Installed lower speakers, only get white noise - HELP!
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Installed lower speakers, only get white noise - HELP!
I have a 2015 Road Glide Special and have been running a Biketronics Bt4180 with just fairing speakers hooked up. When I installed my BT equipment, I hooked up the rear line leveler (BT355) and ran speaker wires for future upgrade.
Well I just got lowers, installed the lower speakers, turned on the bike and there was no music coming from the new lowers. I can hear a faint white noise coming from them, and I even verified this by unplugging/plugging the speaker.
I pulled my fairing apart to check that all connections were solid and was hooked up right. It all looked right to me, and I knew the fairing speakers were working great, so I decided to swap the coax connections on the line levelers. Well then I had sound to the lowers and the white noise to the fairing speaks. I switched it back and buttoned everything up.
Could my LL be busted? Am I missing a step?
Well I just got lowers, installed the lower speakers, turned on the bike and there was no music coming from the new lowers. I can hear a faint white noise coming from them, and I even verified this by unplugging/plugging the speaker.
I pulled my fairing apart to check that all connections were solid and was hooked up right. It all looked right to me, and I knew the fairing speakers were working great, so I decided to swap the coax connections on the line levelers. Well then I had sound to the lowers and the white noise to the fairing speaks. I switched it back and buttoned everything up.
Could my LL be busted? Am I missing a step?
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Cruiser
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Well crap. I thought I only needed a flash if I wanted to activate the fader control?
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No sir. It's needed to activate the rear speaker outputs as well. Folks that don't do the flash split the signal off the front outputs via Y splitter off of the LL.
Last edited by SBates08; Mar 10, 2018 at 12:50 AM.
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So if I get a coax Y splitter (is there a certain type I should be looking for?), will the power output be the same as if I were running two LL's?
Is there any other benefit to paying for a dealer flash?
Oh, and THANK YOU! It's nearly midnight and I bent over my bike all day.
Is there any other benefit to paying for a dealer flash?
Oh, and THANK YOU! It's nearly midnight and I bent over my bike all day.
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Just my .02 I would get the head unit flashed for fader control. You never know when you might change something down the road and the front or back may be too loud for your liking. Also in my situation my wife doesn't like the music very loud in the back so I just run the fader towards the front when she rides with me.
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Just my .02 I would get the head unit flashed for fader control. You never know when you might change something down the road and the front or back may be too loud for your liking. Also in my situation my wife doesn't like the music very loud in the back so I just run the fader towards the front when she rides with me.
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Just my .02 I would get the head unit flashed for fader control. You never know when you might change something down the road and the front or back may be too loud for your liking. Also in my situation my wife doesn't like the music very loud in the back so I just run the fader towards the front when she rides with me.
You can "level match" with the gains, if you find that one set of speakers is "overpowering" another. If a flash is very expensive at all I wouldn't spend my money on it.
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You can "level match" with the gains, if you find that one set of speakers is "overpowering" another. If a flash is very expensive at all I wouldn't spend my money on it.
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