SENA 5R Motorcycle Bluetooth Communication System User Guide

SENA 5R Motorcycle Bluetooth Communication System

Product Features

• Multi-function button
• LCD Display
• Speakers and Microphone Port
• DC Power Charging & Firmware Upgrade Port

Product Details

The 5R is a versatile headset designed for use with helmets. It features a multi-function button, an LCD, and various ports for connectivity. The speakers and microphone port allow for clear audio communication, while the DC power charging & firmware upgrade port ensure easy charging and software updates.

Package Contents

• 5R headset
• Speakers and Microphone cable
• Clamp
• Glued Surface Mounting Adapter
• Hook and Loop Fasteners for Speakers
• Speaker Pads
• Microphone Sponges
• Hook and Loop Fastener
• Wired Boom Microphone for Wired Boom Microphone
• Wired Boom Microphone Holder
• Hook and Loop Fastener for Wired Microphone Holder
• Wired Microphone
• Hook and Loop Fastener USB Power & Data Cable

Product Usage Instructions

Installing the Headset on Your Helmet
To install the headset on your helmet, follow these steps:

Preparing the Helmet for Installation

1. Gather all the necessary components: headset, clamp, glued surface mounting adapter, speakers, microphone, and cables.
2. Ensure the helmet is clean and free from any debris.

Using the Clamp for Headset Main Unit

3. Attach the clamp to the helmet using the provided hook and loop fasteners.
4. Securely mount the headset main unit onto the clamp.

Using the Glued Surface Mounting Adapter for the Headset Main Unit

5. Peel off the adhesive backing from the glued surface mounting adapter.
6. Stick the glued surface mounting adapter onto the helmet in the desired location.
7. Attach the headset main unit onto the glued surface mounting adapter.

Installing the Speakers

8. Place the speakers inside the helmet in the designated speaker pockets.
9. Secure the speakers using the provided hook and loop fasteners.

Installing the Microphone
To install the microphone, follow these steps:

Installing the Wired Boom Microphone

1. Attach the wired boom microphone holder to a desired location on the helmet using the provided hook and loop fastener.
2. Insert the wired boom microphone into the wired boom microphone holder.

Installing the Wired Microphone

3. Attach the wired microphone holder to a desired location on the helmet using the provided hook and loop fastener.
4. Connect the wired microphone to the wired microphone holder.

Cables Organization
Ensure that all cables are neatly organized and secured to prevent any interference or entanglement.

Adjusting the Wired Boom Microphone Position
Adjust the position of the wired boom microphone to ensure optimal audio pickup and comfort. For more detailed usage information, please refer to the user manual provided with the product.

ABOUT THE 5R

Product Features

• Bluetooth® 5.1
• Intercom up to 1 km (0.6 mi)*
• Two-way Intercom
• Audio Multitasking™
• LCD Display
• Firmware Upgradeable

Product Details

Package Contents

INSTALLING THE HEADSET ON YOUR HELMET

To install the headset to the helmet, follow the steps below:

Preparing the Helmet for Installation
Detach the snap fasteners located on the internal paddings. Then, remove the pads from the helmet.

Using the Clamp for Headset Main Unit

1. Insert the headset main unit into the clamp using the two connecting slots on the back.
2. Insert the back plate of the clamp unit between the internal padding and the external shell of the left side of the helmet.
3. Align the arrows on the headset main unit’s port with the speakers and microphone cable, and insert the speakers and microphone cable into the headset main unit’s port.

Using the Glued Surface Mounting Adapter for the Headset Main Unit

1. Insert the headset main unit into the glued surface mounting adapter using the two connecting slots on the back.

2. Clean the area on the left side of the helmet where you will attach the glued surface mounting adapter with a moistened towel and dry thoroughly.

3. Peel off the cover of adhesive tape of the glued surface mounting adapter and attach it to the left side of your helmet.
   Note : Make sure that the glued surface mounting plate sticks to the helmet firmly. Maximum adhesion occurs after 24 hours.

4. Align the arrows on the headset main unit’s port with the speakers and microphone cable, and insert the speakers and microphone cable into the headset main unit’s port.

Installing the Speakers

1. Peel off the cover of adhesive tape on the hook and loop fasteners for speakers. Then, attach the hook and loop fasteners for speakers to the ear pockets inside the helmet.
2. Attach the speakers to the hook and loop fasteners for the speakers inside the helmet.
3. Repeat the process on the other side.
   Note : If the helmet has deep ear pockets, you can use the speaker pads to bring the speakers closer to your ears.

Installing the Microphone

Installing the Wired Boom Microphone

1. 1. Peel off the cover of the hook and loop fastener for the wired boom microphone to expose the adhesive tape. Then, attach the hook and loop fastener on the inside surface of the left external shell.![](https://manuals.plus/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/SENA-5R-Motorcycle-Bluetooth-Communication-System-fig-15.jpg)

2. Attach the wired boom microphone’s mounting plate to the hook and loop fastener.
   Note : You can use the wired boom microphone holder after attaching the hook and loop fastener for the wired boom microphone holder on it to ensure secure installation.

3. Align the arrows on the speakers and microphone cable’s connector and wired boom microphone cable, and insert the wired boom microphone cable into the connector.

Installing the Wired Microphone
If you have a full-face helmet, you can use the wired microphone.

1. Peel off the cover of the hook and loop fastener for the wired microphone to expose the adhesive tape. Then, attach the hook and loop fastener on the inside of the helmet’s chin guard.
2. Attach the wired microphone to the hook and loop fastener for the wired microphone.
3. Align the arrows on the speakers and microphone cable’s connector and wired microphone cable, and insert the wired microphone cable into the connector.

Cables Organization
After aligning the cables inside the helmet, reinstall the pads to the helmet.

Adjusting the Wired Boom Microphone Position

• Make sure that the microphone is located properly close to your mouth when you wear the helmet.
• Adjust the direction of the microphone so that the fin side of the microphone is facing outward, away from your lips.

GETTING STARTED

Downloadable Sena Software

SENA MOTORCYCLES App
By simply pairing your phone with your headset, you can use the SENA MOTORCYCLES App for quicker, easier setup and management.

Download the SENA MOTORCYCLES App on the Google Play Store or App Store.

Sena Device Manager
The Sena Device Manager allows you to upgrade firmware and configure settings directly from your PC.

• Download the Sena Device Manager at sena.com.

Charging

Charging the headset

Note:

• Any 3rd party USB charger can be used with Sena products if the charger is approved by either the FCC, CE, IC, or other locally approved agencies.
• Use of a non-approved charger may cause fire, explosion, leakage, and other hazards which may also reduce the lifetime or performance of the battery.
• The headset is compatible with 5 V input USB-charged devices only.

Legend

Powering On and Off

Checking the Battery Level

LCD Display

Volume Adjustment
You can raise or lower the volume by tapping the (+) Button or the (-) Button. Volume is set and maintained independently at different levels for each audio source (i.e., phone, intercom), even when the headset is rebooted.

Volume Up & Down

PAIRING THE HEADSET WITH OTHER BLUETOOTH DEVICES
When using the headset with other Bluetooth devices for the first time, they will need to be “paired.” This enables them to recognize and communicate with one another whenever they are within range. The headset can pair with multiple Bluetooth devices such as a mobile phone, GPS, MP3 player, or Sena SR10 Two-Way Radio Adapter via Mobile Phone Pairing and Second Mobile Phone Pairing.

Phone Pairing
There are three ways to pair the phone.

Initially Pairing the 5R LITE
The headset will automatically enter the phone pairing mode when you initially turn on the headset or in the following situation:

• Rebooting after executing Factory Reset; or
• Rebooting after executing Delete All Pairings.

1. Press and hold the (+) Button and the (-) Button for 1 second.
2. Select 5R LITE in the list of Bluetooth devices detected. If your mobile phone asks for a PIN, enter 0000.

Note:

• The phone pairing mode lasts for 3 minutes.
• To cancel phone pairing, tap the Multi-function Button.

Pairing When the 5R LITE is Turned Off

1. While the headset is off, press and hold the (+) Button and the (-) Button until the LCD screen changes to the phone pairing screen and you hear a voice prompt, “Phone pairing.”
2. Select 5R LITE in the list of Bluetooth devices detected. If your mobile phone asks for a PIN, enter 0000.

Pairing When the 5R LITE is Turned On

1. While the headset is on, press and hold the Multi-function Button for 10 seconds.
2. Tap the (+) Button
3. Select 5R LITE in the list of Bluetooth devices detected. If your mobile phone asks for a PIN, enter 0000.

Second Mobile Phone Pairing Second Mobile Phone, GPS, and SR10

1. Press and hold the Multi-function Button for 10 seconds.
2. Double tap the (+) Button.
3. Select 5R LITE in the list of Bluetooth devices detected. If your Bluetooth device asks for a PIN, enter 0000.

GPS Pairing

1. Press and hold the Multi-function Button for 10 seconds
2. Tap the (+) Button 3 times
3. Select 5R LITE in the list of devices detected. If your Bluetooth device asks for a PIN, enter 0000.

Advanced Selective Pairing: Hands-Free or A2DP Stereo
Phone Pairing allows the headset to establish two Bluetooth profiles: Hands-Free or A2DP Stereo. Advanced Selective Pairing allows the headset to separate the profiles to enable connection between two devices.

Phone Selective Pairing – Hands-Free Profile

1. Press and hold the Multi-function Button for 10 seconds.
2. Tap the (+) Button 4 times.
3. Select 5R LITE in the list of Bluetooth devices detected. If your mobile phone asks for a PIN, enter 0000.

Media Selective Pairing – A2DP Profile

1. Press and hold the Multi-function Button for 10 seconds
2. Tap the (+) Button 5 times.
3. Select 5R LITE in the list of Bluetooth devices detected. If your mobile phone asks for a PIN, enter 0000.

MOBILE PHONE USAGE

Making and Answering Calls

Note : If you have a GPS device connected, you will not hear its voice navigations during a phone call.

Speed Dialing

Assigning Speed Dial Presets
Speed Dial Presets could be assigned through the SENA MOTORCYCLES App.

Using Speed Dial Presets

1. Enter into the Speed Dial menu.
2. Navigate forward or backward through Speed Dial Preset numbers
3. Call one of your Speed Dial Presets numbers.
4. Redial the last number called

STEREO MUSIC

Bluetooth Stereo Music

• Play/Pause Music
• Next Track
• Previous Track

Music Sharing
You can start sharing music with one intercom friend using Bluetooth stereo music during a two-way intercom conversation. When you terminate music sharing, you can go back to the intercom conversation.

Note:

• Both you and your intercom friend can remotely control music playback such as track forward and track back.
• Music sharing will be paused when you are using your mobile phone or listening to GPS instructions.
• When Audio Multitasking is enabled, if an intercom call is made when you are listening to music, music sharing will not work.

Start/Terminate Sharing Music

BLUETOOTH INTERCOM
Up to three other people can be paired with the headset for Bluetooth intercom conversations.

Intercom Pairing
There are two ways to pair the headset. Using the Smart Intercom Pairing (SIP) SIP allows you to quickly pair with your friends for intercom communication by scanning the QR code on the SENA MOTORCYCLES App without remembering the button operation.

1. Pair the mobile phone with the headset.

2. Open the SENA MOTORCYCLES App and tap (Smart Intercom Pairing Menu).

3. Scan the QR code displayed on your friend (B)’s mobile phone.
   Your friend (B) can display the QR code on the mobile phone by tapping > QR code ( ) on the SENA MOTORCYCLES App.

4. Tap Save and check that your friend (B) is paired with you (A) correctly.

5. Tap Scan ( ) and repeat steps 3-4 to pair with Intercom Friends (C) and (D).

Note : The Smart Intercom Pairing (SIP) is not compatible with Sena products that use Bluetooth 3.0 or below.

Using the Button

1. Users (You, B) enter into Intercom Pairing
2. Tap the Multi-function Button on either headset.
3. Repeat the steps above to pair with other headsets (C and D).

Last-Come, First-Served
The intercom pairing queue is Last-Come, First-Served. If the headset has multiple paired headsets for intercom conversations, the last paired headset is set as the First Intercom Friend. 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 the headset (A), and headset (B) is the Third Intercom Friend of the headset (A).

Two-Way Intercom

You can start or end an intercom conversation with an Intercom Friend.

Start/End Conversation with the First Intercom Friend D

Start/End Conversation with the Second Intercom Friend C

Start/End Conversation with the Third Intercom Friend B

UNIVERSAL INTERCOM
Universal Intercom allows you to have intercom conversations with users of non-Sena Bluetooth headsets. Non-Sena Bluetooth headsets can be connected to the Sena headset if they support the Bluetooth Hands-Free Profile (HFP). You can pair the headset with only one non-Sena headset at a time. The intercom distance depends on the performance of the headset to which it’s connected. When a non-Sena headset is paired with the headset while another Bluetooth device is paired via Second Mobile Phone Pairing, it will be disconnected.

Universal Intercom Pairing

• Put the non-Sena headset in Hands-free Pairing Mode. The headset will automatically pair with a non-Sena Bluetooth headset.

Two-Way Universal Intercom
You can initiate the Universal Intercom connection with non-Sena Bluetooth headsets using the same intercom connection method as you would with other Sena headsets.

You may start/end a Two-Way Universal Intercom using the same way as you do in a normal Two-Way Intercom. Please refer to Section 7.3: “Two-Way Intercom”.

FUNCTION PRIORITY AND FIRMWARE UPGRADES

Function Priority
The headset operates in the following order of priority: (highest) Mobile phone IntercomMusic sharing via Bluetooth stereo (lowest) Bluetooth stereo music A lower priority function is always interrupted by a higher priority function.

Note : If you select music as the audio source priority, the order of priority will change as below:

• ( Highest ) Mobile phone Bluetooth stereo music Intercom
• ( lowest ) Music sharing via Bluetooth stereo music

Firmware Upgrades
You can upgrade the firmware using the Sena Device Manager. The USB Power & Data Cable (USB-C) must be connected to your PC to upgrade firmware using the Sena Device Manager. Please visit sena.com to check for the latest software downloads.

CONFIGURATION SETTING

Headset Configuration Menu

• Accessing the Configuration Menu
• Navigating Between Menu Options
• Execute Menu Options

Headset Configuration Menu

Delete All Pairings
Delete All Bluetooth Pairing Information stored in the headset.

Remote Control Pairing
You can remotely control the headset using Sena Remote Control devices (sold separately).

1. Turn on the headset and the Remote Control device.
2. Execute Remote Control Pairing.
3. Enter pairing mode in the Remote Control device. The headset will automatically connect with the Remote Control device in pairing mode.

Software Configuration Setting
You can change the settings of the headset through the SENA MOTORCYCLES App or the Sena Device Manager.

Headset Language
You can select the device language. The selected language is maintained even when the headset is rebooted.

Audio Source Priority (Default: Intercom)
Audio Source Priority allows you to select the priority between the intercom and music (which includes GPS app instructions and message notifications) from a smartphone. If the intercom is selected as the audio source priority, your music will be interrupted during an intercom conversation. If music is selected as the audio source priority, intercom conversations will be interrupted while your music is heard.

Note : Audio Source Priority is active only when Audio Multitasking is disabled.

VOX Phone (Default: Enable)
If this feature is enabled, you can answer incoming calls by voice. When you hear a ringtone for an incoming call, you can answer the phone by saying a word such as “Hello” loudly or by blowing air into the microphone. VOX Phone is temporarily disabled if you are connected to the intercom. If this feature is disabled, you have to tap the Multifunction Button to answer an incoming call.

VOX Intercom (Default: Disable)
If the VOX Intercom is enabled, you can initiate an intercom conversation with the last connected intercom friend by voice. When you want to start the intercom, say a word such as “Hello” loudly or blow air into the microphone. If you start an intercom conversation by voice, the intercom terminates automatically when you and your intercom friend remain silent for 20 seconds. However, if you manually start an intercom conversation by tapping the Multi- function Button, you have to terminate the intercom conversation manually. However, if you start the intercom by voice and end it manually by tapping the Multi-function Button, you will not be able to start the intercom by voice temporarily. In this case, you have to tap the Multi-function Button to restart the intercom. This is to prevent repeated unintentional intercom connections by strong wind noise. After rebooting the headset, you can start the intercom by voice again.

Audio Multitasking™ (Default: Disable)
Audio Multitasking allows you to hear the audio from two features simultaneously. When Audio Multitasking is enabled, phone calls, GPS instructions, and intercom conversations can be overlaid with audio from the music or GPS app instructions from a smartphone in the background with reduced volume. Increasing or decreasing the volume of the audio in the foreground will also increase or decrease the volume of the overlaid audio in the background. The volume of the foreground audio can be adjusted using the headset. How much background audio is heard can be adjusted using the Sena Device Manager or the SENA MOTORCYCLES App. HD Intercom, HD Voice, and Audio Source Priority become disabled temporarily when Audio Multitasking is enabled.

Foreground and Background Combination Table

Model

5R LITE

| **Foreground*| Background**
---|---|---
Phone**

OA

| GPS

OA

| Intercom| Music or Smart Navi
| O| O|
| | OB| OB
| O| | O

Two audio sources in the foreground can be heard simultaneously with the same volume level. Only one background source can be heard at a time while listening to an audio source in the foreground.

• GPS instructions can be heard during phone calls and the volume level of both audio sources can be adjusted using the headset.
• GPS app directions will be heard in the background during intercom conversations.

Note:

• Audio Multitasking will be activated during two-way intercom conversations with a headset that also supports this feature.
• When Audio Multitasking is disabled, the background audio source will return to its independent volume level.
• For Audio Multitasking to work properly, you need to power the headset off and on. Please restart the headset.
• Some GPS devices may not support this feature.

Background Volume (Default: Level 5)
The Background Volume can be adjustable only when the Audio Multitasking turns on. Level 9 is the highest volume and 0 is the lowest.

HD Intercom (Default: Enable)
HD Intercom enhances the two-way intercom audio from normal quality to HD quality. If this feature is disabled, the two-way intercom audio will change to normal quality.

Note :

• The intercom distance of an HD Intercom is relatively shorter than that of the normal intercom.
• HD Intercom will become disabled temporarily when Audio Multitasking is enabled.

HD Voice (Default: Enable)
HD Voice allows you to communicate in high-definition during phone calls. This feature increases the quality so that the audio will be crisp and clear during phone call conversations. If this feature is enabled, incoming phone calls will interrupt intercom conversations and audio from the SR10 will not be heard during intercom conversations.

Note:

• Refer to the manufacturer of your Bluetooth device that will be connected to the headset to see if it supports HD Voice.
• HD Voice is active only when Audio Multitasking is disabled

Voice Prompt (Default: Enable)
You can disable Voice Prompts by software configuration settings, but the following voice prompts are always on.

• Headset configuration settings menu, battery level indicator, speed dial

Advanced Noise Control™ (Always On)
The background noise is reduced during an intercom conversation.

TROUBLESHOOTING

Please visit sena.com for more troubleshooting information.

• Customer Support : sena.com

Fault Reset
When the headset is not working properly, you can easily reset the unit:

1. Locate the Pinhole Fault Reset Button below on the back of the main unit.
2. Gently insert a paper clip into the hole and press the Pinhole Fault Reset Button with light pressure.
3. The headset will shut down.
4. Note : Fault Reset will not restore the headset to factory default settings.

Factory Reset
To erase all of your settings and start fresh, the headset can be restored to factory default settings using the Factory Reset feature.

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