Lightspeed Zulu Headset's in a Tecnam.

[nigelm]

I was wondering if anyone can help, I have recently bought two pair's of Lightspeed Zulu Headset's, yesterday I tried them in my instructors Tecnam P96 Golf and they did not work, the noise cancelling function was fine and I have connected my I-Pod and that worked very well.

 

I had both sets plugged in as my instructor was keen to try them out as he is also considering buying a pair. We could hear a crackle when we plugged in and out the connection but nothing more at all.

 

On the connections it says LSA, and the plugs look the same as my instructors cooking sets which work OK.

 

Can anyone give me advise, or is there something really obvious that I am missing out on, as I am new to all of this. It seems to me unlikely that both sets of a good quality mark like these are, would be faulty.

 

I can obviously contact the manufacturers but just wondered firstly if any of you out there can help a new kid on the block.

 

I am still awaiting delivery of my Bravo which should be at the end of the month now, so I need to get this sorted one way or another before then.

 

Cheers,

 

Nigel.

 

 

[Geoff]

As a group we have 6 sets of Zulu's 5 have had faults and mine have been sent back twice still there now:censored: good quality make I don't think so

 

 

[Thx1137]

You couldn't hear anything at all, intercom or airfield broadcasts? I read that some ANR headsets don't work with some aircraft in that there is noise but not silence. You tried it with ANR turned off? Maybe turn the squelch off, any noise?

 

I use a Pilot brand ANR headset in the sportstar without any issues. Well, except that when I use the newer model Sporstars I have to turn the volume down a lot.

 

Steven.

 

 

[nigelm]

After lots of talks with the manufacturer, they have agreed to take them back and sort things out for me. They tried to say that they may not be compatible with my Icom radio set up, but I have found out that this is not to the case, according to the radio suppliers.

 

I'll wait and see what happens, at the price of these thing's I was not expecting so much trouble.

 

Nigel

 

 

[Ultralights]

we have a tecnam p96 golf, and a fellow instructor has lightspeed Zulu headset, and it works fine.

 

 

[nigelm]

Thanks for that it's nice to know it's the headsets that are at fault. I'll post the news when I get any from Lightspeed.

 

Nigel.

 

 

[nigelm]

LightSpeed problem is the intercom.

 

This the reply that I have received from lightspeed, hopefully I will be able to resolve my problem with a different intercom.

 

Hello Nigel,

 

I apologize for the delay in responding……but I have found that your Zulu headsets are functioning as designed. One issue I’ve uncovered is the ICOM IC200A transceiver is designed to be used with headsets equipped with low impedance microphones….and Zulu has a high impedance mic. I believe this mismatch is what prevented both headsets from transmitting and receiving audio.

 

 

I’ve discussed this with ICOM technical support who said the IC200A technology is about 20 years old, has been discontinued and provides very basic intercom capability at best. Their suggestion is to get an alternate new intercom which can be wired in tandem to the IC200A and provide the impedance matching capability you need while still allowing the transceiver to be functional for your radio needs. Here’s a link for their technical support: http://www.icomamerica.com/en/support/default.aspx

 

 

(this is for ICOM USA but hopefully they’ll be able to provide some insight into your situation)

 

 

The Blue Tooth issue has been addressed by updating the wireless module in the headsets which I am confident will now work with your Nokia phone.

 

Thank you,

 

Joe Mackowiak

 

 

 

 

[youngmic]

Just a wild thought, and not sure if it's applicable but check the internal dip switch for stereo/mono might be the aircraft jacks are mono and your on stereo.

 

I fly all sorts of old and new systems and they work brilliantly in everything.