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I am fighting a crackling on the right speaker. It only happens when I am driving down the road. I could get it to happen by wiggling wires and have now determined that it is inside the amplifier. I have had the amplifier apart and looked for loose solder points or cracked circuit boards, can't find anything. I am getting frustrated. I would like to keep the factory radio for now, however, I think I may be getting close to giving up and switching to an aftermarket stereo. My question to everyone is, are you still using the factory radio or have most people switched to an aftermarket stereo? If you have switched, how did you install the aftermarket stereo? -
I'm contemplating adding an amp to an 08 RSV, and I'm considering the following two amps: Poly-Planar ME60 - 4 Channel, 120 watt Amplifier: http://www.polyplanar.com/product/me60-4-channel-120-watt-amplifier-volume-control and Poly-Planar ME400D - Class D Power Amplifier (125w x 4 ch) http://www.polyplanar.com/sites/default/files/documentation_pdfs/me-400d.pdf Anyone have any experience with either? What amplifier did you install on your bike? Happy with it? Thanks for any and all comments/suggestions.
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Well here i go, going to atemp to install some ALPINE speakers and AMPLIFIER speakers are not going to be the problem its the amp im concerned about.End result Juke Box on 2wheels that holds over 2000 songs. LOVE my tunes load and clear!!!!!
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OK, I give up; where the h_ll did they hide the amplifier on this '83 Royale?
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I'm sure some of you guys have already figured this out but for some this may be interesting. I never listen to the radio. I always listen to my MP3 player. On our last big ride we had 12 bikes and most of them had load pipes. Going though Atlanta we also had the noise of 18 wheelers and cars. I had my MP3 player turned all the way up and the volume on the AUX pegged at 30. Yes I was getting distortion but it was the only way I could hear my MP3 player. The next day I was going through my junk and I noticed a old battery powered MP3/IPOD amplifier. I connected it to my MP3 player and turned the amp on and wow what a difference the amp made. I have Polk db401 speakers in the front and stock speakers in the rear. After a few minutes of listening to my music and trying the volume out my son pops his head into the garage and tells me my wife said to turn the volume down. Ok well I will take my Venture down the intersate and test her out. Without turning the volume up on the MP3 player and with the volume set at 20 on AUX the MP3 player was load and clear all the way up to 100 mph. WOOOHOOO!!!! Cheap fix. Now this amp doesn't do anything for the radio or cb but I hardly ever use either one of those anyway but for the MP3/IPOD it is great, cheap and easy to use. Harry:sign woo hoo:
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Well, Since I have the bike all torn apart right now... I figure it's time to start a project I've been long putting off. I bought a plain old vanilla venture. My previous bike was a BMW R1100RTP so I miss all the electrical doo-dads (that's right, I used doo-dads in a sentence) Anyway, I have an Idea of what I want on there. I have already got some of the items, and I know what I want for some others. I mocked up a rough diagram attached below. The Items with pictures are Items I already have or have picked out. I'm planning on running the XM audio through the input on the tablet pc.... that way, I can always hear the GPS nav prompts. I'll run the audio out from the tablet pc into a switch or splitter of some kind. The audio on one "branch" will run to a 2 channel amplifier powering the roadmasters in my fairing. the issue I am having here, is finding a suitable amplifier that has some kind of remote variable gain knob that I can mount on the fairing. If anyone seen anything please let me know. The only thing I've been able to find are some chinese products on ebay, and I'm leery of the quality. The other branch will run to an amplifier driving some helmet speakers. Again, I'm having trouble finding the right product here as well. I used to just plug my earbuds into the tablet pc, but I don't want to have to deal with in ear phones as helmet speakers are more convenient and don't hurt my ears on long rides. I'm concerned about volume being an issue though, and would rather have a fairing mounted volume control here as well. Lastly, does anyone have any recommendations for a good set of helmet speakers? I have a Schuberth Concept helmet, it that will affect the choices at all. I may add a CB at some point, and am thinking about a bluetooth cell phone kit. (It won't need to be wired in, as I won't talk on the phone while riding, but something on the "dash" so I know if my wife is trying to reach me I would appreciate any advice you may have, and maybe someone will have an even simpler way to accomplish the same goals. Thank you very much Mark
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When I bought my 83 Venture, the previous owner had (butchered) installed a BOAT radio/cassette in the left glove box area. I suppose he thought it was a good idea at the time. I am very seriously considering pulling out his installation and going with a later technology - such as an MP3 player accessed from a handlebar position... with an amplifier mounted out of sight somewhere. So I come to y'all ---- Anyone have a recommendation on a MP3 player that can be used in a motorcycle application?? Weather issues to consider? Some/any MP3 players have radio AM/FM built in? [note: some of my friends ride their Harlies while using an MP3 player in their vest with noise-blocking ear-buds... but some states prohibit headphones and other types of ear-passage-obstruction so I lean away from that right now.] Any recommendations on an decent amplifier??? My speakers are the 4-ohm 100W variety one on each channel up front on the Venture. How about some kind of an audio panel or passive mixer/switcher to be able to also hear the CB radio audio? Those available? I have little... actually no experience in what it would take to make music heard over the noise as I cruise. Any and all ideas are very welcome!! Thanks!
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This is one quite small and may fit just about anywhere. Not sure how well works. Brad http://www.motorcyclespeakers.net/shop/speaker-amplifier-100-110-prd1.htm
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