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Swapping out the Navigator
« on: March 26, 2024, 03:29:23 pm »
Good Afternoon Forum Knowledgeables !

I collected my 1300S and knew when I purchased it, that it had a cradle mounted for a Navigator (not sure which version) - but no navigator.
It is fixed on the battery cover and whoever fitted it decided to drill a nice circular cut out (3cm in diameter) in the cover and then fit screws through the cover also.
My plan to remove the navigator and replace the panel took a bit of a knock this morning given a replacement battery cover seems to run at between 95 and 180 of my finest quids.

I wondered if it was possible therefore to remove the navigator mount and maintain the "sub-mount" (the bit that is actually fixed through the battery cover) and use it to connect to a mobile phone mount. I can then attach my phone and use googly maps etc etc.

Anyone trodden this path before ?

Many thanks

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Re: Swapping out the Navigator
« Reply #1 on: March 26, 2024, 06:52:46 pm »
According to this diagram from LKraus (about 6 posts down) you can get 5V off one of the pins, which is what you'll need for a phone:
https://www.advrider.com/f/threads/weird-bmw-nav-vi-problem.1368511/

Try measuring them with a voltmeter.
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