I hope someone can help - even if that is to say 'don't be so bloody stupid, it cannot possibly work', or 'why didn't you use the search function, look here' etc... I did try searching BTW!
A little background. After a few years in the wilderness with a Honda I have bought a 2018 GS Rallye TE. It came with Navigator VI and the new TFT screen. I currently own a Scala Rider G4 Bluetooth intercom system. I have an iPhoneX and it has the Garmin and BMW apps.
What I CAN make work: TFT is connected to iphone. Navigator is connected to iPhone AND to Scala G4 at the same time and I can make calls, use the app etc. All good.
What I cannot make work: TFT to Scala G4 at all, it just will not 'see' it when both are in pairing mode. I am prepared to accept that the intercom is probably just too old to work with the TFT - is that likely.
With the old age of the Scala G4 in mind, I am prepared to buy a new Bluetooth intercom. I went to Helmet City in Tatsfield this morning where they very helpfully demonstrated that the Sena 30k will pair with both the TFT AND the Navigator - but NOT with both at once. As soon as you connect the Sena to the TFT, the Sena (or the Garmin?) drops the Navigator connection.
I next went to the BMW dealer who basically said 'they all do that sir' - which is something of a disappointment. It is apparently one OR the other but not both.
Connection to the TFT is desirable as it has an interface for playing MP3s, making phone calls etc.. Concurrent connection with the Navigator for directions would be nice. I cannot see why BMW would make a phone/music control system on the TFT which essentially becomes useless when you connect the Navigator and actually want to navigate with it.
So; has anyone managed to connect BOTH the TFT and the NavigatorVI to a Bluetooth helmet intercom at the same time? If you have, how do you do it please, and what Bluetooth helmet intercom do you use?
I hope I have explained the situation clearly - I barely understand it myself!
Thanks
Chris
A little background. After a few years in the wilderness with a Honda I have bought a 2018 GS Rallye TE. It came with Navigator VI and the new TFT screen. I currently own a Scala Rider G4 Bluetooth intercom system. I have an iPhoneX and it has the Garmin and BMW apps.
What I CAN make work: TFT is connected to iphone. Navigator is connected to iPhone AND to Scala G4 at the same time and I can make calls, use the app etc. All good.
What I cannot make work: TFT to Scala G4 at all, it just will not 'see' it when both are in pairing mode. I am prepared to accept that the intercom is probably just too old to work with the TFT - is that likely.
With the old age of the Scala G4 in mind, I am prepared to buy a new Bluetooth intercom. I went to Helmet City in Tatsfield this morning where they very helpfully demonstrated that the Sena 30k will pair with both the TFT AND the Navigator - but NOT with both at once. As soon as you connect the Sena to the TFT, the Sena (or the Garmin?) drops the Navigator connection.
I next went to the BMW dealer who basically said 'they all do that sir' - which is something of a disappointment. It is apparently one OR the other but not both.
Connection to the TFT is desirable as it has an interface for playing MP3s, making phone calls etc.. Concurrent connection with the Navigator for directions would be nice. I cannot see why BMW would make a phone/music control system on the TFT which essentially becomes useless when you connect the Navigator and actually want to navigate with it.
So; has anyone managed to connect BOTH the TFT and the NavigatorVI to a Bluetooth helmet intercom at the same time? If you have, how do you do it please, and what Bluetooth helmet intercom do you use?
I hope I have explained the situation clearly - I barely understand it myself!
Thanks
Chris