All set to wash the mutley this afternoon, it's in the garage on the centre stand and with the steering lock activated (insurance requirement) and absolutely nothing, nada, zilch! Not a flicker from the dash! Took the cover off from the recovery unlock system and tried again at close proximity and nothing. I thought I know, I'll try the passive red key which has a couple of centimetres range, pressed up against the button area and still not a glimmer! Following a visit from the nice man from the AA curtesy of Ducati assistance we discovered that the battery in the active key was not seated correctly!! Which got me to thinking just what use is the red key if not for situations like this? Anyhow after reading the user manual and re interpreting the key section, it transpires that if a Pin code is not enabled then the dash will not activate! A lesson learned!if you have a red key and have not set a pin code, I recommend you do, I now have a PIN set. As an aside the man from the AA was more than a little concerned when he thought he was going to have to recover it with the lock on and on a centre stand:tearsofjoy:
in case of emergency with locked steering, loosen the bolts of the upper yoke and lift it up a little, steering is free
You do realise that for the red (passive) key to work, it has to be held close to the aerial. Which in a DVT is to the right side of the dashboard under the black cover, not near the recovery button. And you do also realise that the recovery button & PIN system has nothing whatever to do with the red key; it works without any key.
Ahhh in which case the recovery button does not activate the dash without a pin code being set in the first place!
This should never arise, because setting up the PIN code is part of the PDI process which the supplying dealer should carry out when delivering a new bike to its first owner. If it is true that the PIN code was never set in the first place, then the supplying dealer did not do a great job.
When I tried to set up the PIN on my Multi I couldn't as it had already been set, and it wasn't 0000. It transpired that the dealer routinely changed the PIN from default to make it harder for the (new) bike to be nicked....but they omitted to tell me! I had to take it in so they could enter the PIN and so allow me to change it to one I wanted.
You really should read the manual it would seem, but then again that would be a joke ...wouldn't it. Reading a damn manual on a product you've brought! ...This is turning into bluray-forums where eejits ask about products they've brought & just can't be arsed to read/comprehend a product they own. Instead they expect others to do the hard-miles for them & still question answers given.
Always change my key battery every year and keep a spare in the tool kit been let down twice with key battery and was baffled at the time as they usually last ages in a car key. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk
