DSR1 Installation Connections
First thing you want to do is sort through the DSR1 power/input harness. Decide which connections you will need to use.
A typical installation will only require that the front RCA inputs are used.
Heat shrink or tape off the ends of the remaining RCAs (Digital in, Aux,
& Rear Input). We recommend that you use bullet type connectors on
the remaining 4 wires. The industry standard for all connectors is that a
circuit supplying power or signal uses a female connector and a circuit
that receives power or signal uses a male connector. This is to avoid
electrical shorts when the connectors are not together.
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Put a female connector on the Blue/White wire. This wire is
the remote output. This wire goes to 12 volts when the DSR1 is powered
up and supplies that 12V signal to your amplifier(s) in order to switch on
the amplifier(s) when the DSR1 is powered up and to also switch the
amplifiers off when the DSR1 powers down.
Never connect your
amplifiers remote-turn on directly to the radio or an accessory
source. Always use the Blue/White from the DSR1.
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Put male connectors on the 3 remaining wires (Blue (no
stripe), Yellow, Black).
Make your power connections. You will need to supply your DSR1 with a ground and battery connection. There are only two good
places to make these connections in the fairing of the bike.
1.
Connect directly to the power terminals of your fairing mounted power amplifier. We often times include a fuse
holder with DSR1s when we ship them out. Never connect the DSR1 directly to a high amprage source (the
amplifier power terminal) without a fuse between the DSR1 and the power source.
2.
Use our optional CB circuit harness to provide the DSR1 with power and ground. This is the easiest way and it
already has a fuse holder built in.
Above shows how to connect a standard fuse holder.
Left shows how to connect our optional CB circuit harness.
If using the CB harness, on the bike you will find the matching 12 pin plug behind the radio
to your left side. The harness will have a rubber plug in it and it will be the only harness on
the fairing that will fit.
Remote/Accessory Input (Blue wire with no stripe). Do Not Connect
On ‘14 & up Harleys this wire is not typically used. This wire in other applications would be
routed to an accessory circuit on the bike or in the case of an aftermarket radio it would be
connected to the remote output of the aftermarket radio. On ‘14 & up Harleys though the
factory radios make a pop sound when they power up. This pop sound is then passed to the
amplifier and then the speakers if the Blue wire of the DSR1 is connected. A great solution
to this issue is to not use the blue wire at all. The DSR1 has a feature called “DC detect”.
We enable DC detect on every DSR1 that we sell. The DC detect will listen for music signal
