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For those of you that have used the Nav V with music....I currently have all my music in my Samsung Galaxy S5 which I could Bluetooth to whichever headset (Sena or Cardo) I end up getting. My question is for ease of use and to be able to use the Wonder Wheel...would you recommend I load my music onto the Nav 5 and listen to it thru there? Or should I Bluetooth stream it separately using my phone?
For those of you that have used the Nav V with music....I currently have all my music in my Samsung Galaxy S5 which I could Bluetooth to whichever headset (Sena or Cardo) I end up getting. My question is for ease of use and to be able to use the Wonder Wheel...would you recommend I load my music onto the Nav 5 and listen to it thru there? Or should I Bluetooth stream it separately using my phone?[/QUOTE
When the helmet, phone and nav/bike are paired the media player in the gps will default to the bike and the media palyer is not available for use. Pre 2014 you could just pair the helemt to the gps and use the media player. I have nnot been succesful on the 2014. I just use a thumb drive in the usb port. I can control volume, previous tack and next tract with the wonder wheel. How ever I haven't been able to do much else with the data on the thumb drive. There may be away and I just haven't stumbled on to it yet.
For those of you that have used the Nav V with music....I currently have all my music in my Samsung Galaxy S5 which I could Bluetooth to whichever headset (Sena or Cardo) I end up getting. My question is for ease of use and to be able to use the Wonder Wheel...would you recommend I load my music onto the Nav 5 and listen to it thru there? Or should I Bluetooth stream it separately using my phone?[/QUOTE
When the helmet, phone and nav/bike are paired the media player in the gps will default to the bike and the media palyer is not available for use. Pre 2014 you could just pair the helemt to the gps and use the media player. I have nnot been succesful on the 2014. I just use a thumb drive in the usb port. I can control volume, previous tack and next tract with the wonder wheel. How ever I haven't been able to do much else with the data on the thumb drive. There may be away and I just haven't stumbled on to it yet.
I understand your frustration now Buck. Hopefully a solution will present itself through trial and error. Afterall it would be nice to be able to use the wonder wheel as the main control for all of these functions.
For those of you that have used the Nav V with music....I currently have all my music in my Samsung Galaxy S5 which I could Bluetooth to whichever headset (Sena or Cardo) I end up getting. My question is for ease of use and to be able to use the Wonder Wheel...would you recommend I load my music onto the Nav 5 and listen to it thru there? Or should I Bluetooth stream it separately using my phone?
@OldNuke..
This was a problem with all the 600 series ZUMO (which the NAV-5 is based on.) Garmin came up with a firmware update about 4 months ago that fixes that problem. I would imagine the BMW firmware should have received the same update. You may want to connect to the Garmin website and see if you can locate it.
I currently have my music loaded into my Nav V and paired to my SRC in my Schuberth C3. Sound wise it works great, BUT, every so often the music cuts in and out for a few seconds. Very frustrating to say the least. When paired to my old Zumo 550 the music doesn't cut in and out at all. Other Nav V owners have reported the same problem when playing music from the Nav V via Bluetooth to their various brand name headsets. For now, stay with pairing your S5 for your music listening needs till Garmin fixes the glitch.
I agree...I think that will be the easiest and least problematic solution. I have a question for you....I ordered my RT without the factory installed radio or speakers. (I just don't envision myself using it) Do you see any positives or negatives to that in terms of BT connectivity? Appreciate it!
For those of you that have used the Nav V with music....I currently have all my music in my Samsung Galaxy S5 which I could Bluetooth to whichever headset (Sena or Cardo) I end up getting. My question is for ease of use and to be able to use the Wonder Wheel...would you recommend I load my music onto the Nav 5 and listen to it thru there? Or should I Bluetooth stream it separately using my phone?[/QUOTE
When the helmet, phone and nav/bike are paired the media player in the gps will default to the bike and the media palyer is not available for use. Pre 2014 you could just pair the helemt to the gps and use the media player. I have nnot been succesful on the 2014. I just use a thumb drive in the usb port. I can control volume, previous tack and next tract with the wonder wheel. How ever I haven't been able to do much else with the data on the thumb drive. There may be away and I just haven't stumbled on to it yet.
I have the Nav V installed in the dash of a 2015 GT, and am using it with a C3Pro/BMW Com system installed, with an iPhone 5s.
I found the volume, and quality of sound lacking when paired as BMW recommended, which was Helmet>Bike>Nav>phone.
In addition, the 'wheel' wasn't that friendly for music (IMHO)...scroll time slow, etc etc.
The solution I ended up with was Helmet>Nav>iPhone.
I bypassed the wheel and bike altogether...
IMHO, the sound clarity is a lot better, and the volume is louder.
However, there is a trick to get the Nav V to work this way - otherwise, once in dash the gps will lock you out of the music folder - the trick is to take electrical tape and cover the 3rd post from the bottom on the right side, as you look at the back of your Nav V. Once that post is covered, it will allow you access to the media folder in the Nav V, while its in the dash.
I have a 64 GB card installed, and have transferred music to it - though it has to be .mp3 format (which is a bummer)...I'm using mehTunes with my iTunes library...it automatically converts your selection (playlist) to mp3, and you can select the destination folder (card in Nav V)...
A bonus for me, is I don't end up with duplicate songs (by converting my ALAC m4a to mp3) in my iTunes library...
Anyway, that was my solution...
So my wife and I are days away from making a purchase for a Bluetooth communicator. I like the new bare bones Sena 3S-W unit that seems to offer just what we are looking for. http://www.revzilla.com/motorcycle/sena-3s-w-bluetooth-headset-wired-microphone The 20S would be overkill for our needs. We just want to be able to talk to each other when riding 2 up and be able to hear the GPS turn by turn directions from our Nav V. For the love of God....can anyone please confirm that their Sena unit can indeed pair with the Nav V!? Thanks so much in advance!
Brian
Thanks, I was hoping they'd kept the feature from the NUVI, which was very helpful and somewhat predictable for good Moto roads using the "shortest distance" selection. "Faster time" is almost always super slab. I know they have that selection but it is somewhat buried, I just don't know if you can set the default...
I'll have to play with the shaping points feature, but even when I plan a detailed route, I often end up modifying it on the go - always have a paper map open on my tank bag for the big picture and finding alternate destinations...
So you think there is no walking route preference also?
I can't tell from the pictures or the brochures, does the Navigator V cradle have any kind of locking device? Not necessarily a key, my Navigator III just has a Torx I can tighten to prevent a quick thief from just grabbing it off the bike.