stereo problems
stereo problems
Stereo problem on a 2000 screaming eagle road glide .When you start the bike cold, it plays fine. Hog tunes or stock speakers make no difference. After the bike has been ridden 10-15 min the radio problems begin to appear. I notice its more on the lower volumes than the high volume.
The radio sound starts breaking up very slightly and then it gets worse with the speakers cutting in an out. I believe it is related to turning the throttle, and everything that happens electrically when you do. I noticed that when you pull in the clutch and let the rpms drop to idle speed the Radio returns to normal, sound was fine. Throttle up and distortion reappears... coast again in neutral sound is fine. Also if you pull up to a light, and get to idle, the radio again is fine. Shut the bike and put on accessory. Perfect... No distortion. Start up again, and problem reappears. Let bike cool down, or ride the following day, and pattern is exactly the same. I put on a new stator and voltage regulator checked grounds. When it is happening if I un plug the stator and start it up it works fine plug it back in same problem somebody please help I am going crazy and am afraid to ride the bike and cause other problems.
People say change plus and wires might be bad and others say the automatic volume control may be going bad it is too costly to just keep changing parts has anyone had this problem and found a cause
The radio sound starts breaking up very slightly and then it gets worse with the speakers cutting in an out. I believe it is related to turning the throttle, and everything that happens electrically when you do. I noticed that when you pull in the clutch and let the rpms drop to idle speed the Radio returns to normal, sound was fine. Throttle up and distortion reappears... coast again in neutral sound is fine. Also if you pull up to a light, and get to idle, the radio again is fine. Shut the bike and put on accessory. Perfect... No distortion. Start up again, and problem reappears. Let bike cool down, or ride the following day, and pattern is exactly the same. I put on a new stator and voltage regulator checked grounds. When it is happening if I un plug the stator and start it up it works fine plug it back in same problem somebody please help I am going crazy and am afraid to ride the bike and cause other problems.
People say change plus and wires might be bad and others say the automatic volume control may be going bad it is too costly to just keep changing parts has anyone had this problem and found a cause
everything charges fin 14.4 runs great its just the stereo is bad and i love my tunes when i ride lol
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in your initial post, you said that it takes about 10 - 15 minutes before this starts happening. Have you checked voltage outputs when it starts acting up?
Also, after it starts acting up; can you be sitting still with the bike running and crack the throttle and reproduce the same issue or does the bike have to be moving to reproduce?
Also, after it starts acting up; can you be sitting still with the bike running and crack the throttle and reproduce the same issue or does the bike have to be moving to reproduce?
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voltage out put is 14.4 when this is going on it will do it sitting still or moving just need to crack the throttle to make it break up only when the bike is running turn it off and it works fine i even tried turning off the avc but it still did it