I have a '17 RT with GPS prep pack. Bought a Nav V, charged battery, installed in OEM cradle, turned bike on and GPS does not automatically come on as stated it should in Garmin manual. I had same set up on '15 GS and worked fine, including all specific bike related details...no luck either with specific bike related details on this new unit on bike. When I manually turn on the unit, works fine, except the bike specific details. I am the first to admit I can really be a tech idiot but this really doesn't make sense. To me, it is if the GPS electrical pins on the back are not connecting with the mount pins. Oh yes, the Info button never does show the GPS screen when switching through various options on the Info switch gear. Yes, the GPS is fully snapped in place on the mount. HELP! Many thanks in advance!
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'17 RT...GPS Does Not Turn On....
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kaileybutt
Member
Nav V doesn't synch to '17
Any chance the dealer has to "enable" that functionality with the GPS prep? I know a lot of systems need to be enabled but not familiar if this is the case with your '17 - seems odd it worked as it should on prior bikes but not when docked to your '17 unless there's a Bavarian Elf stuck somewhere in the GPS wiring harness........
Any chance the dealer has to "enable" that functionality with the GPS prep? I know a lot of systems need to be enabled but not familiar if this is the case with your '17 - seems odd it worked as it should on prior bikes but not when docked to your '17 unless there's a Bavarian Elf stuck somewhere in the GPS wiring harness........
BMW Triumphant
Ed Kilner #176066
yes, see the dealer. And, you will not get all the info the GS provides. BMW has chosen not to provide that facility. Very limited wonder wheel operations. Rather disappointing.
Any idea where the GPS connector plug is located? I called two dealers, both said the bike does not need to be enabled to run the GPS!?!? Both suggested I take an alcohol cleaning pad and clean the pins on the cradle and GPS, which I am going to do this evening. If not that, then the cradle appears to be the issue (both dealers reported they have had cradle failures). My closest dealer is 1.5 hours away and I would have to make a trip to have it diagnosed, they would order a cradle and make a second visit to have installed. So....I think I am going to call the dealer in Salt Lake and see if I can beg them to have a cradle in stock and then make an appointment when in SLC for the rally.
The following is a link from Real OEM showing the parts http://www.realoem.com/bmw/enUS/sho...-K52-BMW-R_1200_RT_0A03,_0A13_&diagId=77_0656 the lead doesn't look long, you should be able to find the connection without that much work.
Jay
azgman
Addicted to curves
That is not normal. My Nav V starts up almost immediately upon powering on the bike.
As far as the GPS connector goes, just follow the wire from the cradle back until you get to a connector!
wbrownell9
New member
What information or functionality do you think is missing? I think lean angle got removed in a firmware update some time back, possibly because "some" people were getting in over their heads trying for max lean. I'm satisfied with what the GS wonder wheel does. I do have to physically touch the unit to select a route, and look for POIs, but I should be stopped for that anyway. Emphasis on "should"
The only thing I'd like the wonderwheel to do is get upcoming turn-by-turn directions which I don't need to do often.My unit has taken to coming on bright, then going very dim, then coming up to whatever it decides Auto Brightness should be. It used to come up at the "right" brightness as soon as I turned the key.
BMW Triumphant
Ed Kilner #176066
What information or functionality do you think is missing? I think lean angle got removed in a firmware update some time back, possibly because "some" people were getting in over their heads trying for max lean. I'm satisfied with what the GS wonder wheel does. I do have to physically touch the unit to select a route, and look for POIs, but I should be stopped for that anyway. Emphasis on "should"
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Forgot the name of the application that gives a nice page full of GS info like brake applications and much more. That app is missing entirely from the RT implementation. I believe there are things you can do on that page or elsewhere on a GS using the wonder wheel that are simply missing on the RT implementation. Don't have a reference doc to share, but there have been posts about this.
lee
Debbie's Servant
Something is wrong with your GPS or cradle.
Both of our Nav V units power up within seconds of turning on our wethead bikes.
azgman
Addicted to curves
Yes, the Zumo 660 and Zumo 665 will for sure, but you will not get wonderwheel integration or the additional BMW screens (like my motorcycle). I had a Zumo 665 on my 2017 GS before I bought a used Nav V.
My GPS works fine off the bike but does not come on when bike turned on. Have to pull out of cradle to turn on n off. Not to be a jerk but, I am not tearing body work off a new bike to find a potentially loose wire! Making an appointment in SLC, let them fix it and use it manually in the interim.
