Group Ride

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Group Ride

Invite your friends to a group to see their live location on the map of your smartphone, tablet, or in vehicle Ride Command Display.

For information on how Group Ride works and for instructions on how to set up Group Ride using your smartphone, or with a vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V) antenna, tap the “i” icon beside the title from the Group Ride Panel.

Group Ride Setup

Vehicle to Vehicle (V2V) Antenna

If your vehicle is equipped with a V2V antenna, use the following procedure to setup Group Ride:

From the map menu, tap the Group Ride button.
Tap Setup V2V Group Ride button on the display screen.
Tap the Antenna Installed toggle switch to the Yes position.

You are now able to join a group ride with other riders who have a V2V antenna installed. Press the back button to go back to the group ride screen and join your Group Ride. If you would like to ride with friends who do not have a V2V antenna, complete the setup instructions below to set up a mobile phone group ride.

No Vehicle to Vehicle (V2V) Antenna

If your vehicle is not equipped with a vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V) antenna, use the following procedure to setup Group Ride via Mobile Phone:

From the map menu, tap the Group Ride button.
Tap the Setup Mobile Phone Group Ride button on the display screen.

Complete all three steps on the screen, in the specified order, to set up group ride.

Enable your Bluetooth tethering in your phone's settings. Tap instruction for more information of how to enable tethering on an iPhone or Android phone.
Connect your phone via Bluetooth. If you phone is currently connected you MUST disconnect and reconnect it.
Press the login button to login to your Ride Command account. If you do not have a ride command account, sign up at ridecommand.polaris.com

NOTE

Once you've completed all three steps above, your information will be stored (unless cleared manually) and you will not need to login again into your Ride Command account for future group rides.

Press the back button to go back to the group ride screen and join your Group Ride.

NOTE

In order for vehicles with a V2V antenna and vehicles using mobile phone based group ride to join the same group, at least one member of the group must be connected to both the V2V antenna and the mobile phone based group ride.

Joining a Ride Group

To join a group, do the following:

From the map menu, tap the Group Ride button.
Nearby ride groups will display in order of distance.
Tap the Join button to join a group.
Joining a group immediately brings you to the map view of that group. Other riders appear as dots on the map. If a rider is moving, the dot includes a heading arrow pointing in the direction they are riding.

NOTE

The map is set to zoom-to-group and as you ride it will automatically zoom to keep all riders in view. Tap the zoom control to return to manual zoom mode.

NOTE

The ride group panel on the side of the screen shows the name of the group and lists all group members with their name, icon color, distance and bearing from you to that rider.

Riding with a Group

Tap the handle by the group name to minimize the panel and show more map.
After 10 seconds of not interacting with the screen, the map controls will disappear. Tap the screen to make them visible again.
Tap on a rider icon in the ride group panel to show that rider relative to your location. If center-on-me is enabled, the display reverts to the centered state after 10 seconds.

Creating a Ride Group

To create a Ride Group, do the following:

On the Group Ride Panel, tap the “New Group” button to create a group for others to join.
Give the group a name and choose whether a passcode should be required for others to join the group. If the “Private” toggle is tapped, you will be prompted to enter a four-digit passcode.

After creating a group, the panel closes and shows the new group on the map.
After a second rider joins, the map will switch to zoom-to-group and as you ride it will automatically zoom to keep all riders in view. Tap the zoom control to return to manual zoom mode.