2016 CVO Boom Help
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2016 CVO Boom Help
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I really need help and held off posting for as long as possible, but I am so confused, frustrated and depressed, I had to reach out for help. I have a 2016 Road Glide Ultra CVO with Boom system.
I swapped out the Boom Amp with a JL. I put Memphis speakers all around, to include ordering the special CVO color lids.
When I turned on the radio - it sounded like some sort of high pitched digital techno music. Kind of like the old days when you manually spin a record on the player. For some reason, the Sirius Radio sounded worse.
I read here to get the radio flashed. Off I went to HD, I spent two hours with them, they were very patient with me. We flashed it every way possible. We followed the J&M videos, I actually had my iPad and we played them. We tried every set up, no amp, one amp, two amp, 2 speaker, 4 speaker, 6 speaker, etc..... Nothing.
I will say that when I flashed it the way J&M video instructs, I did get a little treble control but no bass, it still really sounded bad.
So here I am at MB Bike Rally. I have gone to several vendors, each vendor has their own option on how to work with the CVO Booms. Some said not to flash it, some can flash in their tent, some said the radio is under recall and it will never be right until its recalled and fixed. Just more confusion.
Out of desperation and depression, I almost had Bagger Audio at Barefoot yank out the system, and replace it with a $2500 Focal system. But, they were slammed and some bikes had been waiting for 5 hours......
I have ordered the Magic Box line leveler and on Monday I will order the BT355 Line Leveler. I see that J&M has a 2016 CVO RG just like mine and it rocks.
Not sure what to do at this point, if anyone has any guidance, I would appreciate the help.
Thank you in advance for your help. -Max
I really need help and held off posting for as long as possible, but I am so confused, frustrated and depressed, I had to reach out for help. I have a 2016 Road Glide Ultra CVO with Boom system.
I swapped out the Boom Amp with a JL. I put Memphis speakers all around, to include ordering the special CVO color lids.
When I turned on the radio - it sounded like some sort of high pitched digital techno music. Kind of like the old days when you manually spin a record on the player. For some reason, the Sirius Radio sounded worse.
I read here to get the radio flashed. Off I went to HD, I spent two hours with them, they were very patient with me. We flashed it every way possible. We followed the J&M videos, I actually had my iPad and we played them. We tried every set up, no amp, one amp, two amp, 2 speaker, 4 speaker, 6 speaker, etc..... Nothing.
I will say that when I flashed it the way J&M video instructs, I did get a little treble control but no bass, it still really sounded bad.
So here I am at MB Bike Rally. I have gone to several vendors, each vendor has their own option on how to work with the CVO Booms. Some said not to flash it, some can flash in their tent, some said the radio is under recall and it will never be right until its recalled and fixed. Just more confusion.
Out of desperation and depression, I almost had Bagger Audio at Barefoot yank out the system, and replace it with a $2500 Focal system. But, they were slammed and some bikes had been waiting for 5 hours......
I have ordered the Magic Box line leveler and on Monday I will order the BT355 Line Leveler. I see that J&M has a 2016 CVO RG just like mine and it rocks.
Not sure what to do at this point, if anyone has any guidance, I would appreciate the help.
Thank you in advance for your help. -Max
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EQ Version is 2.1.9
JL Part # MHX-280 http://www.jlaudio.com/mhx280-4-mari...plifiers-98403
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Must do's:
- Switch back to 1.19.0 there a link floating around. BertK should have it
- Don't even try the Magic Box, stick to the BT unit and make sure the adjustments are set to default
- Have you tried the speakers straight from the HU and bypassing the amp?
More info:
- How is this connected? Did you use a line out converter to use the RCA's or are you using the speaker in puts
- How were the gains set? Where is the HPF set at on the amp?
- The noise could simply be a bad connection...or bad amp, or bad converter, etc. It happens
The part you don't want to hear:
- That amp does not provide enough juice for what you are doing. Chances are your Boom II system sounded better. You either need a second of the same amp and bridge each, or dump the JL and go for a better 4 channel amp (BT4180 or Arc 600.4)
- I think you can cross that bridge once your issues are fixed, but I wouldn't consider what you have upgraded to a big upgrade from Boom II (when working correctly).
- Switch back to 1.19.0 there a link floating around. BertK should have it
- Don't even try the Magic Box, stick to the BT unit and make sure the adjustments are set to default
- Have you tried the speakers straight from the HU and bypassing the amp?
More info:
- How is this connected? Did you use a line out converter to use the RCA's or are you using the speaker in puts
- How were the gains set? Where is the HPF set at on the amp?
- The noise could simply be a bad connection...or bad amp, or bad converter, etc. It happens
The part you don't want to hear:
- That amp does not provide enough juice for what you are doing. Chances are your Boom II system sounded better. You either need a second of the same amp and bridge each, or dump the JL and go for a better 4 channel amp (BT4180 or Arc 600.4)
- I think you can cross that bridge once your issues are fixed, but I wouldn't consider what you have upgraded to a big upgrade from Boom II (when working correctly).
Last edited by haze324; May 21, 2016 at 10:07 AM.
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Okay, thank you. I will go back to 1.19.0. I ordered the BT Line Leveler five minutes ago.
I used the line out for RCA's. I had the Boom system, not Boom II. I wanted saddlebag lid speakers and did not want to dump $999 into the HD lid set up. I thought it easier and less expensive to go the way I did.
I did wire direct into the HU. Here is the strange part:
Flash, 1 amp, front and rear pods - I had music but no treble/bass/front-rear fade control. The music had no mids or bass, sounded very loud but "tinny".
Flash, 0 amp, front and rear pods - I had music, treble/bass control, no front-rear fade. The music did not sound perfect - just okay, but when I turned it up the bass distortion was terrible to the point it sounded like "mush".
As to the amp, my thought was that I wanted to use two amps. Then after getting deep in, I realized no one is making the lower speaker brackets for the water pump model.....
I used the line out for RCA's. I had the Boom system, not Boom II. I wanted saddlebag lid speakers and did not want to dump $999 into the HD lid set up. I thought it easier and less expensive to go the way I did.
I did wire direct into the HU. Here is the strange part:
Flash, 1 amp, front and rear pods - I had music but no treble/bass/front-rear fade control. The music had no mids or bass, sounded very loud but "tinny".
Flash, 0 amp, front and rear pods - I had music, treble/bass control, no front-rear fade. The music did not sound perfect - just okay, but when I turned it up the bass distortion was terrible to the point it sounded like "mush".
As to the amp, my thought was that I wanted to use two amps. Then after getting deep in, I realized no one is making the lower speaker brackets for the water pump model.....
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Have you tried a system reset. I'm not sure of the steps but there is way to reset the radio. It's worked for some when they've had wacky issues.
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I don't have much to offer since haze hit everything pretty much spot on.
In response to your comment about the lowers, there are a couple companies making full replacement lowers with speaker pods for the watercooled bikes. Unfortunately I haven't found any simple pod replacements (have a 16 RGU coming in for some 6 speaker love next week).
In response to your comment about the lowers, there are a couple companies making full replacement lowers with speaker pods for the watercooled bikes. Unfortunately I haven't found any simple pod replacements (have a 16 RGU coming in for some 6 speaker love next week).