
headset. For example, once you set the volume
for mobile phone handsfree, it will not change
even if you adjust the volume for your Bluetooth
MP3 music. However, if you adjust the volume
during stand-by mode, it will affect volume
levels of every audio source.
1.6 LS2 Bluetooth Device
Manager
The LS2 Bluetooth Device Manager allows you
to upgrade the firmware and configure the
device settings directly from your PC. Using
this software, you can assign speed dial
presets and more. It is available for both
Windows and Mac.
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Before using the LINKIN Ride Pal III Bluetooth
headset with any other Bluetooth devices for
the first time, you will need to pair them
together. You can pair the LINKIN Ride Pal III
with Bluetooth mobile phones, Bluetooth stereo
devices such as MP3 players, or motorcycle
specific Bluetooth GPS navigation, and with
other LRP Bluetooth headsets. The pairing
operation is required only once for each
Bluetooth device. The headset remains paired
with the devices and automatically reconnects
to them when they are within range. You will
hear a high toned single beep and a voice
prompt whenever the headset reconnects to
the paired device: “Phone connected” to a
mobile phone, “Media connected” to a
Bluetooth stereo device.
2.1 Mobile Phone Pairing - Mobile
Phone, Bluetooth Stereo
Device
1.
Press and hold the Center Button for 12
seconds until you hear a voice prompt,
“Configuration menu”.
2.
Tap the (+) Button until you hear a voice
prompt,
“Phone pairing”.
3.
Search for Bluetooth devices on your
mobile phone. Select the LINKIN Ride Pal
III in the list of the devices detected on the
mobile phone.
4.
Enter 0000 for the PIN. Some mobile
phones may not ask for the PIN.
5.
The mobile phone confirms that pairing has
been completed and the headset is ready
to use. You will hear a voice prompt, “Your
headset is paired”.
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PAIRING THE HEADSET
WITH BLUETOOTH
DEVICES
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6.
If the pairing process is not completed
within three minutes, the headset will return
to stand-by mode.
2.2 Multipoint Pairing - Second
Mobile Phone, GPS, and SR10
1.
Press and hold the Center Button for 12
seconds until you hear a voice prompt,
“Configuration menu”.
2.
Tap the (+) Button until you hear a voice
prompt,
“Multipoint pairing”.
3.
Search for Bluetooth devices on the HFP
device. Select the LINKIN Ride Pal III in
the list of the devices detected on the HFP
device.
4.
Enter 0000 for the PIN. Some HFP devices
may not ask for the PIN.
5.
The HFP device confirms that the pairing
is completed and the headset is ready to
use. You will hear a voice prompt, “Your
headset is paired”.
Note:
1.
If the Bluetooth connection between the
headset and a mobile phone is disconnected,
press the Center Button for 3 seconds to
recover the Bluetooth connection
immediately.
2.
If the Bluetooth connection between the
headset and a media player is disconnected,
press the Center Button for 1 second to
recover the Bluetooth connection and play.
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2.3 Advanced Selective Pairing:
A2DP Stereo or Handsfree
When you are using a smartphone, sometimes
you may need to selectively use the headset
for A2DP stereo music only or for mobile phone
handsfree only. These instructions are for
advanced users who want to pair the headset
to their smartphones with only one selective
profile: A2DP for stereo music of HFP for phone
calls.
If you have previously paired a mobile phone
to the headset, you must clear the previous
pairing list on both devices: the mobile phone
and the headset. To clear the pairing list on the
headset, please do a factory reset or following
the pairing list clearing procedure described in
section 8.10, “Factory Reset” or 8.9, “Delete All
Bluetooth Pairing Information”. To clear the
pairing list on the mobile phone, please refer to
the mobile phone manual. For most
smartphones, delete the headset from the list
of Bluetooth devices in the settings menu.
Note:
1.
The Sena SR10 is a Bluetooth two-way radio
adapter for group communication, and uses
Hands-Free Profile. The incoming audio from
the two-way radio via SR10 is heard in the
background while having an intercom
conversation or a mobile phone call.
2.
The GPS navigation or a radar detector could
be connected to the SR10 by wire. The GPS
voice instruction or the radar detector alarm
is also heard in the background via SR10
while having an intercom conversation or a
phone call. Please refer to the SR10 User’s
Guide for details.
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2.3.1
A2DP Stereo Music Only
1.
Press and hold the Center Button for 12
seconds until you hear a voice prompt,
“Configuration menu”.
2.
Tap the (+) Button until you hear a voice
prompt,
“Media selective pairing”.
3.
Search for Bluetooth devices on your
smartphone. Select the headset in the list
of devices detected on your phone.
4.
Enter 0000 for the PIN. Some mobile
phones may not ask for PIN.
2.3.2
HFP for Phone Call Only
1.
Press and hold the Center Button for 12
seconds until you hear a voice prompt,
“Configuration menu”.
2.
Tap the (+) Button until you hear a voice
prompt,
“Phone selective pairing”.
3.
Search for Bluetooth devices on your
smartphone. Select the headset in the list
of devices detected on your phone.
4.
Enter 0000 for the PIN. Some mobile
phones may not ask for PIN.
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2.4
Intercom Pairing
2.4.1
Pairing with Other LINKIN Ride
Pal III Headsets for Intercom
Conversation
The headset can be paired with up to three
other headsets for Bluetooth intercom
conversation.
1.
Turn on the two headsets (A and B) that
you would like to pair with each other.
2.
Press and hold the Center Button of the
headset A and B for 5 seconds until red
LEDs of the both units start to flash rapidly.
You will hear a voice prompt, “Intercom
pairing”.
3.
Tap the Center Button on any one of the two
headsets A and B, and wait unit the LEDs
of both headsets turn to blue and intercom
connection is automatically established.
The two headsets A and B are paired with
each other for intercom conversation. If the
pairing process is not completed within one
minute, the headset will return to stand-by
mode.
4.
You can make other pairing between
headsets A and C, and between headsets
A and D by following the same procedure
as above.
5.
The intercom pairing queue is ‘Last-
Come, First-Served’. If a headset has
multiple paired headsets for intercom
conversations, the last paired headset is
set as first intercom friend. The previous
intercom friend becomes
second intercom
friend, and third intercom friend.
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2.4.2
Pairing with Other Sena Headset
Models for Intercom Conversation
The LINKIN Ride Pal III can be paired with all
other Sena headset models such as the 20S,
10C and the 10S for intercom conversation.
Please follow the same procedure as above to
pair with these headset models.
3.1 Mobile Phone Call Making and
Answering
1.
When you have an incoming call, simply
tap the Center Button to answer the call.
2.
To end a call, press the Center Button for
2 seconds until you hear a mid-tone single
beep, or wait for the called person to end
the call.
3.
To reject a call, press the Center Button for
2 seconds until you hear a beep while the
phone is ringing.
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MOBILE PHONE, GPS,
SR10
Note:
For example, after the pairing procedures listed
above, headset D is the first intercom friend
of headset A. Headset C is the second
intercom friend of headset A, and headset B is
the third intercom friend of headset A.
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4.
There are several ways to make a phone
call:
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Enter numbers on your mobile phone’s
keypad and make a call. Then the call is
automatically transferred to the headset.
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Press the Center Button for 3 seconds in
stand-by mode to activate the voice
dialer of your mobile phone. For this, the
voice dialing function must be available
on the mobile phone. Refer to your
mobile phone manual for further
instruction.
Note:
1.
If you have two phones connected to your
headset and you have an incoming call from
the second phone during the call of the first
phone, then you may still receive the call from
the second phone. In this case, the call from
the first phone is on waiting mode. If you end
a call, then it will automatically guide you to
the first phone call.
2.
If you have a mobile phone and a GPS
connected to your headset, you may not be
able to listen to the GPS voice instruction
during the phone call.
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3.2 Speed Dialing
You can quickly make a phone call by using
the voice speed dial menu.
1.
To enter into the voice speed dial menu,
press the (+) Button for 3 seconds until you
will hear a mid-toned single beep and a
voice prompt,
“Speed dial”.
2.
Tap the (+) Button or the (-) Button to
navigate between the menus. You will hear
voice prompts for each menu item.
3.
Tap the Center Button to select a voice
menu among the followings:
(1)
Last number redial
(2)
Speed dial 1
(3)
Speed dial 2
(4)
Speed dial 3
(5)
Cancel
4.
After selecting the last number redial menu,
you will hear a voice prompt, “Last number
redial”. Then, to redial the last phone call
number, tap the Center Button.
5.
To call one of the speed dials, tap the (+)
Button or the (-) Button to navigate between
the menus until you hear a voice prompt,
“Speed dial (#)”. Then, tap the Center
Button.
6.
If you want to exit the speed dial
immediately, tap the (+) Button or the
(-) Button until you hear voice prompt,
“Cancel”, and tap the Center Button. If you
do not press any button within 15 seconds,
the headset will exit the voice speed dial
menu and go back to stand-by mode.
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