Cyclops
Active Member
Tried searching older threads and founding nothing addressing my issue. Recently had the following added to my bike:
Hogtunes Tweeter Pod
Hogtunes 140W Amp & Front Speaker Kit
System sounds great with CDs & MP3 Players both while riding (even at high speeds) and while parked (at idle & on ACC). However, I only seem to get good radio reception while sitting still at idle or parked & ACC. While riding I cannot seem to pick up any radio stations, and those I do pick up are faint/weak. But, I can pull off on the side of the road in the same area that I get poor reception while riding and have no problem picking up a good signal if I sit at idle or shut the bike off at the same geographic location. I have cut the amp out and the problem goes away. I spoke to a Hogtunes rep at a recent rally and he told me that Hogtunes was aware of such an issue on early amps, and those early amps have a red power led light on the amp. He stated that Hogtunes addressed this reception issue and the 'upgraded' amps have a green power led light vs the earlier version with red. But, they're not guarenteeing that the upgraded version will fix the problem.
They will swap out my current amp with the newer style amp (via mailing such to me and the labor is on me), but before I go through will all that swapping, removing, installing, postage, etc., I'm just curious if anyone else has experienced this problem and if so, what they did to resolve such. From my perspective, everything worked fine before spending quite a few bucks to upgrade as explained and right now I'm not sure the increase in sound (especially only for CDs & MP3s) is worth the expense incurred. ..especially considering I only had this installed less than a month ago. I would have thought that if Hogtunes had addressed this issue with an upgraded amp, the older style wouldn't have been available 'on the shelf' from one of their autherized installers that procures such from them.
Any feedback input is appreciated. Thanks in advance!
Hogtunes Tweeter Pod
Hogtunes 140W Amp & Front Speaker Kit
System sounds great with CDs & MP3 Players both while riding (even at high speeds) and while parked (at idle & on ACC). However, I only seem to get good radio reception while sitting still at idle or parked & ACC. While riding I cannot seem to pick up any radio stations, and those I do pick up are faint/weak. But, I can pull off on the side of the road in the same area that I get poor reception while riding and have no problem picking up a good signal if I sit at idle or shut the bike off at the same geographic location. I have cut the amp out and the problem goes away. I spoke to a Hogtunes rep at a recent rally and he told me that Hogtunes was aware of such an issue on early amps, and those early amps have a red power led light on the amp. He stated that Hogtunes addressed this reception issue and the 'upgraded' amps have a green power led light vs the earlier version with red. But, they're not guarenteeing that the upgraded version will fix the problem.
They will swap out my current amp with the newer style amp (via mailing such to me and the labor is on me), but before I go through will all that swapping, removing, installing, postage, etc., I'm just curious if anyone else has experienced this problem and if so, what they did to resolve such. From my perspective, everything worked fine before spending quite a few bucks to upgrade as explained and right now I'm not sure the increase in sound (especially only for CDs & MP3s) is worth the expense incurred. ..especially considering I only had this installed less than a month ago. I would have thought that if Hogtunes had addressed this issue with an upgraded amp, the older style wouldn't have been available 'on the shelf' from one of their autherized installers that procures such from them.
Any feedback input is appreciated. Thanks in advance!
