Radio Upgrade
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Radio Upgrade
I have a 2012 Street Glide and im looking for a little help on what head units I could purchase that would work with the factory bar controls. I want to find a unit that has Sirus/XM. Any help would be appreciated.
Any aftermarket radio will need a kit from say Biketronics or a simialr company to work with factory controls. As far as I know the only ones that work with those kits are alpine and Sony. There may be others, but I know those two companies have units that will. I'm sure someone with more knowledge will chime in shortly.
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As stated, most units with steering wheel control can be set up to use the bar controls. Hawg wired (Sony only, no AVC) and biketonics have plug and play adapters and mounts, while PAC and others make universal adapters that can be wired up. Sony seems to be the most popular and has a good bar control interface (my Kenwood has limited control with the biketronics adapter?) but pick the unit with the features ya want. I wish I had gotten Bluetooth...
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Oldhippie, after about 3 years of the DSX-S310BTX, I finally got around yesterday to jacking with the bluetooth pandora streaming audio. Pretty slick stuff but it still doesn't have the sound quality of the iPod. Beats the hell outta FM though, especially if you pay for the subscription with no ads. :-)
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Oldhippie, after about 3 years of the DSX-S310BTX, I finally got around yesterday to jacking with the bluetooth pandora streaming audio. Pretty slick stuff but it still doesn't have the sound quality of the iPod. Beats the hell outta FM especially if you pay for the subscription with no ads. :-)
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Yeah I know the quality isn't as good but sometimes it is nice to listen to some different stuff. Options are nice plus I may be able to hear the GPS or the phone ringing? + at 75+ excellent quality doesn't really matter??
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hmm.. never thought about the Zumo.. going try that now! :-)
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