Biketronics Installed, Sounds great but...
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Road Warrior
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No ,no loss at all, Was just hoping the station (classic rock) I like would have come in better or in High Def FM. Using seek I found stations I didn't even know about.I'm sure an antenna on the rear will work better, Less obstruction. I do need to learn a bit how to use my Smart Phone (Android) to stream Pandora and I Heart Radio, And I'm going to get a USB thumb drive loaded with music eventually.
Edit; yes I had the Biketronics 2180 amp and 7.1 speakers for a while. That station has always been weak, but they also use a higher freq up the dial, I can pick it up north of Tarpon Springs.was going to wait on a HU but the stock HK took a dump. The CD sounded like a helicopter, Which reminds me I left a disk in it when I pulled it out now I'm trying to figure out how to get it out lol.
Edit; yes I had the Biketronics 2180 amp and 7.1 speakers for a while. That station has always been weak, but they also use a higher freq up the dial, I can pick it up north of Tarpon Springs.was going to wait on a HU but the stock HK took a dump. The CD sounded like a helicopter, Which reminds me I left a disk in it when I pulled it out now I'm trying to figure out how to get it out lol.
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No ,no loss at all, Was just hoping the station (classic rock) I like would have come in better or in High Def FM. Using seek I found stations I didn't even know about.I'm sure an antenna on the rear will work better, Less obstruction. I do need to learn a bit how to use my Smart Phone (Android) to stream Pandora and I Heart Radio, And I'm going to get a USB thumb drive loaded with music eventually.
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If you have an Android phone, (Apple I am not sure)... Scroll down your settings menu. Select BlueTooth.. Upper right, turn it on. It will give you an option to scan for devices, as long as the bluetooth on your Sony is turned on it will show in your devices. Click the device to pair\connect to it. Once connected anything that has sound on your phone will now go through your Sony to your bike. If you have the Pandora app installed, just open it up and away you go.
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I should have been more clear, Other stations come in great and with the added HDFM signals, 2-3 more extra channels on the same station. The station I want and have had some trouble with riding around is weak and surrounded by powerful garbage stations like only 0.1away +/-. I was just hoping repositioning the HD hidden would help. I was in the garage, Moving it around did kinda help but I was holding it up at arms length.Putting it back in the open fairing would lose it. I'm sure it's just a signal thing and not the BT 2180 amp. Thats one of the many reasons I got it also.Goin for a ride later.Out in the open I bet it works at least as good as before the Sony. I had the amp and 7.1's for a month or so already.
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Road Warrior
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The station you wish to listen to is a weak station in your area to begin with. Couple that with an 'in the fairing antenna' and you've got a recipe for total failure. The reason antennas are vertically mounted to begin with are because they receive equally well in a 360 radius. The have huge reception nulls straight overhead and underneath, but being as am-fm radio stations don't transmit directly overhead from outer-space or below the surface of the earth this is a non issue. Now, if you take that antenna and turn it horizontally as is done with fairing mounted antennas, your best reception will be from in front and behind as well as overhead and underneath. Your worst or no reception cases will be from the sides. So as you motor about and turn left or right your signal will fade in and out depending on how strong the original signal is to start with. Additionally, keeping your antenna in the fairing further shields it because of the surrounding mass of other wiring and metal. Unless you're riding around in the primary coverage area of all the radio stations you like to listen to, then a hidden fairing antenna is your worst bet.
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New Sony MEX-GS810BH installed yesterday with a Biketronics Retro Kit.
Also made some speaker grills out of a mesh wastebasket.
Sounds awesome with a CD but The HD antenna in fairing couldn't even pick up the station I was listening too all day on an old AM/FM radio in the garage. May have to go back to a rear end stubby or something. Tried moving it around in the fairing,Maybe just too much going on in there.
Also made some speaker grills out of a mesh wastebasket.
Sounds awesome with a CD but The HD antenna in fairing couldn't even pick up the station I was listening too all day on an old AM/FM radio in the garage. May have to go back to a rear end stubby or something. Tried moving it around in the fairing,Maybe just too much going on in there.
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I have a good short 16" flexible antenna somewhere (I save evertyhing) But I need to find another co-ax cable for it. It worked good and I would tuck it in the Luggage rack mounts.The stock cable was nearly cut in half by the factory Zip-tie between the gas tank and back of fairing. Thats the only reason I put in the hidden.
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Sure wish I could figure out what is up with mine then. Maybe it's the OEM HU? I don't have an aftermarket, but I have the BT4180 and the HD Shorty Antenna's. I can pick up some stations but only about 1/2 of what I used to. Then when they do come in, generally are to fuzzy to even listen to. I've double checked all my wiring, I've moved the amp ground to the battery ground stud. Only thing left to try an aftermarket HU. I actually just took the whole system out of my bike last night, just tired of dealing with it for now. Seem like everyone that says they don't have any issues has an aftermarket HU.