Help Aux Socket / Autocom Problem

[jim123]

I'm touring at the moment and would appreciate any ideas to fix a niggle that I've got with my Autocom.

The Autocom is hard wired into the back opf the Auxiliary Socket. In the last cuople of years when I have connected the helmet to the Autocom, it has been dead. But after start up and setting off, if I've stopped for fuel, when Istart the bike up everything works OK.

On this trip I had the same issue the other day, and after a short trip, the Autocom came back on line. In the last cuuple of days the Autocom has remained dead even after a long run.

I'm on a new bike battery, and my gut instinct is that the Autocom is actually OK, but the CANBUS is closing down the Aux Socket.

I've disconnected the bike battery in the hope that things might reset, but no joy. Nothing else is connected to the Aux Socket.

If anybody has an idea of how I can get the Autocom running again as a quick fix I'd appreciate any steers.

Can the CANBUS be reset if it's picked up spurious signla?

This is by no means a trip wrecker, but having contact with the pillion helps me work out if she's nodded off while I'm enjoying the twisties.

If anyone has a suggestion as to

 

[Rob J]

If anybody has an idea of how I can get the Autocom running again as a quick fix I'd appreciate any steers.

Assuming you have enough slack in your power cables I would try hard wiring into straight to the battery terminals

Just remember to remove your satnav from the cradle when the bike is not running otherwise it may drain your battery.

Be advised however, I'm no electrical guru.

 

[Aidan1150]

Assuming you have enough slack in your power cables I would try hard wiring into straight to the battery terminals

What Rob says.

Even better if you can get an inline fuse holder and fit that between the battery and autocom.

 

[hatzyian]

I've got my Zumo 550, and Autocom hard wired to the back of the aux socket, and never had any problems.

If you have soldered joints check they are OK. Other thing is to see if there is power at the aux socket, when Autocom not working.

 

[Big Nick]

Have you tried plugging something into the Aux socket and if so does it work?

If it does you've narrowed it down to faulty wiring in of the Autocom or a knackered Autocom. Plug in a music source and play it then wiggle all the connections to see if it audibly cuts in and out. If not your Autocom may be buggered!

 

[Pukmeister]

Have a check for corrosion of the copper wires on the rear of the aux socket. On my first GS they went green and nasty due to oxidising in the rain as they are badly protected, giving me the symptoms you describe and requiring a minor repair to the connector on the aux socket wiring.

 

[Oldrat]

This is by no means a trip wrecker, but having contact with the pillion helps me work out if she's nodded off while I'm enjoying the twisties.

In my case the answer is always a resounding NO

BTW hard wire as described. Also check the autocom unit, as I have seen cracked wire casing before, at the point where the cable exits the autocom unit.

HTH

 

[mrsroynie]

What year is your 1200GS? Mine is a 2005 model. I had ongoing problems with my autocom / auxilliary sockets. The problem first manifested itself when we arrived in Canada at the start of an eight-week trip. I took the bike to Budd's in Oakville to see if they could diagnose the problem ... They reinstalled the unit, tidied up the wiring and updated the canbus software, without success.

I took the bike to Vines and to Bearn Motos in Pau, France, neither of whom were able to offer an explanation other than "non-BMW parts".

Eventually, Vines saw the bike again before we shipped it out to Halifax for an Alaska trip in 2009. They sorted the problem once and for all by taking the accessory sockets off the canbus and installing an old-fashioned fuse.

 

[jim123]

Thanks guys for all of your quick suggestions, just to let you know that I went to set off this morning to source an in-line fuse to wire the Autocom into the battery, but hey presto everything was working as normal when I switched on!

So rather than waste time we decided just to press on. Then next Act of Murphy kicked in - my missus started to pick up some kind of cold with fits of coughing and sneezing. With the Autocom now working it was like fireworks sounding off inside my helmet, so we switched the whole lot off for now.

At a lunch stop later today I checked the Aux Socket male to female connectors and saw they were showing slight signs of surface corrosion on the interfaces (my bikes a 2006). I've cleaned them up a little, and fingers crossed that when my good lady stops misfiring we'll be back on the Autocom.

 

[gipsymagpie]

At a lunch stop later today I checked the Aux Socket male to female connectors and saw they were showing slight signs of surface corrosion on the interfaces (my bikes a 2006).

Thanks. Mine has just corroded through on inspection. Going to wire both sockets to the Centech fusebox instead and be done with CANBUS