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Thanks guys - great info!!!!
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Wed Dec 23, 2020 8:16 pm (Last edited: Wed Dec 23, 2020 8:17 pm)
Zitat von MexicoMike im Beitrag #16 Yep, going north was closer than going south to Boerne or west to Comfort. Sounds like you have not been to Luckenbach. Check it out sometime. On weekends, especially in the spring it's a big motorcycle hangout. The Little Post Office has a souvenir shop and bar. A lot of times there's someone singing out back and there's also a large dance hall. It's on the south side of the road by the creek. Lee |
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Zitat von MexicoMike im Beitrag #16 If you know the type of battery, try Amazon or one of those "battery stores" popping up all over. No way it's a Garmin-specific component.
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Better to understand how many miles you can comfortably ride on a tank full and top up as and when necessary.
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Zitat von MexicoMike im Beitrag #7 I believe the unit only gets power from the bike whilst the ignition is on, so winter inactivity can cause low battery syndrome often only rectified by off-bike usb charging. Alan |
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I wish you luck with your Garmin Nav 6. I'm on my third replacement unit and this one failed last fall. The screens seem defective causing the touch feature to operate on its own rendering the unit useless. the compass stlll works! I'm told Garmin will no longer replace the units for free so I now have a $900 compass. |
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Zitat von Alda im Beitrag #20 The on/off switch arrangement is a poor design and poorly described in the (very poor) manual. YOU need a long push and hold for a couple of seconds to switch it off. A short push just puts it in standby and quickly drains the battery if not in regular use. I have the Garmin cradle on my F800GT wired direct to the battery which I much prefer. It allows me to input data etc without the ignition on. So I can top mine up before a ride on the RS! The USB socket on my Garmin 6 purchased 2nd hand seems a very poor fit. Maybe it suffered abuse at the hands of the previous owner? Do others have that problem? Chris
19 Plate R1250RS Exclusive with "bells & whistles" & full colour matched luggage
13 Plate F800GT with full luggage Past loves: Moto Guzzi Stelvio NTX, Yamaha FJR1300 |
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Tue Mar 16, 2021 11:29 am (Last edited: Tue Mar 16, 2021 11:31 am)
Zitat von PlacidoD im Beitrag #22Zitat von Alda im Beitrag #20 My Zumo 660 is similar...so the button function is press and hold...a press brings up the brightness adjustment. My gripe is the Navigator’s button is unreachable when it is in the cradle. So, if the battery is too low, you ride without a GPS until it gets enough of a charge...then cycle the bike off then on to get the unit to start up. Basically, if it doesn’t power up completely before you hit the starter, it’ll cycle back off due to insufficient power. They should have tapped into switched power and not accessory power which cuts off when the starter is engaged. So, if in doubt, check the night before a ride and act accordingly. I’m a Notary Public. RESPECT MY AUTHORITY! |
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Zitat von MexicoMike im Beitrag #9 Cell coverage would not be a problem if you ran a satnav app which allows you to download its maps to the phone, for example TomTom Go or MyRoute Navigator. You would then have the same ability as with a dedicated satnav unit. Some people argue that a mobile phone's GPS does not work well without being augmented by location data from cell towers, but while that allows the phone to get a location fix quicker, it is not essential. I have been using phone based navigation for several years now without problems. You do have to be careful with the latest iPhones as it seems that vibration can kill the cameras in these devices. I use Quadlock mounts for my phone, both in the car and on the bike, and they now have a vibration absorbing mount if you need one. Not a problem for me as I use Samsung phones which don't seem to be affected, and in any case I bought a cheap older S8+ model to dedicate to satnav use and also to act as a backup to my main phone in case that should break or be lost/stolen while on a trip, so would not be too worried if the camera failed.
Fred
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Zitat von TedC im Beitrag #21 do you use a screen protector film on the Nav6? If so, remove it and see how the device runs. In my days working in electronics, I used to get quite a few LCD panels returned from the assembly line I supported. Usually in batches from a particular day. The display assembly was based in a separate building on the same site as the main assembly line. When tested on a bench we found no problem. As the failure analysis chap, I worked out that these displays failed on very hot days and never first thing in the day. The main assembly line for some very large printers had been jerry rigged in an old warehouse without any air conditioning. I went over after a lunch one hot day and found a few failed displays and then more came after the lunch break. I peeled back the protective cover, left on throughout the assembly & test process. Bingo, the display worked as it should. What we deduced is that on a hot day, the plastic film expands and causes tension in the touchscreen. This will then randomly select a cell on the screen, leading to much confusion. Once the chaps testing the assembled printers knew about this and released the screen protector we had no more display panels returned for this fault. Note: the printers I worked on and the Nav6 use a different technology for their screens compared to phones. On the Nav6 you can prod the screen with anything, whereas you need a finger or special capacitive stylus for a phone. Hence you will not get this problem on a phone. |
