2014 Stereo/Head unit problems thread
Road Captain
Joined: Jul 2009
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From: O'Fallon, MO
Well then maybe you have one of those "'14 gremlins." There was one guy that said his dealer was just gonna swap out his radio cuz it had a problem and that his dealer already had 3 others that he was swapping out. I think he was in KY. hopefully your close and you can go to that dealer and get a new radio. Otherwise hopefully it is something that can be addressed in an update. Other than that I guess I got nothing else for you.
Road Captain
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From: Kentucky
Am I the only one that is receiving crappy FM reception on the 6.5 system? I took it to the dealer today. After checking the software version, which I already updated, they said they were going to order me a new head unit. They also said mine was the third they were having to replace.
Cruiser
Joined: May 2009
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From: Central Virginia
Got a call from the dealer yesterday asking me to bring my bike in because the moco denied the warranty claim. They want the tech to try a bunch of other things and are going to Skype with him so they can be sure he is doing as instructed. They told the dealer it would be about a 3 hour process. What a load!
Grand HDF Member
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From: Michigan
Poor FM Reception
If you're having poor FM radio reception, have your dealer inspect ALL the antenna connections between the radio & the antenna itself. Have heard local reports from 2 other '14 Limited owners that reported this issue was resolved when the antenna connections were properly tightened.
3rd Gear
Joined: Sep 2013
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From: auguasta no
If you're having poor FM radio reception, have your dealer inspect ALL the antenna connections between the radio & the antenna itself. Have heard local reports from 2 other '14 Limited owners that reported this issue was resolved when the antenna connections were properly tightened.
Last edited by sam a hartman; Sep 20, 2013 at 05:35 PM.
Road Captain
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From: Kentucky
Update
Interesting.. my FM reception blows as well. I mainly use the ipod for tunes, but if I pay this much for this thing, I'd really like for it to work! Let me know how this works out for you. I am thinking of pulling the fairing and making sure the antenna is connected securely. I might even temporarily plug in a car antenna just to see if that makes any difference. Well, at least this is one thing Harley kept consistent with previous year models!
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my auto volume works better now with the update ( not as good as the 09 flhx ) but yesterday my xm started to crack and static very bad like loosing a radio station then lost volume all together when I went to turn up the volume it said prompt volume ( gps ) shut the bike off and restarted and nothing radio , i-pod , xm all dead parked it for 4 hours and it all started working again
Road Captain
Joined: Jul 2009
Posts: 590
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From: O'Fallon, MO
my auto volume works better now with the update ( not as good as the 09 flhx ) but yesterday my xm started to crack and static very bad like loosing a radio station then lost volume all together when I went to turn up the volume it said prompt volume ( gps ) shut the bike off and restarted and nothing radio , i-pod , xm all dead parked it for 4 hours and it all started working again