Deactivate navigation control wheel?

[oxforshirerider]

Hi all,

Apologies if this has been covered off on other posts, I did a search but didn't find any answers.

I love my Nav V and and love my GS. I even use the navigation wheel occasionally, although granted, normally just to turn the navigation screen off so its not a distraction.

However, when riding, I find my hand often nudges against the wheel, changing what is displayed not the screen, or re-activating the screen if I have turned it off.

Is there a way of dialling the wheel function, temporarily would be great, so it don't keep changing screens from just a small hand shift on the lever that accidentally brushes it.

Cheers.

Rob

 

[Neil W]

Exactly the problem I found with the demo bike, after 20 minutes it bugged me so much I turned off the sat nav, on my bike I kept my zumo 660, and use it with the powered cradle and no thumb wheel controls

 

[DING-DONG]

You have 2 options.

1st one, remove the cover from the switch gear and there's 3 plugs, one of these controls the wheel and can be unplugged.

2nd one, buy a non sat prep grip like i have done £45, comes as a whole new grip without the wheel.

 

[SMB]

You have 2 options.


buy a non sat prep grip like i have done £45, comes as a whole new grip without the wheel.

+1

Works for me. Did not need the ECU altered.

 

[oxforshirerider]

You have 2 options.

1st one, remove the cover from the switch gear and there's 3 plugs, one of these controls the wheel and can be unplugged.

2nd one, buy a non sat prep grip like i have done £45, comes as a whole new grip without the wheel.

Cheers for the suggestions, guess I'll be going down one of these routes. Sad though as once in a while its useful, so would be even better if there was a way to push the button on the wheel for like 3 seconds, that deactivated it until the button on the wheel was pushed for 3 seconds when it would become re-activated......I can only assume the designers didn't use it in too many real world environments before rolling it out.

Cracking bike though, so mustn't grumble ha ha!

 

[rattler]

No problem with normal sized hands but if you've got girly sized hands I can see the problem

 

[mrtee43]

Got to agree, that wheel combined with a Navigator 5 is just so useful, I cannot understand why some people don't like it.

 

[snaponphil]

Had a little temporary problem with my thumb thingy not talking to my nav 5 the other day, set off from a fuel station after removing it from the cradle, I'm assuming it didn't like it as when I turned it off & back on again communication was restored... Well, my point..
Wouldn't like to be without the thumb wheel now I've been using it.. (Yes I've got little hands) but I have got used to reaching slightly further for the indicator switch..

 

[Hammy]

I asked the same question to bmw. Can't be done....computer says no

 

[oxforshirerider]

I asked the same question to bmw. Can't be done....computer says no

Well thats about as definitive as it gets from the official route, cheers for the clarrification.

 

[Hammy]

No probs