Nav V not shutting down when bike turned off

[Blackal]

I understood that when you switch off the ignition with the Nav 5 in the cradle - that the unit enters sleep-mode, and continues to draw (small) current. It is only when you physically switch off the unit - that it ceases to draw current.

Is there any unusual heat from the unit when in use, and when in sleep mode? There have been cases of high power consumption from them.

Al

 

[dmilne]

No, - what Wapping said.
When you turn off the ignition it will (well, should) switch off if you do nothing or stay on if you select "cancel"
If it is ON and out of it's cradle there is a "timeout" setting which switches off the screen after a while. However the unit is still ON and quietly flattening the battery. If you want to switch it OFF you need to press and hold the on/off switch for about 5 secs after which you will be offered the choice "cancel or off" If you just press the on/off button briefly all that happens is the screen goes blank.
Have a look at "settings/display/display timeout". I choose "never". That way I know when the screen is blank, I know the thing is switched off not just resting the screen.
There is something odd goong on with mine as well. Sometimes it doesn't come on when I switch the bike on. The only solution seems to be to remove it from the mount and press and hold the on/off button for a long time. Eventually it comes to life and can be put back in the mount. This requires both hands so a straight bit of road and cruise control is needed...

Now here's a thought... if you have the timeout set to a short time, it may blank the screen before you get the "cancel or off" message

Good luck

Dave

 

[Wapping]

There is something odd goong on with mine as well. Sometimes it doesn't come on when I switch the bike on.

My Nav V sometimes does this too.

I have never managed to work out excacly why. I suspect two or three possible causes :

1. It has got slightly dirty electrical contacts, sufficient to sometimes break the circuit

2. If I turn the ignition on and then very quickly push the starter button, it's likely that the bike cuts the power to all peripherals including the GPS device, in order to push the maximum amount of power into the process of cranking the engine, pumping fuel and eventual ignition. It then 'forgets' (or delays) sending power to turn the device on.

3. That the bike's powering up process is sequential or maybe dictated by importance. By this I mean, if there is some other component that is of more importance to power ahead of the GPS, then the bike will deal with that first, leaving the GPS for later.