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WIRING THE AMPLIFIER
Step #1: Plug the 2 connectors of the main wire harness into “Power” and “Audio
Input” on the amplifier. Tighten (snug) the 2 small flathead screws on the
power connector to prevent it from backing out while riding.
Step #2: • On the audio input harness, locate the yellow/black pair of wires
with the male connectors.
• Unplug the factory speaker wires on the clutch side of the bike and
plug the yellow/black wires in to those. They will only go in one way
• Also on the audio input harness, locate the green/black pair of wires
with the male connectors. Unplug the factory speaker wires on the
brake side of the bike and plug the green/black wires in to those.
Note: The blue 4 pin plug with black wires on the input harness is an
“expansion port” which used to send music to a second amp, or is
used to send radio power to run other speakers on the bike. You can see
how the expansion port can be used further on in this manual.
Step #3: • On the opposite side of the amp are 3” (75mm) wires ending with a
4 pin black connector. This plug sends amplified power to your
speakers. Locate 4 pin black plug wire harness with brown/black
and blue/black wires, and plug it into the amplified output plug.
• The blue/black wires will plug directly to the speaker on the brake
side of the bike. The brown/black wires will plug directly to the
speaker on the clutch side of the bike.
Step #4: • The orange wire is the “remote turn on lead” and tells the amp to turn
on whenever it sees +12v (.5 amp min.). Unplug the factory center
wire (+) on the cigarette lighter.
• Plug the orange lead from the amplifier directly onto the lighter using
the female connector.
• Plug the factory lighter wire to the male “take off” connector which
is part of the amps orange turn on lead.
IMPORTANT: If you do not attach the orange wire from the amp to the
center wire at the cigarette lighter, the amplifier will not turn on. If the
factory fuse for your cigarette lighter is blown, and your cigarette lighter
does not work, your amplifier will not turn on.
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ROUTING THE POWER HARNESS
For ‘98-’06 bikes,
the power harness will pass under the inner fairing where
the throttle and idle cables pass through on the brake side of the bike. The harness
is designed to be routed between the frame backbone and gas tank on the brake
side of the bike ,and come out just behind the gas tank. You
MAY
need to undo
the back bolt of the gas tank and pivot the tank up to allow the harness to pass
through at the back of the gas tank. Be sure to re-install this bolt and torque to fac-
tory specs!
For 07+ bikes,
the balance of the main wire harness will pass under the inner
fairing where the main wire harness passes through on the brake side of the bike.
Loosen the tank console and run wires up and over the gas tank, but under the
tank console. There is a provision on the front of the tank console for wires to pass.
Secure the amplifiers harness to the bikes factory harness using zip ties. When
correctly installed, the power and ground wires are the right length to connect onto
the battery.
• Attach the red wire to the positive (+) battery terminal, and the black wire to
the negative (-) battery terminal. The factory battery wires are also re-installed
at this point. Turn the ignition of the bike to the “on” position and play the
stereo at low volume to verify the amplifier is working fine.
IMPORTANT: With all wires secured, turn the front
wheel to each extreme side, making sure that any wires
cannot bind or impede the steering of the motorcycle.
Failure to do so can cause an accident resulting
in serious injury or death!
On the brake side of the amplifier is the amp level switch. The switch has 3
positions labeled -3, 0, and +3.
• If the expansion port has been used to power additional speakers, use the
switch to set the “balance” between the amplified fairing speakers, and
additional speaker powered by the radios built in power.
• If you have a dual amp system, you can use the switches on each amp to
balance the level of sound to each set of speakers as a means to tailor the
sound to your liking. In a multi amplifier system, this gives you AWESOME
flexibility!
