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Old Sep 2, 2015 | 06:01 PM
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I have a 2013 flhx, I have installed a kicker 250 watt amp and replaced the factory 5 and 3/4 speakers with kicker speakers. The whole system is plug and play, however when the amp is hooked up I loose all radio signal but CD'S play just fine. I can unplug the amp and plug it up as factory and radio signal go back to normal. Any suggestions on what I need to look at or do?
 
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Old Sep 2, 2015 | 06:13 PM
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Originally Posted by varnold
I have a 2013 flhx, I have installed a kicker 250 watt amp and replaced the factory 5 and 3/4 speakers with kicker speakers. The whole system is plug and play, however when the amp is hooked up I loose all radio signal but CD'S play just fine. I can unplug the amp and plug it up as factory and radio signal go back to normal. Any suggestions on what I need to look at or do?
Losing FM reception with a class D amp is very common. You can do a search here and try to find some work arounds that have helped, but honestly we kinda bite the bullet when adding an amp and take the hit with FM loss. The only amp that will keep reception in the lower price range is a Fosgste PBR300x2.

You can try to keep the amp power and antenna wire running on seperate sides of the radio and see if that helps.
 
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Old Sep 2, 2015 | 06:17 PM
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Originally Posted by varnold
I have a 2013 flhx, I have installed a kicker 250 watt amp and replaced the factory 5 and 3/4 speakers with kicker speakers. The whole system is plug and play, however when the amp is hooked up I loose all radio signal but CD'S play just fine. I can unplug the amp and plug it up as factory and radio signal go back to normal. Any suggestions on what I need to look at or do?
Not knowing the exact model number of your Kicker amp I'd say it's a class D amp. Hence you are going to lose radio reception. The only thing you can do is switch out the amp. You basically have two choices. The Biketronics amps or the Fosgate PBR300X2. There is no solution to the ongoing class D loss of radio reception. Even with the ARC Moto 600.4 I lost some reception and typically the Arc amps have been known to retain reception.
 
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Old Sep 2, 2015 | 08:04 PM
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I still get Spanish stations with my class d.. Too bad I don't listen to those lol
 
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Old Sep 2, 2015 | 08:13 PM
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I still get Spanish stations with my class d.. Too bad I don't listen to those lol
Lol well my wife is Mexican, but I don't listen to those channels either.
 
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