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Welcome
Welcome to BMW
We congratulate you on your
choice of a BMW wireless com-
munication system.
The BMW WCS-1 communica-
tion system enables wireless
communication between two
helmets and between the hel-
mets and other Bluetooth
devices.
The BMW WCS-1 communica-
tion system takes motorcycling
into new dimensions.
Familiarise yourself with your
new BMW WCS-1 communica-
tion system before you use it
for the first time, so that you will
be able to use it safely and con-
fidently in all traffic situations.
Your authorised BMW motor-
cycle dealer will be glad to as-
sist you in all matters relating
to your BMW motorcycle and
accessories.
In the interests of your own
safety, please read though
these operating instructions
and make sure you understand
everything, particularly the
safety instructions.
We hope you enjoy using your
BMW WCS-1 communication
system and wish you many a
pleasant, safe journey on your
BMW motorcycle.
Best wishes,
BMW Motorrad
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Note:
Contents
Note.................................... 30
Warnings and safety
instructions ....................31-32
Features of the WCS-1
communication system ....... 33
What is Bluetooth?.............. 34
What is pairing? .................. 35
Operation.......................36-38
Pairing and
function check ...............39-43
Operation.......................44-47
Volume control.................... 48
Care of the battery .............. 49
Charging the battery ........... 50
Charge-status indicator....... 51
Care.................................... 52
Troubleshooting .............53-54
Technical data..................... 55
In the interests of your safety,
the information in these in-
structions for use has been
classified as follows:
Warning
This symbol indicates pre-
cautions and measures
which are essential in order
to protect the rider from pos-
sibly severe or fatal injury.
Attention
Special instructions and pre-
cautions intended to avoid
damage to the BMW WCS-1
communication system.
Non-compliance can void the
guarantee.
Note
Specific instructions on how to
operate, control, adjust or look
after items of equipment on the
motorcycle.
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Warnings and safety instructions
Attention
In the interests of your own
safety, please read through
these operating instructions
and make sure you understand
everything, particularly the
safety instructions.
Warning
Do not allow telephone con-
versations or music to dis-
tract your attention while you
are riding the motorcycle.
Warning
Always comply with the
rules of the road.
Warning
Set your communication
system to a volume that
enables you at all times to
perceive traffic noise and
acoustic signals from other
road users (particularly the
police and emergency
services).
You might be in contra-
vention of national road-
safety legislation in some
countries if you ride the
motorcycle with the audio
system set to a volume that
would prevent you from
hearing such noise or
acoustic signals.
Bear in mind, too, that high
noise levels can result in
permanent damage to your
hearing.
Warning
Use the communication fa-
cilities of this system only
when the traffic situation
enables you to do so with-
out risk.
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Warnings and safety instructions
Warning
While riding the motorcycle,
do not conduct telephone
conversations that could
distract you from the traffic
situation. Keep your hands
on the handlebars. Bring
the motorcycle to a stop in
order to use the buttons on
a WCS-1 helmet, and do not
ride off until you have con-
cluded the conversation.
Warning
Do not, under any circum-
stances, attempt to place an
outgoing call on a mobile
phone while riding the mo-
torcycle.
Note
Maintaining a defensive style of
riding and thinking well ahead
significantly enhance your per-
sonal safety while you are on
the road.
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• Wireless voice communica-
tion between two WCS-1 hel-
mets for rider and passenger
over a range up to 10 metres.
• A dedicated mobile phone
can be assigned to each
WCS-1 helmet (not all mobile
phones are supported).
• Microphone array (two mi-
crophones) integrated into
the forehead area and virtual-
ly invisible.
• Automatic suppression of in-
terference.
• A WCS-1 helmet remains
functional with the chin guard
raised or when used as an
open-face helmet.
• Electronics and the re-
chargeable batteries are in
the neck part of the helmet.
• Two loudspeakers.
• Not vehicle-based.
• Operated by means of three
buttons on the left side of the
helmet.
• All components fully integrat-
ed into the helmet.
• Homologation of all the com-
ponents in the helmet.
• Worldwide radio certification
for Bluetooth.
Features, WCS-1 communication system
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Bluetooth technology was in-
troduced in 1999.
Engineer's used the code
name "Bluetooth" in honour of
the tenth-century Viking king
Bluetooth, who is credited with
unifying Denmark, and bringing
order into chaos.
Unity is what Bluetooth promis-
es, interconnecting different
devices in wireless communi-
cations.
Bluetooth is an open standard
for local radio communications,
enabling Bluetooth-compati-
ble devices to interconnect
without cabling over short
distances.
The advantage of Bluetooth is
that it dispenses with the need
for a direct line of sight.
Typically, the range for Blue-
tooth communication is about
10 metres.
Bluetooth therefore provides
voice and data communication
over the unlicensed 2.4 GHz
frequency band
(2.4 GHz — 2.483 GHz), which
is available worldwide.
What is Bluetooth?
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What is pairing?
Pairing
Pairing is the process of ena-
bling two Bluetooth devices
to communicate for the first
time.
Any two Bluetooth devices
have to be "introduced" to each
other before they can commu-
nicate.
This applies to communication
between two helmets equipped
with the BMW WCS-1 commu-
nication system, and between
a helmet with the BMW WCS-1
communication system and
some other Bluetooth device.
In the case of the BMW WCS-1
communication system, pairing
takes place in setup mode, in
other words after the device is
switched on.
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You operate the BMW WCS-1
communication system by
means of the three-button
plastic-foil keypad on the left
side of the helmet.
Controls
Multifunction button
"Select On/Off"
• Switch on/off
• Pairing
• Change operating mode
"+" button
• Increase volume
• Pairing
"—" button
• Decrease volume
• Unpairing
Operation
LED red
LED green
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Operation
Operating modes
The BMW WCS-1 communica-
tion system has four different
operating modes, and the
green LED lights up in a certain
way to indicate which mode is
selected.
• Setup mode (settings)
The green LED flashes very
rapidly.
• Pairing mode
(connection setup)
The green LED flashes
rapidly.
• Idle mode (ready)
The green LED flashes
slowly.
• Connect mode
(connection)
The green LED glows
steadily.
Acknowledgements
The system issues visual and
acoustic acknowledgements to
tell you whether your attempts
to change settings are suc-
cessful or unsuccessful.
• Successful changes
The green LED lights up for
one second and a high-
pitched tone sounds.
• Unsuccessful changes
The red LED flashes three
times and a low-pitched tone
sounds.
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Operation
Switching on/off
• You switch on the WCS-1 by
pressing and holding down
(> 2 seconds) the "Select
On/Off" multifunction button
on the plastic-foil keypad.
• The green LED of the WCS-1
flashes very rapidly.
• The WCS-1 is now on.
• The system is in setup mode.
• You can switch off by again
pressing and holding down
(> 2 seconds) the "Select
On/Off" multifunction button.
• The red LED flashes twice.
• The communication system
is off.
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Pairing and function check
Pairing two WCS-1 helmets
• Switch on WCS-1 in both
helmets by pressing and
holding down (> 2 seconds)
the "Select On/Off" multi-
function button on the plas-
tic-foil keypad of each
helmet.
• The green LEDs on both the
WCS-1 helmets flash very
rapidly (setup mode).
• Briefly press the "+" button
on the first WCS-1 helmet:
this helmet is now visible to
the second WCS-1 helmet
for 30 seconds.
• The green LED of the first
WCS-1 helmet flashes rapid-
ly (pairing mode).
• Now press and hold down
(> 2 seconds) the "+" button
on the second WCS-1
helmet.
• This helmet now looks for the
first WCS-1 helmet.
• The green LED flashes rapid-
ly to indicate this helmet, too,
is in pairing mode.
• As soon as the two WCS-1
helmets successfully com-
municate with each other,
the setting is saved in both.
• The second WCS-1 helmet
issues an acoustic acknowl-
edgement signal in the form
of a high-pitched tone.
• The second WCS-1 helmet's
green LED lights up for 1
second to indicate that pair-
ing was successful.
• Both WCS-1 helmets change
to setup mode, and the green
LEDs flash very rapidly.
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Pairing and function check
Function check
• Once the two WCS-1
helmets have successfully
paired, briefly press the
"Select On/Off"
multifunction button on each
helmet.
• The green LED flashes slowly
(idle mode).
• To make sure that pairing
was successful, speak into
the microphones set in the
forehead area of one of the
WCS-1 helmets.
• The Bluetooth connection is
set up automatically.
• The green LEDs on both
WCS-1 helmets glow steadily
(connect mode).
• You can switch off WCS-1 in
both helmets by pressing
and holding down
(> 2 seconds) the "Select
On/Off" multifunction button.
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Pairing a WCS-1 helmet and
a mobile phone (headset
profile)
• Make sure that the mobile
phone is switched on and
that its Bluetooth function is
active.
• Consult the instructions for
use supplied by the manu-
facturer of the mobile phone
if you require assistance.
• Switch on WCS-1 in the hel-
met by pressing and holding
down (> 2 seconds) the
"Select On/Off" multifunc-
tion button on the plastic-foil
keypad.
• The green LED flashes very
rapidly (setup mode).
• Briefly press the "+" button
on the WCS-1 helmet: this
helmet is now visible to
the mobile phone for
30 seconds.
• The green LED flashes rapid-
ly (pairing mode).
• The mobile phone must look
for the WCS-1 helmet as an
audio accessory (headset).
• The mobile phone recognis-
es the WCS-1 helmet as a
Bluetooth device.
• The WCS-1 helmet appears
as Bluetooth device "BMW/
WCS-1/FW:x.x" on the mo-
bile phone's display.
• Key "0000" into the mobile
phone as the code for
pairing.
• Once the WCS-1 helmet has
been recognised by the mo-
bile phone, it functions as the
phone's headset.
• The WCS-1 helmet changes
to setup mode after 30 sec-
onds and the green LED
flashes very rapidly.
Pairing and function check
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Pairing and function check
Function check
• Once Pairing has completed,
briefly press the "Select On/
Off" multifunction button on
the WCS-1 helmet.
• The green LED flashes slowly
(idle mode).
• An incoming call to or an out-
going call from the mobile
phone activates the Blue-
tooth wireless link to the
helmet.
• The green LED glows steadi-
ly for the duration of the call
(connect mode).
• The WCS-1 helmet now
functions as the phone's
headset.
• You can switch off WCS-1 in
the helmet by pressing and
holding down (> 2 seconds)
the "Select On/Off" multi-
function button.
• You can adopt the same
procedure to pair a second
WCS-1 helmet with a sec-
ond mobile phone.
Note
Note that you can pair a mo-
bile phone with only one
WCS-1 helmet. You cannot
pair both WCS-1 helmets with
the same mobile phone.
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Pairing and function check
Deleting pairing information
(unpairing)
• If you want to create a new
connection between WCS-1
helmets (for example if you
acquire a new helmet with
WCS-1), the original pairing
information has to be deleted
beforehand.
• Activate the setup mode.
• Press and hold down
(> 2 seconds) the "—" button.
• The pairing information is
deleted.
Note
Pairing with other Bluetooth
devices is cancelled in the
same way.
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Operation
Operation with two WCS-1
helmets
Once you have paired the
WCS-1 helmets and want to
use them, switch on WCS-1 in
both helmets by pressing and
holding down the "Select On/
Off" multifunction button.
Then briefly press the "Select
On/Off" button on each of the
WCS-1 helmets.
As soon as either helmet wear-
er speaks for the first time, the
WCS-1 switches automatically
to connect mode.
Note
If the connection is broken be-
cause the helmets are out of
range (more than 10 metres
apart), the WCS-1 helmets au-
tomatically return to the con-
nect mode when they are again
in range of each other.
Operation with WCS-1
helmet and Bluetooth mobile
phone
Switch on WCS-1 in the helmet
and switch on the mobile
phone.
Make sure that the mobile
phone is switched on and that
its Bluetooth function is active.
Briefly press the "Select On/
Off" multifunction button on the
WCS-1 helmet.
A Bluetooth connection be-
tween the WCS-1 helmet and
the mobile phone is set up in
response to a call.
Note
Depending on the make of mo-
bile phone, you may have to set
up the Bluetooth connection
again by briefly pressing the
"Select On/Off" multifunction
button a second time.
If the connection is interrupted
because the two devices are
out of range (more than 10 me-
tres apart), you have to press
the "Select On/Off" multifunc-
tion button briefly once the de-
vices are back within range of
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Operation
each other, in order to re-es-
tablish the connection. The de-
vices do not have to be paired
again.
The WCS-1 helmet functions
as the phone's headset for
telephone calls.
Operation with WCS-1
helmets and one or two
Bluetooth mobile phones
Switch on WCS-1 in both hel-
mets and switch on the mobile
phone or phones.
Make sure that the mobile
phone or phones are switched
on and that the Bluetooth func-
tion is active.
Briefly press the "Select On/
Off" multifunction button on
each WCS-1 helmet again.
The WCS-1 helmets are now
connected by a wireless radio
link.
A Bluetooth connection be-
tween the WCS-1 helmet and
its paired mobile phone is set
up in response to a call.
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Operation
Note
If the connection is broken be-
cause the devices are out of
range (more than 10 metres
apart), the WCS-1 helmets au-
tomatically return to connect
mode when they are again in
range.
Depending on the make of mo-
bile phone, you may have to set
up the Bluetooth connection
again by briefly pressing the
"Select On/Off" multifunction
button a second time.
If the connection is interrupted
because the two devices are
out of range (more than 10 me-
tres apart), you have to press
the "Select On/Off" multifunc-
tion button briefly once the de-
vices are back within range of
each other, in order to re-es-
tablish the connection. The de-
vices do not have to be paired
again.
Each WCS-1 helmet functions
as its corresponding phone's
headset for telephone calls.
When a mobile phone receives
an incoming call, the connec-
tion between the phone and its
paired helmet is activated and
at the same time communica-
tion with the other helmet is in-
terrupted.
When the telephone call is ter-
minated the connection to the
other WCS-1 helmet is auto-
matically re-established.
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Operation
Accepting/terminating calls
An incoming call is announced
by a tone sounding in the hel-
met for approximately 5 sec-
onds, after which the call is
automatically accepted.
Warning
While riding the motorcycle,
do not conduct telephone
conversations that could
distract you from the traffic
situation. Keep your hands
on the handlebars. Bring
the motorcycle to a stop in
order to use the buttons on
a WCS-1 helmet, and do not
ride off until you have con-
cluded the conversation.
The call is accepted immedi-
ately if you briefly press the
"Select On/Off" button while
the tone is sounding.
The call is rejected if you briefly
press the "Select On/Off" but-
ton twice in quick succession
while the tone is sounding (pick
up/hang up).
The call is terminated when the
other party hangs up, or if you
briefly press the "Select
On/Off" button while the call is
in progress.
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Volume control
Volume control
• You can adjust the volume in
connect mode, in other
words after pairing has been
successfully completed (see
the section entitled "Pairing
and function check").
• You adjust the volume by
means of the "+" and "—" but-
tons on the plastic-foil key-
pad.
• You can set the volume in 64
steps between 0 and 100 %.
• Briefly press the "+" button to
increase volume by one step,
or briefly press the "—" to re-
duce volume by one step.
• If you hold down the "+" but-
ton volume increases contin-
uously to the highest level, or
if you hold down the "—" but-
ton volume decreases con-
tinuously to the lowest level.
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