BMW ConnectedRide Navigator - On road usage 

I decided to return the navigator before watching your videos but after watching those, changed my mind. I will keep the device and will get the best of it . THANKS ....

Compared with 20yrs ago this is science fiction. Amazing. But. It requires a lot of distraction from paying attention to the road. If we are not allowed to work mobile phones for this reason why can we do it with gps? Pulling over at the side of the road must be the answer. Just my opinion. But i am impressed. Ride safe.

Thanks for this Sven! I own no GPS device and thinking to purchase the new BMW ConnectedRide Navigator or the Garmin XT2 .... what is your advice ?

Thanks for clear and good videos of the ConnectedRide Navigator. I'm not able to find special letters like æ,ø og å, when I search for adresses in the route planner. Do you have a tip for me?

I just bought one but thinking of returning it. Most of those things can be done with a smartphone running the BMW app. Heck it even didplays the directions on the main bike's TFT screen. I ride after dark a lot. It doesn't look like the Connected Ride unit is using a TFT screen because of poor black to white dynamic range (no deep black like on a TFT display). The maps in the night mode are nearly impossible to read because the background is dark grey and most roads are shown in almost the same gray color. The road lines are too thin and the road names are on tiny font that I can only read from less than about 8 inches away. The touchscreen cannot be operated with gloves on, even thin summer gloves. The ability to use the multi wheel is nice but sometimes it's easier to just use the touchscreen ( like when at a red light) I just don't see a $1,000 value in this. Just about everything can be done with a smartphone connected to the bike. Besides that, the unit either needs an expensive SIM card or a smartphone connection to get road conditions data. My vehicle's navigation gets the same data off the satellites and requires no SIM card to operate. BTW, it took me numerous hours to get the new unit configured. It was getting stuck when I tried to enter my BMW ID and password. I entered the data but the NEXT button is grayed out and nothing happens it just gets stuck and stays this way untill the battery runs out or I cycle power. There is no Return button either. I was only able to get it unstuck by plugging and unplugging the unit into the bike's craddle several times. It's definitely a major glitch. Overall it looks like it was designed in a hurry by the lowest bidding vendor. There is an error in the English description on the main box. It says: "...can be updated directlyon device" no space between Directly and On. They charge $1,000 for this?

If you have your cell phone connected to the connectride, can you also connect it to the motorcycle like when you used the navigator 6??? Or could you no longer connect it and everything would be handled through connectride? And the last question, if you are looking at the map of where you are going on the connectride, how do you change music? Do you have to stop looking at the map, go to the media, and then change it? If so, it would be a problem. Before, you only changed with the wheel, and in Navigator 6 you continued to see the map of where you were going.

While using navigation on my TFT screen after setting up a destination in the BMW connected mobile app, suddenly it disconnected while I'm in the middle of the route and a message coming saying you have to reconnect the mobile app again, did you face such issue with this navigator? Thanks for sharing

Nice review. If you had a Navi VI, do you think its worth the upgrade?

Hello! You went to media to play music from your phone. But was it a playlist you have earlier saved on your phone? I'm trying to understand if this unit will somehow support Spotify use ... i.e. can i select my Spotify playlist via ConnectedRide (usung the bike Wheeze wheel)?

If you put address on your phone on app will it mirror on your device???

I have a problem that I noticed with the Nav6. When I'm on a multilane highway, it tells me to stay on the same road giving the distance to the next exit, and as soon as I pass that exit, it tells me again to stay on the highway giving me the distance to the next exit, but telling me to stay on the highway. It doesn't seem to give me the total distance until the exit supposed to take, until it is the next exit. This isn't very useful to me, I'd like to know how long I'm to stay on a highway, not how long until the next exit. Is there some setting I need to change, I can't find anything in the settings.

Good introduction. Just a quick question. Are all functions on the device available while riding? I had a cradle for a while, but some of the functions were not available while on the move. Thanks Mark

Hello, thx for the video. Is it possible to have the speed on the screen. I ask this because GPS speed is the real speed so you can drive at the real speed limits whitout to increase the speed of the tacho from the bike

I bought one myself too. It does not accept imported gpx files, audio streaming is mono, tried it with different phones, osx and android, no option for disabling route recalculating. Brought it back and was refunded. Navigator 6 is a million times better.

Hei Sven. Takk for nyttig introduksjon av nye Navigator. Ett spørsmål: Er der også mulig å importere GPX-filer til denne? Hvor finner du i tilfelle dem hvis det er mulig? Mvh Kai:)

Can you set a route using your voice through your helmet comms.

Hei, tenker du å kvitte deg med denne? Kan være interessert i å kjøpe.

I'm curious about the accuracy of the maps. What does a 2D map look like? is there a satellite view?

What about speed cameras?

Does the navigation functionality need SIM card to work?

I've seen some clips, where people say - this BMW navi = 💩! Well - works but does not justify the price..... Is it, by YOUR opinion, really better than one more mobile ( maybe dual SIM ) or any other GPS navi ??

WARNING - the new connected ride Navigator is full of bugs. I bought one 2 weeks ago and as soon as i downloaded the UK map and connected it via my cradle to my 1250GSA the unit completely froze. The BMW dealership performed a factory reset and then fitted it themselves to my bike and the same thing happened. I was given a full refund. They confirmed that they have had the same problem on all of the units they have sold so far.