Radio loudness!!!!!

Ga Dawg · March 20, 2009

The radio on the 87VR has lost alot of vol. It will not get very loud. Any ideas????

gscbertrand · March 20, 2009

My problem was the little switch for the intercom when I replaced it the volume was fine.

a1bummer · March 20, 2009

I thought the same thing about mine. So I got rid of the stock unit and put in a CD player. Now it will get louder but the speakers aren't big enough to handle the extra power and make a lot of noise when I turn up the volume. Not the kind of noise I want to hear either. Now I need to find some 4" 45w or so, weather resistant speakers to replace them with. I'm also looking for a good way to mount a pair in back so my better half can hear the music as well. Any ideas?

Reed · March 20, 2009

goldwing spekers are water proof. not sure if they are 3 1/2 or 4 " Put a set in my 900 two years ago. work good. around $50 A PAIR. don't quote me on the price.

MikeM8560 · March 21, 2009

Dawg, you didnt hit the mute button by chance did you? I did that once.

a1, after i changed my stereo I installed theese polks. 35 watt rms 105 watt peak.

http://www.crutchfield.com/p_107DB400/Polk-Audio-db400.html?tp=102&tab=essential_info

I installed a sony marine unit and the cd skips i never use it though with having a ipod and XM satalite reciever built in. the newer sony marine units have built in inputs for i pods. to control it

here is a write up i did on the install and pics

MY stock stereo was giving me trouble. seemed after it got hot the left side would start crackling, poppint and cut out 1/2 way and all the way. I pulled it out and sent it off to Sierra in OH reluctantly just before Thunder by the Bay in Sarasotta so i missed the weekend event http://www.venturers.org/Forum/images/smiles/icon_cry.gif but i looked forward to getting it back and ended my troubles. after i installed it i found out it still had the same trouble. They told me I could Ship it back and they would look into it some more. but i had already spent ovenight shipiing and ther repair fee i didnt fell great about paying to ship it again and wondering if it would be ok after installing it again. So i tole it all out again and bought a marine Sony system a cdx fm 50 sony cd player.

http://www.crutchfield.com/p_158CDXR...essential_info

I bought it at West marine and wanted the sony RM X55 marine remote but they were out of stock and not due for a week or 2 so i found one at Crutchfield.com

I removed the srstock reciever and power amp from the stock mountinf bracketttt and cut and reformed it to accept the Sony mouning piece. this i riveted on so the sony unint had room to slide into tit stillas a bolt would not have clearance for it to slide in. After a little trimming with a dremmel of the plastic dash pieces to reomve the excess plastic on the bottomside to make clearance with the new stereo it fit fine and i bought a black plastic storage box at walmart and cut it to fit into the square ressed section that the stock stereo display used to be. the remote works all the funtions of the sony and a satalite reciever can also be linked to it if i like.

Im not planning on useng the cd player as ive got my I pod nano.

the only thing is i dont have the noise mike like b4 to raise the volume

gutted dash