FM Reception
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FM Reception
I know this subject has been beaten to death, but I wanted to share my experience. I have the stock radio with a Cerwin Vega amp. I can't say the amp made the FM reception any worse than it was previously, but it did suck. Anyway, I ended up ordering AutoLover Ant-208 Car Radio Signal Amplifier FM Aerial Antenna Booster for Marine Boatrom Amazon for $13.00 and wired it in today. I had the fairing off and the antenna lead plugged in. I turned the radio n and then supplied power to the unit and instant good reception. I fired it up, and didn't hear any interence. Very happy with it. I'm going to try to ride to work tomorrow, so I will get a good test in then, but so far so good. I am using a shorter antenna (sits just below my tour pack with the antenna relocation kit, so for those with FM issues, I say give it a try. Hope this helps someone.
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danzio (05-21-2017)
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rblahetka (05-21-2017)
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Yeah, stock unit. I forgot to mention where the stock antenna cable plugged into the units cable it seemed a hair loose, so I did wrap it in tape to be sure. Probably should have used red loctite. But otherwise, it was all fine. I had searched the forum on this before, but didn't really find anyone using one, so I figured for 13 bucks I had nothing to lose. I tapped power off the cigarette lighter and it came with double sided sticky tape and I just stuck it to the side of the fairing bracket.
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If I get to ride to work tomorrow, I'll definitely let everyone know how it went. I still want to wire in a Bluetooth receiver, but want it fully hidden. I thought I read where some people wore in a 3.5 mm jack into the back of the radio, but I need to look into that further.
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