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Bad Daddy

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Seeg Radio Failure
« on: May 27, 2009, 11:43:24 AM »

On the way back from Sturgis, my 05 SEEG radio appeared to lose a lot of the left channel volume.  I never got around to sorting it out and this weekend it appears to have died.  I can hear faintly, but I think the amp portion is dead.  Checked the fuses, no problem there.  I'm preparing to pull the fairing this weekend and investigate.  Does anyone have any thoughts on how to go about diagnosing the problem before I get in there?  I have a Garmin Zumo 550 with the XM option.  I installed the XM antenna/unit on top of my radio with a couple zip ties.  It worked great All the way to Sturgis and back to Boston, except for the left channel issue.  It worked great up until then.  I also have Hogtune speakers. 

Any help would be appreciated. 

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Re: Seeg Radio Failure
« Reply #1 on: May 27, 2009, 04:59:21 PM »

On the way back from Sturgis, my 05 SEEG radio appeared to lose a lot of the left channel volume.  I never got around to sorting it out and this weekend it appears to have died.  I can hear faintly, but I think the amp portion is dead.  Checked the fuses, no problem there.  I'm preparing to pull the fairing this weekend and investigate.  Does anyone have any thoughts on how to go about diagnosing the problem before I get in there?  I have a Garmin Zumo 550 with the XM option.  I installed the XM antenna/unit on top of my radio with a couple zip ties.  It worked great All the way to Sturgis and back to Boston, except for the left channel issue.  It worked great up until then.  I also have Hogtune speakers. 

Any help would be appreciated. 

JRW

Get a hold of Pez/Hog Tunes, I am sure he can help you he is very knowledgeable in regards to the HD Radios.

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Re: Seeg Radio Failure
« Reply #2 on: May 31, 2009, 10:45:26 AM »

make sure the volume is all the way up on the 550.  :bananarock:
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Re: Seeg Radio Failure
« Reply #3 on: May 31, 2009, 01:18:30 PM »

Mine did the same last week on the right side, pulled fairing off and it was a speaker plug to the HAWG WIRED speaker not fully clicked in. Clicked the plug together securely and back came the sound as normal, i'm not saying this is your problem, but its worth the 5 minutes it took me to pull fairing off. :bananarock: :bananarock: :bananarock:
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Re: Seeg Radio Failure
« Reply #4 on: June 01, 2009, 10:02:40 AM »

Turns out to be two blown speakers.  Imagine that.  I had planned on checking the left speaker to see if it was blown, but when the right one went, I just assumed it was the radio itself, being that I had hogtune speakers.  Spoke with John at Radio Sound thinking I'd have to do a swap and he suspected it was blown speakers.  He says the 4 ohm radio output will blow the 6 ohm Hogtune speakers.   I already had the fairing off and was planning on checking the speakers that night.  I did and to my surprise, both were blown.  Now this is a bike that gets more TLC than a newborn baby.  Popped that original speakers back in and everythings fine.

I did speak  with Cameron at Hogtunes and they're sending me out a set of replacement spearkers.  I was concerned because I have 4 Hogtune speakers in my Ultra and wanted to know if they had many of those fail because of the ohm difference.  He says they haven't and they have had the same design up until this year.  I haven't had any issues at all with the speakers on my Ultra, and it has the same radio.  He also reiterated their 20 year guarantee and they found me in their computer so I'm satisfied.

At any rate, John at Radio Sound was very helpful and Hogtunes is living up to their reputation for great customer service. 

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