Burdocks
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Anyone fitted one, does it fit under the seat, any gotchas to watch out for? Any alternative positions other than under the seat?
chippelmike
Registered user
Autocom
Toying with the idea of whether it will fit behind the screen under the T/T. instrument cover (2 parts ) wich also has a power plug fitted. Any one fitted one of these panels who might know what space there is ?? Got my ears on Mike.
Toying with the idea of whether it will fit behind the screen under the T/T. instrument cover (2 parts ) wich also has a power plug fitted. Any one fitted one of these panels who might know what space there is ?? Got my ears on Mike.
Andy Davies
Registered user
Burdocks said:
There's space under the nose of the seat (between the front seat mounts). Mine's a standard seat on low setting and it fits just fine!
Not sure where the power comes from. Had the dealer put me a power supply lead in FOC.
Hope that helps.
Andy
See this thread
http://www.ukgser.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=31776&highlight=autocom
One gotcha is that the reinforcing "ribs" that make up the underside of the seat structure can rub on the Autocom unit when it is fitted in the position detailed in the post above, causing strange feedback. You need to trim these ribs a bit to stop this happening.
http://www.ukgser.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=31776&highlight=autocom
One gotcha is that the reinforcing "ribs" that make up the underside of the seat structure can rub on the Autocom unit when it is fitted in the position detailed in the post above, causing strange feedback. You need to trim these ribs a bit to stop this happening.
Raindancer
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Burdocks said:
Fitted mine by hardwiring it and soldering it to the accessories socket live feed under the left hand seat area. The negative feed goes straight to the battery Run the GPs, headset, and MD player from it.The autocome sits in the tool tray under the tool kit and does not present any probs whatosever.
Regards
I have the BMW Motorrad Navigator 2 GPS fitted to my R1200GS in the BMW handlebar mounting cradle (bike powered) and the audio directions work fine when my Pro-7 Sport is on its own 9V battery. The problems arise when the Pro-7 sport is on bike power, as whenever the GPS unit 'speaks' it nearly blows my ears off with awful electrical signal interference noise. Apparently a special filtering audio lead is needed with this unit (or the Garmin 2610 which is basically the same unit, and some other Garmin products) to prevent the noise. My local dealer suggested it was a problem with the earthing and to move the earth wire to the chassis. I tried this with no difference found.
Typical that I discover this the day before I am going touring and I need a bike-powered solution rather than carrying a hundred 9v batteries in my tankbag.
Typical that I discover this the day before I am going touring and I need a bike-powered solution rather than carrying a hundred 9v batteries in my tankbag.
steveuk
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i had a ( big often talked about london) BMW dealer hard wire my Motorad II into my autocom sys.7 unit under my seat (they removed the plastic tray and ri-fitted a slightly different shaped one, sys.7 hard wired to battery) the audio / power cables run from under seat... under left hand plastic panel flanking fuel tank.... to the sat nav on handlebar mount.
i had the same excrutiating noise every time the sat nav "spoke" and a constant "humm" or "static" noise when the unit was not even "speaking"
the BMW fitters knew less than i did about autocom, the sat nav unit itself and were not quick at fixing the problem. change the sat nav "cradle"? change the audio lead? change the autocom unit itself? earthing problem? try it with a 9v battery instead of hard power? change the sat nav unit itself? they really did not know where to start....
it took 3 days (not 2.5 days wait and then an afternoon on the bench....it was booked in monday morning and returned to me thursday morning) - and apparently 2 hours of phone calls to autocom to remedy the buzz/humm/static noise.
it now works perfectly with phone, ipod, sat nav, 2 way (bike to bike) radio and rider-pillion.....
how did they fix it? well... instead of a normal "Y" split cable to allow insertion of satnav and ipod into the same mini jack port they have inserted a small red plastic box (autocom product) which inserts the 2 sources into the autocom unit...as far as i know there was no need for "screened" audio cables anywhere......
it was bloody boring waiting for them to fix it...if you're having a similar problem you could call BMW battersea and explain your problem - it was less than a month ago that they fixed mine......so should be fresh in their minds.
i had the same excrutiating noise every time the sat nav "spoke" and a constant "humm" or "static" noise when the unit was not even "speaking"
the BMW fitters knew less than i did about autocom, the sat nav unit itself and were not quick at fixing the problem. change the sat nav "cradle"? change the audio lead? change the autocom unit itself? earthing problem? try it with a 9v battery instead of hard power? change the sat nav unit itself? they really did not know where to start....
it took 3 days (not 2.5 days wait and then an afternoon on the bench....it was booked in monday morning and returned to me thursday morning) - and apparently 2 hours of phone calls to autocom to remedy the buzz/humm/static noise.
it now works perfectly with phone, ipod, sat nav, 2 way (bike to bike) radio and rider-pillion.....
how did they fix it? well... instead of a normal "Y" split cable to allow insertion of satnav and ipod into the same mini jack port they have inserted a small red plastic box (autocom product) which inserts the 2 sources into the autocom unit...as far as i know there was no need for "screened" audio cables anywhere......
it was bloody boring waiting for them to fix it...if you're having a similar problem you could call BMW battersea and explain your problem - it was less than a month ago that they fixed mine......so should be fresh in their minds.
steveuk
Guest
picture of unit fitted
here's a picture, even with the different plastic tray it's a bit of a squeeze to fit everything under the seat, i have even gone to the lengths of ordering shorter (15cm instead of 1metre/1.25metre) phone and ipod cables because of the lack of room.
AHH-just realised i can't post pictures....if you want a pic of the unit fitted email me.
[email protected]
here's a picture, even with the different plastic tray it's a bit of a squeeze to fit everything under the seat, i have even gone to the lengths of ordering shorter (15cm instead of 1metre/1.25metre) phone and ipod cables because of the lack of room.
AHH-just realised i can't post pictures....if you want a pic of the unit fitted email me.
[email protected]
bonjeroo
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I had exactly the same issue with GPS noise. Quick call to Autocom solved the problem. You need a Part 57: http://www.autocom.co.uk/pages/partinfo.php?part=57
This box has a lead coming out which plugs into the input on the Autocom, and two sockets. One is for the GPS, the other is for the phone. The only issue I have found is that using the GPS mutes the music too much, so I tend to turn speech off on the GPS.
I'm delighted with my set-up - it allows me to have my iPod, phone, GPS and rider to pillion. Haven't tried bike to bike yet as my mates are too stingy to install Autocoms on their sportsbikes.
Bonj
This box has a lead coming out which plugs into the input on the Autocom, and two sockets. One is for the GPS, the other is for the phone. The only issue I have found is that using the GPS mutes the music too much, so I tend to turn speech off on the GPS.
I'm delighted with my set-up - it allows me to have my iPod, phone, GPS and rider to pillion. Haven't tried bike to bike yet as my mates are too stingy to install Autocoms on their sportsbikes.
Bonj
Burdocks
Guest
I fitted the Autocom yesterday including Part 57. I had great help from SPC, who walked me through what I wanted to do and then advised what parts I needed including Part 57.
Autocom is wired to a Centauch Fuse Panel from Nippy Normans www.nippynormans.com/products.asp?dept=262 which sits in the tool box and the Autocom is wired to that along with the GPS. Fuse Panel is soldered to the back of the rear power socket
Only challenge was the audio connection from the Garmin lead (2.5mm mono) and the connection to the Autocom lead. I'll hard wire this eventually.
Autocom is wired to a Centauch Fuse Panel from Nippy Normans www.nippynormans.com/products.asp?dept=262 which sits in the tool box and the Autocom is wired to that along with the GPS. Fuse Panel is soldered to the back of the rear power socket
Only challenge was the audio connection from the Garmin lead (2.5mm mono) and the connection to the Autocom lead. I'll hard wire this eventually.
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