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[FLSTFI Dave]

Does this NIM work with the Ipod interface?  I am wondering if I get the NIM and Ipod interface if I will be able to listen to and control my Ipod from the bike, and have the Road Tech 660 interrupt it to give turn directions.  The bike is an 09 CVO road glide.  Are there other parts I need to get besides these two kits to make it work if it will work?
Reason I want to do this is it is a pain to get music onto the Road Tech from a Mac.  I pretty much only listen to the music on the GPS or Ipod.  Would like to only use Ipod

Thanks

[bissjim]

The NIM & IPod interface will work together.

Jim

[Eqcons]

HD had such potential to make this all work happily - just that they got it all wrong!

The ideal as I see it, is to have HD's original Bluetooth interface module that connects to your audio system. It works great.  All controlled by your left switch controls, your phone book is uploaded automatically, caller ID works, everything. A thousand times better [but discontinued] than trying to use the Zumo's Bluetooth.  BUT - if you use a "proper" GPS, where you'd want to have the route instructions interrupt whatever you're listening to, you can't use the NIM with the HD Bluetooth module. HD's Bluetooth module uses the same lines to the HK system as the NIM does, and you can't connect both.

The NIM falls down further in 1) not working with non-RoadTech units and 2) even with them, you can't listen to MP3s off the Zumo without plugging an ugly cable into the Aux - though of course you can put a second Aux socket on the back of the HK Unit.

What HD SHOULD have done was to come up with something like the Cellset, into which you can plug the audio out from the GPS and it interrupts whatever audio source you're listening to. But they didn't.

I've installed a NIM, and as long as you have the later instructions with the wiring correct, it goes in and works easily.  This weekend I'll be installing a BOMM on that bike, so the Bluetooth can be used for phone calls through the headset.  Not a bad solution at all, but not as good as the HD Bluetooth and the Cellset.

One thing had me stuck a little bit when I installed the NIM - and I can see it's puzzled a lot of others.  Bear in mind that it will interrupt the audio  BUT YOU WON'T HEAR THE ROUTE INSTRUCTIONS if the speaker switch is in the centre position!  You either need the switch all the way back, or you need a headset on!

Jim

[FLSTFI Dave]

The NIM & IPod interface will work together.

Jim

Thank you for the information

[Randy C]

I was told to call the moco every other week to find out what the fix was going to be for the false triggering on the 665 ,so I called the other day and they told me that they haven't got any details back yet from the meeting and thanked me for my paitence,Wonder how long this will take?

[captdave221]

Yeah i want to get that issue fixed before good riding weather arrives. I was told to replace the NIM but that did nothing to resolve the issue. It is annoying trying to listen to the XM radio only to have it's volume change unexpectedly whenever it feels like it!

[rayz1951]

I installed the NIM and the roadtech 660 on my 08 seuc this past weekend.  I get the voice prompts to turn just fine through the speakers, but, it dosen't seem very loud.  I have the volume up as far as it will go when the prompts come on.  At city speeds I can hear it fine but at faster speeds it's not that strong.  Is there something I can do to enhance the audio for more output.  I just use the basic function of the GPS, no mp3 or bluetooth, just xm.

Ray Z

[16HD117]

I installed the NIM and the roadtech 660 on my 08 seuc this past weekend.  I get the voice prompts to turn just fine through the speakers, but, it dosen't seem very loud.  I have the volume up as far as it will go when the prompts come on.  At city speeds I can hear it fine but at faster speeds it's not that strong.  Is there something I can do to enhance the audio for more output.  I just use the basic function of the GPS, no mp3 or bluetooth, just xm.

Ray Z

Make sure your volume settings on the 660 are set at 100%, especially the navigation setting.

[Diamondback]

 

For the third time,  I had to purchase the Cellset solution so I can use the HD system as intended.

I wish HD would get it right.  They were close.  But why stop at only the Nav module.

 

[16HD117]

For the third time,  I had to purchase the Cellset solution so I can use the HD system as intended.

I wish HD would get it right.  They were close.  But why stop at only the Nav module.

 

You expect HD to get it right the first time?  Don't know for sure how long Harley has been putting fuel gauges on dressers but my 2011 is the only one (five total) that I've owned that the gauge doesn't fog up.  Still a POS when it comes to accuracy!

[SteveFLHTK]

I built and have had a priority interface for over a year now. In fact I had mine on my bike 8 months or more before anyone ever heard of the NIM. I designed it to work as I said above, all audio signals from the GPS (Navigation Prompts, MP3 songs, Phone Call and XM) interrupts all other functions of the radio except the CB and I do not use the Auxiliary input port. My problem is that it is a bit more complex then I would like it to be and in order to get the price down to a reasonable amount I would have to have them made in China. Besides having to pay lots of $$$ just to have 500 units made (minimum) I do not like buying things made in China so I will not have some thing made in China. Way to many Americans out of work because of the cheap crap that comes across the water from China as it is. If Harley gets their face out of their behind they will fix it and make it work for any signal not just a Road Tech. They would sell thousands more NIM's if they changed the name to PIM (Priority Interface Module) and made it to work as a priority input instead of a navigation interrupt module.

Jim

How much to build one offs?

[bissjim]

How much to build one offs?

To much, the only way to get the price down to below $200.00 is to have them made in China and I would have to have thousands made to get them for that price. If Harley gets their act together and rebuilds the NIM the way my PIM works then with their buying power they could sell them for what they are charging for ther NIM now.

Jim

[Eqcons]

To much, the only way to get the price down to below $200.00 is to have them made in China and I would have to have thousands made to get them for that price. If Harley gets their act together and rebuilds the NIM the way my PIM works then with their buying power they could sell them for what they are charging for ther NIM now.

Jim

Except of course, they'd charge double!

Sadly, still means that for those with the HD Bluetooth Module, it wouldn't work, and the only solution (that I'm aware of) in that case is the Cellset.

Jim

[captdave221]

I installed the NIM and the roadtech 660 on my 08 seuc this past weekend.  I get the voice prompts to turn just fine through the speakers, but, it dosen't seem very loud.  I have the volume up as far as it will go when the prompts come on.  At city speeds I can hear it fine but at faster speeds it's not that strong.  Is there something I can do to enhance the audio for more output.  I just use the basic function of the GPS, no mp3 or bluetooth, just xm.

Ray Z

I had that issue and had two of the wires reversed in the plug on the radio. I found out on this site the wiring diagram was incorrect. Look back to the beginning of this thread for this issue on the wiring. Good luck!
 

[16HD117]

I had that issue and had two of the wires reversed in the plug on the radio. I found out on this site the wiring diagram was incorrect. Look back to the beginning of this thread for this issue on the wiring. Good luck!
 

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