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Old Oct 15, 2018 | 10:46 PM
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so far I've discovered on my own
1. A headset has to be plugged in for apple car play to work
2. my older 7 pin headset still works on my 2019 FLHTK but will not activate apple car play only the new wired headset that came with the bike.

Question: has anyone tried the new stereo with any 3rd party headsets ie. IMC?

and finally I am considering investing in the Sena Freewire (I already own a sena 20s headset). Does anyone know if Apple Carplay will begin to function with the free wire device plugged in?

Thanks in advance for any help
 
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Old Oct 16, 2018 | 06:31 AM
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It does work but I found that there is a delay and then Siri times out sometimes. I’ve had the best results with the plug in vs Bluetooth. I’ve used a better headset. And although they are supposed to be better there isn’t that much difference in audio quality. I just went back to the Harley headset and I get them half price on eBay.
 
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Old Oct 26, 2018 | 08:45 AM
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Originally Posted by mikepillow
so far I've discovered on my own
1. A headset has to be plugged in for apple car play to work
2. my older 7 pin headset still works on my 2019 FLHTK but will not activate apple car play only the new wired headset that came with the bike.

Question: has anyone tried the new stereo with any 3rd party headsets ie. IMC?

and finally I am considering investing in the Sena Freewire (I already own a sena 20s headset). Does anyone know if Apple Carplay will begin to function with the free wire device plugged in?

Thanks in advance for any help
I can answer the IMC question. I just bought the half helmet version of their headset. It does not activate the Carplay function.
I bought the Freewire but have not tested it yet as I don't like any of the Sena headsets that it functions with (I wear a half helmet or no helmet.) Actually considering selling it. I paid $140 if you're interested in buying it.
 
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Old Oct 26, 2018 | 10:32 AM
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Originally Posted by mikepillow
so far I've discovered on my own
1. A headset has to be plugged in for apple car play to work
2. my older 7 pin headset still works on my 2019 FLHTK but will not activate apple car play only the new wired headset that came with the bike.
Does the headset from a 2018 work, or has there even a change to the 2019 headsets. The part number on the box is the same...
 
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