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1. Is it true that the radio in a HD bike is not only a radio but also the brain of the engine management, and if I take it our the bike won t work any more?
2. My cd/radio (see picture) doesn t work well any more (cd is dead), so I want to replace it but at HD here in Spain they say the same one is no more available. What can I do?
Any suggestion? I remember that before the last wide screen models, electras have been fitted with a radio which was newer than mine...
1) No the radio has nothing to do with engine management. The ECM (under the seat) has that function.
2) Many folks are replacing the OEM stereo with this...
I had foud the radio but when I asked some questions about connections this is what they answered. Looks like the CVO don't have standard cable connections on the rear so the jensen would not fit....:-(
Is anyone around who replaced the radio on a CVO?
Thank you for contacting us. Upon looking into this for you we realized that we have an error on our web. We are correcting it. Neither of these will work with your make, model and year. We do not offer a radio that will work for your CVO.
1. Is it true that the radio in a HD bike is not only a radio but also the brain of the engine management, and if I take it our the bike won t work any more?
2. My cd/radio (see picture) doesn t work well any more (cd is dead), so I want to replace it but at HD here in Spain they say the same one is no more available. What can I do?
Any suggestion? I remember that before the last wide screen models, electras have been fitted with a radio which was newer than mine...
Thanks in advance
ciao
Claudio
The the radio on the 05 s e e g (I have the same one as you do I love that bike) can be replaced with the 2006 to 2013 model Harman Kardon factory radio, it might take relocating a pin or two in the wiring harness but it is fairly easily to do...
There are some detailed threads on this CVO forum by folks that have done this.
The radio in my 05 is still working properly but I have the later model Harman Kardon ready to go in..
I've had not bad luck with Aquatic AV. Not an 05, but an 09 FLHX. Anyhow they just did some warranty work on it, but I have to stick it back in the fairing. The Aquatic is waterproof [the name might imply something to that degree...] but the other aftermarket stuff usually isn't.
Depending on what you run for a phone, you can connect it Bluetooth or directly with an iPhone cable or an AUX cable as well. It has a USB port, but I'd think you'd need a cable to loop a USB in behind the facepalte. The faceplate has a bit of a cavity behind it to stuff a phone in as well.
Trying to find an old HD unit seems problematic. Good luck though.
I had foud the radio but when I asked some questions about connections this is what they answered. Looks like the CVO don't have standard cable connections on the rear so the jensen would not fit....:-(
Is anyone around who replaced the radio on a CVO?
Thank you for contacting us. Upon looking into this for you we realized that we have an error on our web. We are correcting it. Neither of these will work with your make, model and year. We do not offer a radio that will work for your CVO.
Old thread but not finding much to help me. What did you end up doing? I have the same issue with the same bike. I purchased a radio and a full metra kit to install but my radio has 2 plugs and the metra is a 1 plug harness. I think my radio has an amplifier or something. Any ideas???
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Radio replacement 2005 Electra CVO
