Spare socket under headlamp

[Pilot_GSA]

I had a 12volt outlet wired into this socket which I removed.
However I want to plug my Garmin 660 into it.
Will I need to have it fitted by a beemer dealer so that the outlet regnises the line as a satnav through the computer system.
Or can I just plug it in ?
As my bmw dealer fitted the satnav to the RT for me and when I removed it from the bike I found they had fitted a relay so I am asuming I will need to refit this relay to the gsa.

 

[spm0912]

Should be just plug and play. No relay needed. It will power up and down with the ignition

 

[Wilde]

Yep.mplug in and play. It's what we all do, mostly.

 

[buncobooth]

The Nav IV/V cradle will plug straight into it, anything else you will need to buy the plug from the dealer and graft it onto the wiring.

 

[Bendy toy]

Relay is handy if you want to drive something with a heavier load.

 

[cammy5477]

The Nav IV/V cradle will plug straight into it, anything else you will need to buy the plug from the dealer and graft it onto the wiring.

You can buy the plug with cable from Nippy Norman's for about £15.

 

[Pilot_GSA]

Cheers guys, I'll plug and play.
I kept the socket from when I last used it for the Rt so should just plug straight in.
Saves me paying my beemer shop to do it for me.

 

[(RIP) Miff]

You can buy the plug with cable from Nippy Norman's for about £15.

About £12 from BMW IIRC

 

[Timbo1965]

Exactly what I did. It was a simple job.

 

[Pilot_GSA]

I didnt have a proper touratch mount so used the spare mount with a U clamp, not the best but it did the job.
And I rode up to my relations house in Hampshire for the hell of it to drop off chrissy cards and used the satnav because I have only been there once before.
Everything worked as it should but on the way home the Garmin kept coming up saying ( lost connection to usb ) !!!

Anyone had this happen and knows why ?

The spare connectors I had tucked under a panel on the under side by the tank.

 

[Straydog]

I get the bmw canbus cable from Cannons for £8 see there is something they do well..