2021 RT Navigation

orforester said:

Sorry I don't know why anyone would take a phone call while riding, sounds dangerous to me. But then I ride for fun

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PoorUB said:

The key is "When you have service" Don't you guys ride where is no cell service? I am with Paul on this. I would use a add on GPS.

Heck, I don't even use my Nav VI much as I don't like the screen where spell out the city names. Sucks going back and forth between sections of the alphabet.

FYI, not sure if you're aware of it, but you can change how the alphabet is displayed to the more classic 'querty' type option .
It's on the setup menu.

I was the same as you .. just bought the bike (2019 RT & Nav6) and busy muttering the alphabet under my breath and other words at who was the idiot that thought using this format was a good idea.
And just to make it worse, I found the Garmin screen colour and layout just hard enough to read that I'd need to get my reading glasses out to see the screen and select the character I needed.

I found after I'd changed it, I didn't need my glasses either .. the white character on the black background and big enough and had enough contrast that I could read it satisfactorily.

john

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PoorUB said:

To be clear, the phone-based navigation does NOT rely on a cell signal. It uses the phone’s GPS to navigate. You do not need any cell service and there is no data usage. All you need is WiFi to download the maps you will use.

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jokox99 said:

PoorUB said:

The key is "When you have service" Don't you guys ride where is no cell service? I am with Paul on this. I would use a add on GPS.

Heck, I don't even use my Nav VI much as I don't like the screen where spell out the city names. Sucks going back and forth between sections of the alphabet.

FYI, not sure if you're aware of it, but you can change how the alphabet is displayed to the more classic 'querty' type option .
It's on the setup menu.

I was the same as you .. just bought the bike (2019 RT & Nav6) and busy muttering the alphabet under my breath and other words at who was the idiot that thought using this format was a good idea.
And just to make it worse, I found the Garmin screen colour and layout just hard enough to read that I'd need to get my reading glasses out to see the screen and select the character I needed.

I found after I'd changed it, I didn't need my glasses either .. the white character on the black background and big enough and had enough contrast that I could read it satisfactorily.

john

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How did you change the setting?

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bdfbeemer said:

How did you change the setting?

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bdfbeemer said:

I'm not married to a phone in my personal life and damn if I will be on my bike.

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lkraus said:

For my similar Zumo 595, I toggle the keyboard display by tapping the globe icon on the keyboard.

EDIT: I forgot, you need to select multiple keyboards to use the "globe" switch.

Tap Settings, Language & Keyboard, Keyboard language. Check American English QWERTY for all the letters on one page, Large Buttons for the two page version, both if you want to be able to toggle the choice from the keyboard.

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beauxjpooboo said:

PoorUB said:

The key is "When you have service" Don't you guys ride where is no cell service? I am with Paul on this. I would use a add on GPS.

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PoorUB said:

To be clear, the phone-based navigation does NOT rely on a cell signal. It uses the phone’s GPS to navigate. You do not need any cell service and there is no data usage. All you need is WiFi to download the maps you will use.

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Allow me to clarify. I'm getting live traffic on my TFT so it pulls some data for that but if you only wanted maps, I'm sure you can go without cell service.

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beauxjpooboo said:

I got the software update. Haven’t tried pairing yet due to lack of time. HOWEVER: I wanted to turn on my heated grips and seat on the way home. Previously I could simply press one of the four preset buttons by my left knee and it would bring up the heat options. After the update, that shortcut button no longer functions so I have to scroll through all the TFT settings menu to adjust those items. A step back.

I will work on the phone pairing when it warms up a bit.

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strataj said:

Was the button for heated grips and seat a factory preset or did you or your deal make that choice? If the later sounds like the update went back to factory settings.

Good luck with the update helping your other issues

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cruisincruzan said:

I believe the update allows you to program the 4 buttons so you can assign heating function to one of them.

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beauxjpooboo said:

Thinking you might be correct, I checked the owner's manual. Those four buttons are pre-set and cannot be changed. Button #2 is for heated grips/seat. Button #4 for "navigation," whatever that means. I guess it takes you right to the map page if/when you have a connection to the phone-based maps. The others are for media and I guess will never be used since I don't intend to install a radio.

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davidJAX said:

The 012.007.030 update added the ability to program the buttons the way you like. It is done through the TFT menu.

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beauxjpooboo said:

Thanks. I will take a look. Should be self explanatory. Wish the dealer had said something, but they don’t seem too well informed about the software.

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