The Official 2014 audio upgrade thread
Cruiser
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Does anyone know the options that the dealer should select when flashing a 2014 6.5 radio for aftermarket amp and speakers? And don't say the same as when they do a Boom amp because if they do that I don't get any sound out of my front fairing speakers.
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It doesn't need to be flashed at this point. Harley does not have the bugs worked out on the flashes so just leave it alone and you're good to go.
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Use the radio flash from the Harley dealer as "" NO AMP BUT ACTIVATE FRONT/REAR FADER ,,,,,,,
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Oh yeah sorry about that. I forgot you needed the fader added. Thanks for the correction John.
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I told you mistakenly that you didn't need it flashed but because the Streetglide only comes with front speakers you will need a flash to turn on the rear outputs and add the fader option. (Even if you don't intend to run rears). It's the flash to add the rears but not the one for an amp. It's the "NO AMP BUT ACTIVATE FRONT/REAR FADER" flash. If you hadn't already had it flashed and only intended to run the fronts... you could've left it as it was. As I understand it the flashes that include amp are all problematic with aftermarket amplifiers at this stage in the game. Anybody feel free to correct me if I'm wrong. That should solve your speaker output issue but the distortion is another story... what amp are you using?
Last edited by Fatherwayne; Apr 2, 2014 at 10:20 PM.
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Crazy ,,,,,,,,
you do NOT need the front/rear fader option, but many riders choose that if they are running 4, 6, or 8 speakers ,,,,,,
most important is to flash the radio as NO AMP ,,, that will return it to the normal neutral position on it's internal DSP, just like when delivered new ,,,,,,
you do NOT need the front/rear fader option, but many riders choose that if they are running 4, 6, or 8 speakers ,,,,,,
most important is to flash the radio as NO AMP ,,, that will return it to the normal neutral position on it's internal DSP, just like when delivered new ,,,,,,