Electronics » Adding i-ponne cable to pre wired nav unit

I bought one of the GPS prepped 1250 bikes and can't see spending 1k on a BMW GPS unit,
but I would like to be able to mount my i-phone to the bar area. The issue is the power
cable to feed the phone.

When I dismounted the GPS bracket, etc, I noticed a weird cable connector that goes somewhere
to get battery power.

If you look at the attached diagram, there are two ends coming off of the GPS base wire. A short one
and the longer one. I assume the longer one goes to the battery, but the short one is just left loose-
it does not connect to anything.

Can I wire an i-phone cord to this loose connector and if so, what else would I need?

thanks

If you've stripped out the GPS bracket, you'll have a spare switched power connector (where you unplugged the GPS power from).

In the UK, this is sold so any 12V accessory can plug into the BMW connector:

https://www.nippynormans.com/f650gs-08-o...the-bmw-harness

Hopefully you can buy something similar in the US, and then buy a 12V to USB connector to power your iPhone.

Hope that helps.

Cheers

Paul B.

Zitat von Paul B im Beitrag #2

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https://www.nippynormans.com/f650gs-08-o...the-bmw-harness

Hopefully you can buy something similar in the US, and then buy a 12V to USB connector to power your iPhone.

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Let me be more clear:
If you look at the attachment from the original post, you
will see the shorter of the two leads- it goes nowhere.

Question is, can something plug into it? I am trying to
just fold up and zip tie the factory GPS base behind the right
fairing so that it is there in the future, if necessary. In a perfect
world, I don't want to cut it off and getting to the connector in order
to simply "un-plug" it is not possible without tearing lots of the bike apart.

So I want to jump into that unused factory end...

does that make sense?

Zitat von M3M im Beitrag #5

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Let me be more clear:
If you look at the attachment from the original post, you
will see the shorter of the two leads- it goes nowhere.

Question is, can something plug into it? I am trying to
just fold up and zip tie the factory GPS base behind the right
fairing so that it is there in the future, if necessary. In a perfect
world, I don't want to cut it off and getting to the connector in order
to simply "un-plug" it is not possible without tearing lots of the bike apart.

So I want to jump into that unused factory end...

does that make sense?

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Zitat von M3M im Beitrag #5

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Let me be more clear:
If you look at the attachment from the original post, you
will see the shorter of the two leads- it goes nowhere.

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When looking at the part diagram and the part itself, it only makes sense
that it has power being delivered to it... especially when you say
it powers an audio system....
And so, I doubt it would hurt anything to cut the connector off and
chop up a USB cable and see if it powers up- if I had a meter, I could
hook the probes up to the ends to see.

Zitat von M3M im Beitrag #5

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In a perfect
world, I don't want to cut it off and getting to the connector in order
to simply "un-plug" it is not possible without tearing lots of the bike apart.

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ok- so i followed the cable to its plug and removed it, leaving behind the female connector which is connected
to battery, etc.

There are many different sized connectors across the bike and I am hoping that the item mentioned earlier
with the pig tail wires coming out will fit...

Attached is a photo of the connector- can anyone who has bought that confirm that it will fit on to this end?

thanks

Zitat von M3M im Beitrag #9

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ok- so i followed the cable to its plug and removed it, leaving behind the female connector which is connected
to battery, etc.

There are many different sized connectors across the bike and I am hoping that the item mentioned earlier
with the pig tail wires coming out will fit...

Attached is a photo of the connector- can anyone who has bought that confirm that it will fit on to this end?

thanks

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paul- u da man thanks!!!!