What's best plug and play radio? 2010 Ultra
 

Aquatic? Jensen? or? I'm wanting plug and paly keep bar controls


Thanks!

Any of them are plug and play and all keep hand controls with an adaptor. Don’t limit yourself to Harley specific head units, there is better bang for the buck out there from Sony, kenwood, alpine.

Tagged in......looking to do the same to my 09 Ultra. 4 speakers, stereo and an amp. I see J&M has rebuilt oem radios with bluetooth added. I'm not looking for anything to make my hearing worse....lol....just clearer music at highway speeds. Not wanting to add speakers, just use the fairing and rear speaker holes. K.I.S.S. is my motto. I've been reading here there are other options for less money.

The new Rockford Fosgate head unit has much better specs and options than either the Jensen or Aquatic AV. Just plain cleaner sound and definitely plug and play.

I understand great sound can be had cheaper by using a Sony, Kenwood, or other known brand head unit but NONE of them are truly water resistant. The "marine" head units they offer just have conformal coatings on the circuit boards and UV protection on the face to resist sun and salt air. Let them sit in the parking lot during a good rain and they are toast.

If I had to replace my stock head unit with something else the Rockford would be my first choice. The specs are right up there with the other makes of standard single din head units, water ain't a problem, and no steering wheel control module is necessary.

I’ve ran the same head unit for 4 years now, Sony MEX70BT or something. The module is the size of a pack of filter less camels from back in the day and that radio has been wet more times than a pair of panties at a John Mayer concert.

Not saying it can’t be damaged by water, anything electrical can, but it’s not like you’re laying it in a puddle. It’s in a dash. My bike gets ridden, I’ve soaked GZ’s, Beymas, Faitals, rockfords, infinity, mmats, and on and on. Hell I’ve played the front stage through rain storms on the highway.

Buy what you’re comfortable with, if Sony/KW/alpine don’t blow your skirt up, chunk cash at the Rockford. But plenty of people have gotten those plenty wet and kept right on truckin.

I picked up the Jensen and an SD800.4 EVOX amp and 6 new Polk MM2 6.5" so hoping it will do everything I need. My buddy has that head unit and has been running it for 2 years rock solid

That’s a Nice amp! Good luck

That's good to hear. How does storing local music on that head unit work out? Do you use a USB stick or an iPod? I have become spoiled with my iPod on my stock head unit. I can select it as a source and cycle through playlists with the thumb controls. Is something like that possible with the unit you have?

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New guy here.If you don’t buy a Harley specific unit will I end up cutting wires?

No cutting of wires should be necessary. I've added three amps, a DSP and eight speakers and didn't have to cut a single wire to do it. We basically just run new wires when we upgrade speakers and run power and ground to the battery. For some of the newer Rushmore bikes if folks want to use the wiring in the speaker pods many companies make adapter plugs that you can get so you don't have to cut into the factory wiring.