1WelcomeThank you for choosing the BMW Motorcycles Navigator. The Navigator offers true turn-by-turnnavigation with its auto-routing feature. At the touch of a button, you now have access to the shortestand fastest routes, turn directions, and estimated time of arrival at your intended destination. Alongthe way, the Navigator provides automated voice prompts, alerting you to necessary turns, distance toupcoming turns, route deviation, and distance to the final destination.The Navigator is compact and portable. This fairing-mounted unit is operated from your vehicle’sbattery using the included wiring harness, or by six AA batteries. Voice commands are clearly heardthrough the vehicle’s audio system speakers. The Navigator can easily be viewed in any lightingcondition, with its 4-inch, high resolution, 16-color display. The unit’s built-in basemap provides detailfor interstates, interstate exit data, highways, rivers and lakes in the United States, Canada and Mexico(no exit data for Mexico), plus commonly used streets in metropolitan areas. With the press of abutton, the built-in basemap will provide turn-by-turn guidance to a destination via interstates andhighways. With downloaded maps from the MapSource City Navigator CD-ROM, Navigator providesturn-by-turn guidance down to residential street-level detail.About This ManualMake sure you take the time to read the Quick Start Guide first to get acquainted with all of thebasic features of the Navigator. After you have read the Quick Start Guide, you can read through thisowner’s manual in order to understand the operating features of the Navigator in detail. This manualis organized into three sections for your convenience. The Introduction Section provides FCC andsafety information and the table of contents. The Reference Section provides details about all of thefeatures of the Navigator, organized by topic. The Appendices contain information on items such asaccessories, specifications, and an index organized by subject.IntroductionWelcomeThe Navigator uses GPS technology in order to findyour precise location. GPS stands for Global Posi-tioning System, a group of 24 satellites, circling theearth twice a day, at an altitude of about 12,000miles. The satellites transmit very low power radiosignals containing position and time information,allowing anyone with a GPS receiver to determinetheir location on the earth within 100 meters orbetter. For more detailed information regardingGPS, we have prepared a booklet called“GPS Guide for Beginners” which is availableto you from our web site at www.garmin.com.