Otherwise, you are not going to like the result you end up with.

If you are having your system installed by a professional, make sure that he knows about this and completely understands it. Tuning a bike system with the volume-dependent factory equalization feature is simple if you are aware of it, but attempting a tune with no knowledge of how the equalization is affected by the volume level is just nothing short of a disaster. This is a great feature and one that is totally lost when going with an aftermarket radio. At full volume, the radio still has an equalization curve that is appealing at high volume levels with outside noises. The factory radio adds both bass and treble at lower volumes and levels out as the volume increases. It is very important to understand that even after a radio flash, the frequency response (equalization) of the radio is not flat and that you don’t want it to be. It’s as simple as a click of a button in the software. As an extra bonus, you can enable Apple CarPlay while you are at it without needing to buy or install any extra Harley hardware. So when you remove the radio you also remove your fade and tone controls unless you flash your radio.

If your bike has factory amplifiers the flash will enable analog fader and tone controls.įactory Harley systems with amplifiers perform their tone and fader operations from within the amplifier instead of the radio. The flash will enable rear speakers on your radio if your bike was originally a two channel system from the factory. This flash has all of the best options and the best frequency response as well. When using the TechnoResearch brand tool be sure to select the Rockford Fosgate flash profile. Even most Harley dealerships these days now also have TechnoResearch flash tools as well.

TechnoResearch is a third party flash tool that most all non Harley shops have.

Always Get Your Bike Flashed With a TecnoResearch Flash Tool.

Don’t Get Your Bike Flashed With the Factory Harley Flash Tool at the dealership!.

No Matter what speakers and amplifiers you are using. And the flash that you want is always the Rockford Fosgate flash. So we always recommend to do a radio flash. It is possible to install a system without performing a radio flash, but only when using a sound processor and when skipping the flash the tuning process becomes much more complicated.

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