Speaking of not remembering your preferences, how about the display brightness. Uggh. Getting dark.... Set it to auto, gets dark. Cool. Stop for gas. Re-start bike. Blast your corneas because goes back to full bright. Reset to auto. Gets dark. Cool. Next day, start bike. Can't see screen. Hold 2 hands around screen to try and make it dark enough to read while you fumble with the buttons. One hand on the button.. oops, too bright can't see. Ride to a shady spot and try again. Another fiasco.
Riding for a few hours, shut the system off. "Shut down in 3, 2, 1....... OFF. Cool. An hour later press the button to turn on. Nothing. Press and hold.... Nothing..... Press twice.... Nothing. OK, can do without the radio, but was kinda relying on the Nav system to get where I was going. Pull into rest stop. Shut bike down. Restart. Press radio button. Nothing. Press it twice.... nothing.... press it for 35 friggin seconds..... nothing. Head back out onto I95 and guess where we are going to get off, but hey, it's the ride not the destination, right? Later stop for gas. As bike is JUST started, wife presses and holds button.... Voila! system comes back on. Now I'm afraid to turn it off.... Just mute it for the forseeable future.
User friendly? Not. Put on the intercom's and couldn't hear each other. Sure, the radio cut out, but nothing... Where's the intercom VOLUME? Uggh.............. Went to 3 different dealers, and NO ONE could find it. I have since found it, accidentally, and we can now hear each other. Speaking of volume, they are all independent. Rider radio volume via speakers. Passenger radio volume via speakers. Rider radio volume via headset. Passenger radio volume via headset. Nav volume via speakers. Nav volume rider headset. Nav volume passenget headset (previously discussed). Prompts via speakers. Prompts via rider headset. Prompts via passenger headset. Get them set right where you want them? Great for cruising around town. Hit the highway, and can't hear anything. OK, adjust all 10-12 volume controls while trying not to rear-end the car in front of you because you've been staring at the screen for 30 seconds. Oops, my exit. Now everything is blaring in my head. Let's set all of them back again.... NO UNIVERSAL VOLUME.
But what about the auto speed volume? Haven't figured out which ones they work, but I can tell you that if you turn it OFF, it STILL turns the volume on the speaker down to pin-drop at stops. I guess "off" has some other meaning to those who developed this.
I could go on and on (believe me there is a LOT more) but hey, it's a new system right? It's just that, well for $40,000 I would have liked a few more bugs to be worked out.
Getting away from the infotainment system (please), how's about the other improvements? I know, everyone wants to know about the cooling system. Yes, it seems to work well, and I've been in some pretty hot spots. I like how the EITMS kicks in immediately at a stop, BEFORE you toast the twins. Yes, the radiators seem to pull a lot of heat off..... but that is also slightly problematic. See where the vents are? Feel the heat blowing out? Cool. I mean, NOT COOL when your feet are on the Highway pegs. Kinda just the opposite of cool. Actually kinda hot, right up your pants legs. Maybe chaps when its not so hot in Florida. but then.... kinda doesn't matter about the radiators then, does it?
Honestly, it's not all bad. The 110 screamin eagle is very responsive and tourqey... Is that a word? I do like how it feels, especially during passing situations. I definitely like the rear bag toilet handles. Easy in and out - and I like the bag lights.... have come in handy already. I also very much like the headlamps. Came into a construction zone at 10pm and everything lit up fantastic.
Hopefully, 1.17.1.2 comes out SOON.....
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Topic: 6.5 GT Radio Issues .... anybody experience any ? (Read 23982 times)