Infotainment Navigation Question
Infotainment Navigation Question
I am about to take a ~900 mile trip on Wednesday, Dallas to Kansas City, MO. I am riding in a group and need to plan several stops. What is the best way to do this with Ride Planner so that I can import the route into my Rushmore nav?
Should I add waypoints, or create separate destinations for each stop? I tried a shorter ride in the past with waypoints. I shut down the bike at the first waypoint to fill up and then continued on to the second waypoint. When I resumed the route, my nav was trying to force me back to my house to the start of the route.
I really need this to work seamlessly, so I appreciate advice from anyone that plans large trips in Ride Planner.
Should I add waypoints, or create separate destinations for each stop? I tried a shorter ride in the past with waypoints. I shut down the bike at the first waypoint to fill up and then continued on to the second waypoint. When I resumed the route, my nav was trying to force me back to my house to the start of the route.
I really need this to work seamlessly, so I appreciate advice from anyone that plans large trips in Ride Planner.
Intermediate
Joined: Apr 2014
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From: Alabama
Both are good tutorials. Watch both to increase the number of "tools" in your planning bag...
I've planned lots of trips like you're about to do. Knowing the difference between locations/destinations and waypoints is the key to creating the ride that you want.
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From: Rolla
As long as you don't "Stop" the current planned route, it will just continue automatically when you resume your ride.
Example:
I was on a 100 mile Route 66 ride this weekend, with a few stops along the way.
I pull into a fuel station or other stop, and shut the bike off.
When ready to go again, I fire the bike back up. It takes a minute or so for the NAV unit to be ready to display the map. But once the map came up, it was still navigating the route as planned.
Anytime you hit the "Stop" button to stop the route, it will want to start at the beginning if you start it again.
I have heard others say this, so I will ask how you shut down?
As long as you don't "Stop" the current planned route, it will just continue automatically when you resume your ride.
Example:
I was on a 100 mile Route 66 ride this weekend, with a few stops along the way.
I pull into a fuel station or other stop, and shut the bike off.
When ready to go again, I fire the bike back up. It takes a minute or so for the NAV unit to be ready to display the map. But once the map came up, it was still navigating the route as planned.
Anytime you hit the "Stop" button to stop the route, it will want to start at the beginning if you start it again.
As long as you don't "Stop" the current planned route, it will just continue automatically when you resume your ride.
Example:
I was on a 100 mile Route 66 ride this weekend, with a few stops along the way.
I pull into a fuel station or other stop, and shut the bike off.
When ready to go again, I fire the bike back up. It takes a minute or so for the NAV unit to be ready to display the map. But once the map came up, it was still navigating the route as planned.
Anytime you hit the "Stop" button to stop the route, it will want to start at the beginning if you start it again.
Cruiser
Joined: Nov 2009
Posts: 116
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From: Canadian Lakes MI and Jackson MO
I am about to take a ~900 mile trip on Wednesday, Dallas to Kansas City, MO. I am riding in a group and need to plan several stops. What is the best way to do this with Ride Planner so that I can import the route into my Rushmore nav?
Should I add waypoints, or create separate destinations for each stop? I tried a shorter ride in the past with waypoints. I shut down the bike at the first waypoint to fill up and then continued on to the second waypoint. When I resumed the route, my nav was trying to force me back to my house to the start of the route.
I really need this to work seamlessly, so I appreciate advice from anyone that plans large trips in Ride Planner.
Should I add waypoints, or create separate destinations for each stop? I tried a shorter ride in the past with waypoints. I shut down the bike at the first waypoint to fill up and then continued on to the second waypoint. When I resumed the route, my nav was trying to force me back to my house to the start of the route.
I really need this to work seamlessly, so I appreciate advice from anyone that plans large trips in Ride Planner.
I just purchased a 2015 Road Glide Special today from Great Lakes Harley Davidson in Bay City, Michigan.
In the BMW world, I am know as a GPS guru and have put on several half-day BaseCamp seminars.
http://forums.delphiforums.com/GarminBasecamp
I realized visitors to Delphi forums for the first time may have problems finding all the tutorial videos, while they are listed in Folders, I am listing all the videos in the "Read Only" folder below:
http://forums.delphiforums.com/garmi...ages/?msg=82.1
Since I am new to both Harley Davidson and Boom! Box Infotainment, I really appreciate all posts regarding Infotainment Navigation.
Last edited by wheels_up; Jun 22, 2015 at 04:03 PM.
Cruiser
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From: Milwaukee
I'm curious, do you always have to start a trip at the start point? Let's say I have a trip plan loaded from Milwaukee to St. Louis but I don't start the NAV until I'm in the middle of Illinois. Is it different if I use waypoints? I hope this is not off topic to the OP (If so, I'll delete) and I'm going to watch the videos tonight, thanks!
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From: Rolla
But you have to manually skip it. It is in the manual, and don't have it handy right now to tell you the exact procedure.
I just know it can be done.
I'm curious, do you always have to start a trip at the start point? Let's say I have a trip plan loaded from Milwaukee to St. Louis but I don't start the NAV until I'm in the middle of Illinois. Is it different if I use waypoints? I hope this is not off topic to the OP (If so, I'll delete) and I'm going to watch the videos tonight, thanks!
Otherwise, the GPS will want to direct you back to hit all of them.
But they can be skipped. It is in the user manual, that I don't have in front of me right now.
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Cruiser
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From: Canadian Lakes MI and Jackson MO
I'm curious, do you always have to start a trip at the start point? Let's say I have a trip plan loaded from Milwaukee to St. Louis but I don't start the NAV until I'm in the middle of Illinois. Is it different if I use waypoints? I hope this is not off topic to the OP (If so, I'll delete) and I'm going to watch the videos tonight, thanks!
I am a semi-retired competitive long distance rally rider (e.g. Iron Butt Rally) and we have been using GPS since 1997 in competitive rallies.
Jim Puckett
Midland MI and Jackson MO
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When I pick up my new Road Glide Special this Friday at Great Lakes Harley Davidson in Bay City, Michigan, I will test the Harley branded Garmin Zumo 590 or whatever model Harley chose to base their flavor of Garmin on. By Sunday night, I should know a whole lot and will report here.
I am a semi-retired competitive long distance rally rider (e.g. Iron Butt Rally) and we have been using GPS since 1997 in competitive rallies.
Jim Puckett
Midland MI and Jackson MO
I am a semi-retired competitive long distance rally rider (e.g. Iron Butt Rally) and we have been using GPS since 1997 in competitive rallies.
Jim Puckett
Midland MI and Jackson MO
Cruiser
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From: Wpg
I'm confused too. Op, you do know that the RG Specials' GPS's operating system isn't based on Garmin and as such doesn't Navtech maps as the map data base?