Odd speaker problem.
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Odd speaker problem.
I had an ARC audio MPAC 4 system installed on my limited a couple months back. It's been working great but on Saturday, the speakers quit working. I toggled the switch and they worked for about 15 minutes then stopped again. Toggled again and they worked again. Did that 4 or 5 times and they quit working all together. Went out Sunday and they worked fine the whole ride.
Any thoughts on what happened? I'd hate to take it in just to be told they couldn't replicate the problem.
Any thoughts on what happened? I'd hate to take it in just to be told they couldn't replicate the problem.
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I had an ARC audio MPAC 4 system installed on my limited a couple months back. It's been working great but on Saturday, the speakers quit working. I toggled the switch and they worked for about 15 minutes then stopped again. Toggled again and they worked again. Did that 4 or 5 times and they quit working all together. Went out Sunday and they worked fine the whole ride.
Any thoughts on what happened? I'd hate to take it in just to be told they couldn't replicate the problem.
Any thoughts on what happened? I'd hate to take it in just to be told they couldn't replicate the problem.
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Speaker selector. When they went out the first time, it was in the full down position. I moved it to the middle and they started working for a while. Then when they quit there, I moved it back to the down position. Kept alternating positions until they just quit altogether for the day.
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yeah this sounds like a speaker selector switch gone south..
can you plug in your headphones and move the selector switch to the headphone output and see what you get there..
can you plug in your headphones and move the selector switch to the headphone output and see what you get there..
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Didn't have the headphones handy so didn't experiment with that.
And I spent most of the day on the bike Sunday and they didn't give me any problems.
And I spent most of the day on the bike Sunday and they didn't give me any problems.
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Update on the situation.
Took the bike to the dealer last Saturday figuring I'm willing to pay them a few bucks to pull the fairing if it's just a loose wire or something rather than try and make time to get across town to the place that did the amp/speaker upgrade. (They're only open M-F).
Turns out it was a problem with the stock head unit and the HD dealer replaced it under warranty so that all worked out pretty well.
Of course while they were doing that, I got suckered into putting down a deposit on a new '14 limited but at least the radio in the old one works now so I can re-sell or trade in without worrying about that.
Took the bike to the dealer last Saturday figuring I'm willing to pay them a few bucks to pull the fairing if it's just a loose wire or something rather than try and make time to get across town to the place that did the amp/speaker upgrade. (They're only open M-F).
Turns out it was a problem with the stock head unit and the HD dealer replaced it under warranty so that all worked out pretty well.
Of course while they were doing that, I got suckered into putting down a deposit on a new '14 limited but at least the radio in the old one works now so I can re-sell or trade in without worrying about that.
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