Boom! Box Infotainment System - GPS Issues

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Aug 30, 2016 | 10:52 AM

#31

ryvpete

Cruiser

Joined: Aug 2014

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From: WI

Quote:

Originally Posted by ezridermn

OK so I put together a little test route to work this morning with three waypoints along the way. I set things up using all the input I got on this thread.

I used Ride Planner to define the route and painstakingly placed my waypoints in the center of the road on the route I wanted to travel. I made sure the waypoints were on the road and not somewhere else.

The bike lead me to the first waypoint in perfect fashion. Once I passed that waypoint it took me on the custom route to the second waypoint. At that point I began to think I had finally figured out a way to as least make the custom route function usable.

When I came up to the second waypoint which was placed dead center in the road on Ride Planner (see attached image) the on bike system had the waypoint off to the left side of the road. Far enough away that the bike showed I missed the waypoint. At which time the rerouting recalculating routine started in again and the direction it want me to go was somewhere in the opposite direction from the custom route I had loaded.

OK so then I tried to get back on my custom route by just riding in the direction I wanted to go hoping the system would pick back up on the custom route. It did not.

Then I stopped the route and restarted it hoping it would once again pick up the route at the point I was at. It did not. So I stopped the route again and this time restarted it by selecting the third waypoint which was the next one on my desired route. That didn't work either.

So what you say? Any other thoughts or ideas on what else I should try. Is there a way to pick up a custom route anyplace but at the starting point?

Needless to say I once again find myself very frustrated with this crappy GPS system!

Thanks again for your help!

All you have to do is select the menu button on the right side of the screen and select skip waypoint. It will then go on to the next one. You will get used to it, but it does take a little while.

Apr 3, 2017 | 02:15 PM

#32

dustoff54

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Joined: Sep 2009

Posts: 24

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From: O'Fallon, IL

I know this thread is a little older, but something I haven't found an answer to after spending hours looking at various threads. If you plan a ride on HD ride planner, what affect does "scenic, fastest, shortest, twisty" route preferences have on the trip uploaded from ride planner? If I select twisty or shortest, because I'm riding within 50 miles of the Dragon, it may take me on terrible 1 lane roads,........does anybody know what the HD definitions are for "scenic, fastest, shortest, twisty"?

Jan 31, 2020 | 04:16 PM

#33

Tom.johnson2

Stage III

Joined: Jan 2020

Posts: 3

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From: arizona

No Navigation software

I just picked up a 2014 StreetGlide Special with the 6.5 Boom Box, the problem is I have no navigation or GPS functions. everything else works on the Infotainment system, but when I click on the Navigation button all I get is a compass with "?" for the direction indicators. I just had the bike to the dealer to updated the software and that didn't help and they didn't seem to know the answer. When I go into system settings, then navigation, I can click on either software, Hardware, delaer etc and nothing happens, as if there is no navigation loaded, but talking with dealers it was standard on the 6.5 boom box.

Has anyone ever seen this? is there a fix?

Thanks

Feb 3, 2020 | 10:27 PM

#34

RiderX

Road Master

Joined: Apr 2007

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From: Providence Forge, VA

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Originally Posted by Tom.johnson2

It is standard on your bike and model. You either have a defective radio or it needs to be reset. You can reset it yourself within the settings of the bike or your dealer can do what I believe is a more complete reset using Digital Technician. if the reset does not work, your radio is defective and needs to be replaced.

I have a 2019 bike with a GTS radio and it needs to replaced only because it will not allow me to update my maps to the latest version. I and the dealership has tried everything and nothing resolved my issue. Harley motor company agrees that the radio needs to replaced and is sending a new radio. I only mention this to point out that these radios are fickle and sometimes prone to software corruption and that you should not be surprised if it turns out that your radio needs to be replaced. Hopefully you bought it with some kind of warranty because the radios are quite expensive.

Feb 4, 2020 | 08:54 AM

#35

PFWiz

Stellar HDF Member

Joined: Jun 2009

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From: Northern, Ohio (Yuck!)

Quote:

Originally Posted by steve04

Merdahlwrote:
Sometimes you may not exactly hit your waypoint for whatever reason. No worries, as you pass it just "skip next waypoint" and Boom will continue on.

I understand the "skip next waypoint" but that makes the Boom recalculate the route to the next waypoint. If you have 10 miles of twisty roads built into your route from the skipped waypoint to the next waypoint the Boom will bypass the planned route and take the most direct route to the next waypoint. That's why I'd like the Boom have the option to "not recalculate".

Thanks
Steve

Pretty sure the GPS always takes you on the "most direct route to the next waypoint" That is why you use waypoints in the first place. You have to "force" the GPS to route you on the exact roads you wants. Therefore you use enough waypoints that the GPS has no choice but to take you the way you want to go.
I took a long trip last summer on Route 66. Had to use a bunch of waypoints to keep from being switched over to I40 all the time....