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Old May 13, 2020 | 01:11 PM
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Hi guys hope some one might have a suggestion on a radio problem, I'm out of idea's. 2012 Ultra Classic external speakers quit working, the head set still works. The 3 way speaker switch don't work on external or in the middle position, only on the headset only position. I actually have another radio from awhile back my radio got wet and went blank so I bought a used radio on ebay. I sent my original to Iron Cross Audio for repairs. When it came back I put it back in and put the used radio in a box. The reason was the faceplate had some fluid in it but the radio worked fine So I tried pugging it into the wiring harness and had the same problem. So two radio's same problem. I thought it must be the speaker switch so I replaced it, still have the same problem and I'm $97 poorer. Anyone have any idea's on what could be causing this? I guess I could have two radio's with the same problem, but that sure seems odd.
 
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Well thanks good info to have, but the old radio worked when I took it out and it is now doing the same thing. Do you think that two radio's would have the same problem?
 
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Just for info in case anyone else runs into this problem it ended up being the radio. I'm told usually it's the radio or the 3 way speaker switch, and rarely a short in the wiring.
 
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