An ipad bluetooth headset question

[aviatoreb]

Some of the iPad programs talk - Like fore flight before you enter a runway, some call out terrain, do any call out traffic and such?

 

And if yes, do these call out their audible warnings in your headset if you have a blue tooth headset?

[carusoam]

Interesting question EB!

Last time I used my sky radar, there were so many targets. It would have been a full time job to keep an eye on all of them.

Another Mooney I have been in this year had their panel mounted traffic monitoring device hard wired into the audio panel. It demonstrated that the audible advice is worthwhile...

"Traffic...". Followed by the details...

I have not seen any announcement from WingX regarding your request yet. Sounds like a good customer service request...

Best regards,

-a-

[MooneyBob]

I have a Bose headset with the blue tooth capability but I can use the blue tooth for phone calls only. Any other audio (including terrain and traffic alerts) from either phone or iPad have to be hard wired through 3.5 mm mini jack cable.

[TWinter]

Wondered the same..When audio cord is plugged in from IPad to a source (either panel jack, headset jack or blue tooth), do you actually get a audible warning off of your IPad app. I've tried plugging from IPad to a panel jack and never heard a peep. Is there actually audio on the IPad apps?

 

WingsX is the app I'm running with Skyguard ADS-B in/out box.

 

This is one reason I still keep my Zaon XRX w/ 696..audible alerts. My cockpit looks like the space shuttle avionics panel, but I do have situational awareness   I'll consolidate all into the 750 after I hit lotto.

 

Should you get audible warnings from WingsX?

[Marauder]

I don't know about WingX, but I know Garmin Pilot will give you audio alerts if you plug it into the panel. It will also sound through the iPad speaker, but obviously you can't hear it. What audio panel do you have?

[aviatoreb]

I don't have a portable adsb-in unit yet because I can't decide what does what I want yet.  I currently use fore flight but wings or garmin pilot would be fine too.

 

That's exactly guys.  I want audible call outs, esp for traffic, but perhaps also for terrain, and the "entering runway" call outs are nice too.

 

I was thinking of buying the gdl39 since it can be wired to my panel mounted Garmin aera 510 - which is wired also for cross fill from my gns430, but I am told that then it cannot receive the wire signal from the gdl39 since it does not have two ports.

 

So I was thinking of getting a second aera 510 just for the call-outs - and wire that to the gdl39 and to the audio panel.  500/510s are going cheap these days on ebay - you can get one for as little as $400.  But that uses a lot of precious panel space - I guess I could keep that on the co-pilot yoke and it would be nice.

 

But I was just thinking of skinning this cat the another way - if my iPad on the pilot yoke could talk directly to my headset and skip the panel.  Sounds like talking to my headset is at best a maybe and likely no if it is through bluetooth.  But probably yes if it is directly by wire from the iPad to the headset.

 

BUT!  This gives me an idea.

 

http://www.mypilotstore.com/MyPilotStore/sep/1978

 

That's a cable straight from the iPad into the headset feed to the audio system.  I already have such a cable-y-splitter on the copilot  side for my Zaon-mrx so that it beeps at us into the headsets. 

[aviatoreb]

This is one reason I still keep my Zaon XRX w/ 696..audible alerts. My cockpit looks like the space shuttle avionics panel, but I do have situational awareness   I'll consolidate all into the 750 after I hit lotto.

 

 

Haha - me too.  A lot of us here.  I have practically an entire uncertified "hand held" panel velcro'ed in front of my certified panel, due to goofy FAA rules, eh, that make the certified version of the same cost up to 100x as much.

 

I have,

-mini digital CO detector velco'ed on the beam just up to the right of my head.

-ipad mini on the yoke for efb - and general situational awareness, plates, charts, etc.  Currently running fore flight and I love it but I am getting close to switching to Garmin pilot because of the gdl39 (shopping in this thread for the right adsb - ) plus I am impressed by the svt - I wish they would make that svt option split screen but I bet they will soon.

-Garmin aera 510 "temporarily" mounted on the panel, and wired for power, cross fill, and audible, by an avionics shop. - superb piece of backup, and situational awareness and weather source.  XM cable lead.

-semi-certified AOA indicator actually in the panel and mounted by an avionics shop - but not officially STC certified but permitted by special FAA issuance.

-bluetooth gps source for my iPad.

-406mhz plb velco'ed near the floor on the panel between pilot and co-pilot.  For all to see just in case.

-Zaon mrx with a cable going into the copilot audio so it beeps at me when I should want it to beep at me.

 

You could say I (we) are cheap that do this - and maybe we are - but at often 10 to 100 times as expensive for the certified unit that does the same....

 

But beyond cheap - I feel safer with some of this stuff being in front of and entirely independent of the ships power.  Eg I really like having my garmin aera, and my iPad as a navigation source backup with their own internal batteries.  I like my 406mhz plb which I can fire by hand if I ever find myself in a situation where I would want that.  I like that my co detector is independent and far from the electronics since I could easily imagine situations (electrical problems) that would both cause a major problem but disable the electrical and therefore the warning system.

[fantom]

After a flight, assuming you turn everything off, and don't get tangled up in all the wires and velcro, how long does it take for you to stop glowing?

[aviatoreb]

After a flight, assuming you turn everything off, and don't get tangled up in all the wires and velcro, how long does it take for you to stop glowing?

 

3 min. 30 seconds.

[MB65E]

Your $37 wiring harness can be done In similar fashion with radio shack jack adaptors. You can split the headset into two jacks. Then add a reducer down to the smaller ipad stereo wire. It's a few less wires.

That's the biggest thing that bummed me out about the Bose A20s. What's the point!?!?You can't get calls at altitude!!!

But cool deal in a helicopter low level.!

-Matt

[aviatoreb]

Your $37 wiring harness can be done In similar fashion with radio shack jack adaptors. You can split the headset into two jacks. Then add a reducer down to the smaller ipad stereo wire. It's a few less wires.

That's the biggest thing that bummed me out about the Bose A20s. What's the point!?!?You can't get calls at altitude!!!

But cool deal in a helicopter low level.!

-Matt

 

Darn - I just spent $37.  Oh well.  :-)  AT least it wasn't $20,000.