My stock Harmon Kardon head units radio reception just quit on me. After doing a hand over hand inspection to check for something simple like the antenna is unplugged, I found nothing. I replaced the stock head unit after reading up on the problem and it appears to be common with the stock head unit. I replaced it with a sony marine stereo, elf audio amp and J&M Roker speakers. Still no reception, so I installed the boom audio hidden power antenna which now there is a weak signal but no reception to speak of? My next step is to take the bike to a professional motorcycle stereo installer for troubleshooting, unless someone here on the forum can help me out??
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2009 FLHX no radio reception
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My stock Harmon Kardon head units radio reception just quit on me. After doing a hand over hand inspection to check for something simple like the antenna is unplugged, I found nothing. I replaced the stock head unit after reading up on the problem and it appears to be common with the stock head unit. I replaced it with a sony marine stereo, elf audio amp and J&M Roker speakers. Still no reception, so I installed the boom audio hidden power antenna which now there is a weak signal but no reception to speak of? My next step is to take the bike to a professional motorcycle stereo installer for troubleshooting, unless someone here on the forum can help me out??
Have you talked to dealer about any re-flashes for radio or did radio loose U.S. settings.
I have replaced the entire audio system. I re flashed from the dealer and it did nothing to regain the radio reception. Then I started reading blogs about my issue and found there are a lot of instances of this happening. So I figured it was a good excuse to upgrade the entire system to better quality head unit, amp and speakers. I also added the behind the fairing HD boom audio power antenna. I have read that an external amplifier can cause digital reception issues.
I replaced the stock antenna with the boom bagger power antenna behind the fairing. Its a possibility the new antenna coax could be defective. What are some common causes for a loss of signal? Sometimes the easy fix can be right in front of my face and Im overthinking the problem. Its very frustrating.
I read somewhere that an aftermarket amp can interfere the radio reception. Is this a true statement? I am running an ELF audio amp with a sony head unit.I replaced the stock antenna with the boom bagger power antenna behind the fairing. Its a possibility the new antenna coax could be defective. What are some common causes for a loss of signal? Sometimes the easy fix can be right in front of my face and Im overthinking the problem. Its very frustrating.