Can you bypass BRP and connect directly to the radio?

[IdahoMtnSpyder]

I guess he can't trust you. :roflblack: The OP has a 2016 RT. It does not have a 7 pin round DIM connector. His Spyder has a USB connector and a aux audio 3.5mm input. Both hardwired in.

That would also mean that a 2016/17 radio won't work in a pre-2016 RT then, doesn't it? At least not without not using the trunk connectors or revamping the harness to add the requisite connectors to the trunk.

 

[billybovine]

Plarimer should be able to connect his iPhone direct through the USB port then, right?

From what I have read, yes. Or a flash drive, or another type of smartphone, or a MP3 player.

 

[billybovine]

That would also mean that a 2016/17 radio won't work in a pre-2016 RT then, doesn't it? At least not without not using the trunk connectors or revamping the harness to add the requisite connectors to the trunk.

I assume not. Maybe with the harness change. But then the dash may not be compatible since the radio handles this input differently. So not sure. Pre 2016 radios did not play digital files. The ipod could be digitally controlled. But the audio was analog from the ipod. On the 2016 and 2017 models. It can digitally control the connected device. But the connected device sends a digital file to the radio. The radio is capable of decoding and playing that file.

 

[Plarimer]

Thanks so much. Once I get everything set up, I can plug my phone or any of my several types of iPods and all work without any problems. Maybe I’m just trying to make all this too complicated. Nice to have tunes and Sirius though.

 

[JP58]

Yup. Just pair your phone to the bike.

HAGO!

You cannot pair a phone to a pre 2018 spyder. Only the 2018 up. OP has a 2016.

 

[bikerbillone]

Because I was told not to ask anymore questions until I got an owners manual. I have an owners manual that I got online and I also looked the question up on YouTube before I asked the question on this forum. Maybe I just took it the wrong way.

Certainly understand your apprehension, a newbie comes along and asks a question and gets scolded, not pleasant.

 

[Riverson]

I recently purchased a 2020 RT and am trying to activate BRP connect. At present I’m enjoying FM radio thru my speakers and it works well. Unfortunately I’m frustrated with setting up BRP connect because I cannot find the USB port in the frunk . I know it has to be there because the manual says it is ! The battery charger cable is there in plain sight so I’m perplexed at this point , even tried a google search all to no avail. Also JayBros mentioned an adapter cable that should have come with the RT but I didn’t get one and will be calling my dealer on that as well as where is that darn USB PORT in the Frunk? If someone can assist me it would be appreciated and maybe I could get BRP connect functional without calling dealer.

 

[WilcoJunoHotel]

I recently purchased a 2020 RT and am trying to activate BRP connect. At present I’m enjoying FM radio thru my speakers and it works well. Unfortunately I’m frustrated with setting up BRP connect because I cannot find the USB port in the frunk ��. I know it has to be there because the manual says it is ! The battery charger cable is there in plain sight so I’m perplexed at this point , even tried a google search all to no avail. Also JayBros mentioned an adapter cable that should have come with the RT but I didn’t get one and will be calling my dealer on that as well as where is that darn USB PORT in the Frunk? If someone can assist me it would be appreciated and maybe I could get BRP connect functional without calling dealer.

I am not aware of an OEM usb port in the frunk on the 2020. Pretty sure that the "front storage compartment" that the owner's manual is referring to is the small "glove box" compartment in the dash - between the handlebars and the dash. The Owner's manual also refers to this as the glove box.

 

[Riverson]

Thank you WilcoJunoHotel , the glove box does have a cable in it but not a USB which the manual says is part of the process for setting up BRP connect. I even watched the short BRP video which clearly shows plugging in the USB cord to a phone in the Frunk but I can’t see the other end in the video. There is a USB in the rear trunk but it isn’t designed for the bandwidth required by BRP Connect . I didn’t attempt to remove the two fuse box thingys because there is no way they would be behind those ! Again the charging cable is prominently accessible but no USB . I am past due for my annual eye exam so says my wife !

 

[WilcoJunoHotel]

, the glove box does have a cable in it but not a USB which the manual says is part of the process for setting up BRP connect.

That's weird. My '20 RT glove box has a USB and a 3.5mm right angle plug. I wonder if somehow the cable got pushed down through the hole in the bottom of the glove box? The plastic glove box comes out really easily - just pull on it. There is a rubber grommet in the bottom where the 2 wires pass. Your cables may have been pulled through that hole?

 

[MONK]

What Wilco said. The '18/'19s had the 3.5mm and USB plugs in the frunk. In 2020, BuRP redesigned the dash and put both the 3.5mm and USB plugs in that little glove box between the handlebars and gauge screen. There are (2) rubber plugs at the bottom of the glove box. One is blank, the other should have both the USB and 3.5mm plugs coming through it. If your USB isn't in there, it's probably fallen down through the hole. First, I'd check to ensure you didn't miss it. If it got pushed to the bottom of the glove box, it would be easy to miss. Second, check to make sure BOTH rubber plugs are there. If the one that the 3.5mm plug goes through is missing, I'd pull the glove box liner out (as he said, it just slides out) and see if you can find the plug with the USB attached to it. I'd say it's unlikely (although not impossible knowing BuRP) the USB was left off your bike.

If you can't find it anywhere, take it back to the dealer so they can find it. If it's missing or it's not in the glove box, it's a warranty issue, for sure.

 

[Riverson]

Oh my, thank you and thank you WilcoJunoHotel and Monk - problem solved ! You’re right it’s in the glove box and the tutorial video I was watching was pre 2020. All my phone and iPad chargers plug into an conventional electrical outlet plug which is smaller than the regular USB so just a matter of picking one up today. Thank you guys again for your help on this

 

[Snoking1127]

Someone should put this all into a reference table by year and model? We looked at a 2014 seriously before finding the 2018. I knew the dash was different of the 2018, however was not aware of the other connectivity changes that occurred each year or two. Chris

 

[MONK]

Someone should put this all into a reference table by year and model? We looked at a 2014 seriously before finding the 2018. I knew the dash was different of the 2018, however was not aware of the other connectivity changes that occurred each year or two. Chris

I "think"....connectivity was in the trunk on the original RTs (and needed an add'l lead for phone). Connectivity was moved to the frunk in 2017 or 2018. USB and 3.5mm jack and no add'l phone lead needed. Connectivity was again moved in 2020 to the glove box. Someone will correct me if I'm wrong.

 

[IdahoMtnSpyder]

I knew the dash was different of the 2018, however was not aware of the other connectivity changes that occurred each year or two. Chris

Neither was I. That's why I found out how good my foot doesn't taste in my mouth near the beginning of this thread! :roflblack: :banghead: