Navigator V - Review

[Wapping]

If you don't mind attaching your Nav 5 to the computer each time, Basecamp will draw the detailed maps across. When you detach the device the detailed maps will vanish.

If, like me, you just want to turn your computer on, have the detailed maps there and leave the Nav 5 wherever it was you last left it two weeks ago... Use Garmin's Mapupdater or whatever it's called. I think you'll need to attach the Nav 5 during the download, as the maps are keyed to the device, not the computer. You will then be good to go.

I am no IT wizard, trust me I just turn them on and pray they go, but I got there in the end.

 

[Ex-Call Centre Chimp]

Useful link to the userguide here.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/c6qnkx3wu16zmjn/OM_EN.pdf

It's on the unit itself & you can download it to your PC but I shall just print this off (as Garmin should have done in the 1st place IMO).

 

[Wapping]

Thanks for the link to the PDF version of the manual.

It's odd that BMW didn't include it in the box. Not least as they used to with earlier incarnations and they include huge multi-language instruction manuals on how to attach a soft bag to a pillion seat.

I have saved it to iBook, along with assorted other manuals that come in handy from time to time.

 

[Ex-Call Centre Chimp]

A pleasure. With all the help you give everyone else it's nice to be able to give a little back.

 

[Micky]

Cheers guys ... will have a play later

Yes, would rather have the maps installed on the computer

Ta

 

[DRTBYK]

Thanks for the link to the PDF version of the manual.

It's odd that BMW didn't include it in the box. Not least as they used to with earlier incarnations and they include huge multi-language instruction manuals on how to attach a soft bag to a pillion seat.

I have saved it to iBook, along with assorted other manuals that come in handy from time to time.

Well...actually they did include it "in the box". It's stored on the NAV5 internal storage at: /Garmin/OwnersManual/OM_xx.PDF

 

[StephenMac]

How do you find the Tom Tom rider 5?

 

[ghiribizzo]

This is a thread about the Garmin Navigator 5 StephenMac...
PM me if you wish about info. about the TomTom

 

[Micky]

If, like me, you just want to turn your computer on, have the detailed maps there and leave the Nav 5 wherever it was you last left it two weeks ago... Use Garmin's Mapupdater or whatever it's called. I think you'll need to attach the Nav 5 during the download, as the maps are keyed to the device, not the computer. You will then be good to go.

I am no IT wizard, trust me I just turn them on and pray they go, but I got there in the end.

Finally found it in Garmin Express, their new technology for updating devices. Go to 'Maps' then 'Advanced' and you can select Device AND Computer to upload latest maps to, and yes, your Nav 5 has to be plugged in. Default setting is 'Device Only' ... result, thank you

Not sure about the V snapping in to the 4 cradle, it was very tight and the top lock button wouldn't click down, certainly didn't want to force it. No point really

The 5 with its new cradle fitted straight in to my Touratech locking bracket but had to use the longer screws and spacers that were used to fit the 4 in there. The small spacers and mounting screws provided with the 5 are shorter!

 

[DRTBYK]

For those that may yet be on the fence regarding the Nav-V, I have a Review that may be of interest...

My NAV5 Review @ GlobeRiders.com

Cheers,

 

[Wapping]

Thanks for that.

Sadly, I think some of the features won't work in the UK or mainland Europe. For instance, I'm not sure we have access to Garmin's My-Cast. That being said, it might be possible to somehow link the device to a smart-phone and pull the weather across from there. I will have a play around with it next time I am foolish enough to venture into the garage. Alternatively, one could always use the tried and trusted method of looking out of the window to decide whether this week's run to Lidl is on or off.

All joking apart, it's a nice review, well presented with some good hints and tips. Thank you for sharing.

 

[Wapping]

Hi Micky, glad you got the new maps onto your computer.

Yup, the click of the Nav 5 into a Nav 4 holder is a bit tight. The first time I did it I rushed, thought it was in but it wasn't. After about an hour it jiggled out. As I was on my 1600 it didn't matter as the device is held in place by the dashboard surround, all that happened was that the screen went blank due to a lack of power.

Once I clicked it in properly, all was fine thereafter. A bit of a firmish push and all is good. I think it is down to the Nav 5's curved back, compared with the Nav 4 / 660's flat rear.

 

[DRTBYK]

Thanks for that.

Sadly, I think some of the features won't work in the UK or mainland Europe. For instance, I'm not sure we have access to Garmin's My-Cast. That being said, it might be possible to somehow link the device to a smart-phone and pull the weather across from there. I will have a play around with it next time I am foolish enough to venture into the garage. Alternatively, one could always use the tried and trusted method of looking out of the window to decide whether this week's run to Lidl is on or off.

All joking apart, it's a nice review, well presented with some good hints and tips. Thank you for sharing.

Thanks for the kind words...

In regards to linking the NAV5 to a smartphone, the Smartphone Link App that you install on your phone is designed to Bluetooth link with the NAV5 and it's Smartphone Link Apps, as long as you have a cellular data plan on your phone, there should be no reason you can't get to the same services like the Weather. Garmin My-Cast is an online weather service.

The Bluetooth on the NAV5 will only pair with a phone and a headset or the bikes (K1600GT/L) audio system.

 

[Wapping]

I'm new to all this smart-phone malarkey but am rapidly learning it is a thing of genius.

 

[Ex-Call Centre Chimp]

+ 1 Great review, thanx for posting.
He's quite right. Use the Smartlink app which is very easy to download & you can subscribe to weather (which also gives you weather warningson your active route), real time traffic & parking info.
I haven't quite figured out how much it costs' to subscribe for each option, it seems to vary between £2.50 & £5.00, though whether that's per day/week/month/year or even hour isn't particularly clear.

 

[JohnnyBoxer]

I seem to have stumbled into a parallel universe of tight fit cradles and mapsource not on computers


I shall terminate my session and exit via the emergency door

 

[Wapping]

Always take a map... And a string of seaweed for the weather. I do.

I must say, as pleased I am with the Nav 5, the idea of getting weather reports is maybe overkill. That morning's TV, the local newspaper and best of all a look out of the door or visor is remarkably reliable.

On Wanders we often meet bods who say, "Boody hell, did you catch that rain?" The answer is sometimes no and sometimes it's a yes. It's the last and only variable uncertainty left in riding a motorcycle. I think it should stay that way.

 

[Micky]

For those that may yet be on the fence regarding the Nav-V, I have a Review that may be of interest...

My NAV5 Review @ GlobeRiders.com

Cheers,

Superb
Thank you .... like my dog, the Nav IV is smarter than me

I seem to have stumbled into a parallel universe of tight fit cradles and mapsource not on computers


I shall terminate my session and exit via the emergency door

There there JB

I still love my Quest fitted to the Xcountry

Always take a map... and the idea of getting weather reports is maybe overkill.

It's the last and only variable uncertainty left in riding a motorcycle. I think it should stay that way.

+1

 

[Ex-Call Centre Chimp]

Always take a map... And a string of seaweed for the weather. I do.

I must say, as pleased I am with the Nav 5, the idea of getting weather reports is maybe overkill. That morning's TV, the local newspaper and best of all a look out of the door or visor is remarkably reliable.

On Wanders we often meet bods who say, "Boody hell, did you catch that rain?" The answer is sometimes no and sometimes it's a yes. It's the last and only variable uncertainty left in riding a motorcycle. I think it should stay that way.

I totally agree. I can't imagine ever re-routing in this country (or most of Europe) because a bit of rain is forecast.
The day I do that is the day I take up cricket.

 

[Micky]

Just ordered a couple of the 'NuShield Day View' screen protectors from the States, as mentioned by Dan Townsley, in his excellent review of the Nav 5