How to switch on Nav V when it has received enough charge time on bike?

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My Nav V had 0 charge on fixing to bike. Rode off as I knew first part of route, and after 5 mins thought I would switch on NAV V. It seems you have to stop, switch ignition off and then on again for it to start working. Is this correct or is there away to keep riding and switch the NAV V on when it has enough charge?
 
Yes but it's at the back so you have to remove it, switch on and then re-attach, I think
 
G&T said:
My Nav V had 0 charge on fixing to bike. Rode off as I knew first part of route, and after 5 mins thought I would switch on NAV V. It seems you have to stop, switch ignition off and then on again for it to start working. Is this correct or is there away to keep riding and switch the NAV V on when it has enough charge?
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To which bike and to which cradle is the device attached to?

On my 1600, the device in its BMW / Garmin cradle is fully enclosed within the dashboard. On firing-up the ignition, a fully flat Nav V will start, its power coming from the bike. I simply get a warning that the device's battery is low.

On my 1000XR, I think it does the same. I can check later as I have a fully flat Nav V to hand. On this bike, with its bog standard BMW / Garmin cradle (I haven't gone for all the 'security' cradle guff) I can reach around and operate the device's power on / power off button, very easily.

Both the above bikes' GPS devices' cradles are wired so that the power is turned on (and off) with the ignition.
 
Davel said:
Yes but it's at the back so you have to remove it, switch on and then re-attach, I think
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Correct for the RT as you cannot access the on off button with the satnav in its mount.
Just for interest, there's a screen saver feature on the Nav 5. After a while the screen goes blank to save the battery.... however, the unit is still on and using power to do whatever it does, so it will eventually flatten the battery.
To avoid this, switch off the screen saver. You will now always have the screen on to remind you that the unit is switched on.
To switch off, press and hold the on off switch until you get an onscreen option to switch off or cancel. Press OFF and now it is really switched off so nexr time you switch on it wont be dead!
 
Wapping said:
It will be if you don't use the device for several weeks.

Who doesn't use their device for several week, you ask? Me, for one.
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Another triumph for the Nav V. I can leave my 390 for long periods and it does not lose all its charge.

John
 
The Grey One said:
Another triumph for the Nav V. I can leave my 390 for long periods and it does not lose all its charge.

John
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If I am not, as for instance today, using the device - nor likely to before sometime in November - it matters not one jot to me if it's gently sleeping with power to its internals or not.

Though it did inconvenience me that my car (parked across my garage door) had lost its battery's ability to hold a charge during my three week absence, requiring me to push it out of the way and then tug it back into place. Jump starting it also proved problematical but I persevered regardless.
 
Wapping said:
To which bike and to which cradle is the device attached to?

On my 1600, the device in its BMW / Garmin cradle is fully enclosed within the dashboard. On firing-up the ignition, a fully flat Nav V will start, its power coming from the bike. I simply get a warning that the device's battery is low.

On my 1000XR, I think it does the same. I can check later as I have a fully flat Nav V to hand. On this bike, with its bog standard BMW / Garmin cradle (I haven't gone for all the 'security' cradle guff) I can reach around and operate the device's power on / power off button, very easily.

Both the above bikes' GPS devices' cradles are wired so that the power is turned on (and off) with the ignition.
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The bike is a 2016 GS. If the NAV is flat and you attach to the cradle is starts charging. However it does not automatically switch on. From what I can figure out no touchscreen activation or wheel movement switches it on. You have to switch the ignition off and then switch on again.
 
I'll move your question to the WC section, who may have the best answer.

Richard
 
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