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WIRING THE AMPLIFIER
On all input/output and speaker connectors, it’s a good idea to take the female
spade connector and gently squeeze the connector together. Doing so insures a
solid connection when the male spade connector goes in. DO NOT have the male
and female connectors together, and then squeeze, as this will make for a loose
connection!
Step #1: With the amplifi er in place, take the yellow/black wires on the input
connector of the amplifi er, and plug them into the front factory speaker
wires on the clutch side of the bike. They will only go in one way. Take
the brown/black wires on the “front out” connector and plug them into
the front clutch side speaker. They will only go in one way.
Step #2: Take the green/black wires on the input connector and plug them into
the front factory speaker wires on the brake side of the bike. Take the
blue/black on the front out plug, and plug them into the brake side front
speaker. Again, these will only go on one way.
The amps orange wire is the “remote turn on lead” and tells the amp to turn on
whenever it sees +12v (.5 amp min.). Unplug the center wire (+) from the back
of the cigarette lighter. Plug the orange lead from the amplifi er 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.
ROUTING THE MAIN WIRE HARNESS
Step #1: Just in front of the tank, on the brake side of the bike, on the back bone
of the frame is a rectangular opening where factory wires pass from the
inner fairing to the rest of the bike. The power and ground wires, and
rear speaker wires will pass through this opening. Note: install time will
be cut down if another wire is “fi shed” through from the opening side
into the fairing, taped to the Hogtunes wires, and pulled through.
Step #2: Loosen the tanks “chrome console” and run wires up and over the gas
tank, but under the tanks chrome console. There is a provision on the
front of the tank console for wires to pass. When correctly installed,
the power and ground wires are the right length to run down the brake
side, and connect to the battery. The remaining 8 pin harness is the
right length to run down the clutch side, and be zip-tied to the clutch
side fender strut. Be sure to run the 8 pin harness UNDER the air line for
the clutch side rear shock.
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Step #3: On the 8 pin rear har-
ness “end” you will see
2 pairs of black shorter
wires in a sheath, and
2 pairs of black lon-
ger wires in a second
sheath. Put the ends of
the shorter wires into the
clutch side rear speaker
box and the longer wires into the brake side. These wires will enter
where the factory wires enter the rear speaker box.
If Installing on a RG Ultra:
Plug the factory rear speaker wires into the male wires of the amp
harness-they will only go on one way. Take a Hogtunes rear speaker
(model 117.2-AA) and plug the female connectors of the amp harness
into the speaker. Again, they will only go one way.
If Installing on any other model of Road Glide:
Take a Hogtunes rear speaker (model 117.2-AA) and plug the female
connectors of the amp harness into the speaker. The male connectors
of the Hogtunes harness will not be used.
Step #1: Once you are confi dent the wires are correctly attached to the
rear speakers, sit them in place, put the grills back on, and
secure the speakers by reinstalling the 4 screws on each grill.
Join the 8 pin plug that carries wires into the rear speaker
boxes to the 8 pin plug on the long rear speaker harness
sitting on the rear fender strut.
Locate the in line fuse holder, and crimp to the red wire.
Attach the amps black wire to the negative (-) battery terminal,
and the amps red wire to the positive (+) battery terminal.
The factory battery wires are also re-installed at this point.
Note:
When attaching the power and ground wires, it is
always a good practice to do the negative fi rst. When the
positive connector touches the battery, some sparking is
normal. This is a function of the capacitors in the amplifi er
charging up.
WIRE HARNESS
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