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Try to obtain an old, defect radio, and take it there out. Then you're having an exactly fitting male adapter.
Try to obtain an old, defect radio, and take it there out. Then you're having an exactly fitting male adapter.
GL1500 Radio Help. Any Professional Radio Installers Out Here?
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Well I found a connector that works perfectly. It fits very tight but it does fit. It is a Scosche DO01Bhttp://www.scosche.com/products/productID/222
It was designedfor a Daewoo 1999-up. I incorrectly called it a female connector. I assumed since the factory connector plugged into it it was female but because it has the prongs it is considered a male adapter. Checking with Metra, the part number would be 70-8405. http://www.metraonline.com/products.aspx?s=70-8405
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I am not sure about the Metra one but the Scosche only has 13 wires in the harness instead of 18 wires. Thats ok because I will onlybe using7 of the wires( 12 volt hot, 12 volt accessory, ground, 2 for left speaker, and 2 for right speaker). Now I will be able to leave the factory wiring intact.
Well I found a connector that works perfectly. It fits very tight but it does fit. It is a Scosche DO01Bhttp://www.scosche.com/products/productID/222
It was designedfor a Daewoo 1999-up. I incorrectly called it a female connector. I assumed since the factory connector plugged into it it was female but because it has the prongs it is considered a male adapter. Checking with Metra, the part number would be 70-8405. http://www.metraonline.com/products.aspx?s=70-8405
I am not sure about the Metra one but the Scosche only has 13 wires in the harness instead of 18 wires. Thats ok because I will onlybe using7 of the wires( 12 volt hot, 12 volt accessory, ground, 2 for left speaker, and 2 for right speaker). Now I will be able to leave the factory wiring intact.
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For background, I got the idea from this thread: http://www.goldwingfacts.com/forums/view_topic.php?id=86866&forum_id=4&jump_to=952739#p952739By going with an aftermarket setup, you will most likely lose the intercom. I had already expected that and bought a new JMCB-2003 Dual version http://www.jmcorp.com/SeeProducts.asp?PF=38on Ebay for a good price. I bought one of the radio adapters mentioned by Marcellus Wallace on his thread from the guy on ebay.
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It was advertised as handmade. I don't know how many he made or if he is going to make anymore. The seller user name is trayk-by: http://myworld.ebay.com/ebaymotors/trayk-by/The item took a few weeks to arrive because it came from Minsk, Belarus. The item isn't a perfect fit in the old radio shelter but pretty close. Also the opening where the bracket for the new radio goes wasn't quite large enough and had to be slightly tweaked but now the radio fits fine. The radio I went with was a refurbished Sony CDX-M30 marine radio that was on sale from Sonystyle.com but it looks like the sale is over: http://www.sonystyle.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?catalogId=10551&storeId=10151&langId=-1&productId=8198552921665801225 This also gives me an indash CD player and an AUX connector for my MP3 player. I have not finished the installation yet. I did connect the speakers and power to the radio using the Scosche DO01B adapter. So far it works.I did have to switch the pins and wires around in that adapter but the wiring diagram I mentioned in my first post was spot on on the pin locations. I'd rather mess up the adapter then the factory wiring. I only used the left and right speakers, 12V positive, backup power, and ground pins. When I get the J&M CB mounted, I will have a CB and an intercom. I always listened to the radio on the dash speakers and I always use headset speakers for CB and intercom. There is a harness that can be bought to connect the radio to the J&M CB so the radio could play through the helmet speakers but but I didn't see the need. The only thing I was worried about was losing info on the LCD display, especially the clock. It will no longer show the info from the radio but it still displays the time/clock and info from the air compressor. The new radio now gives me adjustments for bass, mid range, and treble. It also has a fader which would allow me to add rear speakers by just running extra speaker wires to the rear. No extra harness or extra fader is needed. This radio also has the ability to add a HD radio module that will give me HD radio stations. The headsets I have were HS-CD9174 and I only had to change out the lower cords from 5 pin to 6 pin cords.
The sound is now a lot closer to what I want. The only thing I want to experiment with are the foam speaker baffles made by XTC. I have seen them at Crutchfield. Has anyone else tried these? It seems like on the GL1500's there is, at highway speeds, a lot of air pressure inside the fairing that doesn't allow the speakers to move as they should and the audio quality suffers. By using the baffles, it might help seal off the speakers a bit and allow them to move more as they should. What is the general opinion on this?
For background, I got the idea from this thread: http://www.goldwingfacts.com/forums/view_topic.php?id=86866&forum_id=4&jump_to=952739#p952739By going with an aftermarket setup, you will most likely lose the intercom. I had already expected that and bought a new JMCB-2003 Dual version http://www.jmcorp.com/SeeProducts.asp?PF=38on Ebay for a good price. I bought one of the radio adapters mentioned by Marcellus Wallace on his thread from the guy on ebay.
It was advertised as handmade. I don't know how many he made or if he is going to make anymore. The seller user name is trayk-by: http://myworld.ebay.com/ebaymotors/trayk-by/The item took a few weeks to arrive because it came from Minsk, Belarus. The item isn't a perfect fit in the old radio shelter but pretty close. Also the opening where the bracket for the new radio goes wasn't quite large enough and had to be slightly tweaked but now the radio fits fine. The radio I went with was a refurbished Sony CDX-M30 marine radio that was on sale from Sonystyle.com but it looks like the sale is over: http://www.sonystyle.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?catalogId=10551&storeId=10151&langId=-1&productId=8198552921665801225 This also gives me an indash CD player and an AUX connector for my MP3 player. I have not finished the installation yet. I did connect the speakers and power to the radio using the Scosche DO01B adapter. So far it works.I did have to switch the pins and wires around in that adapter but the wiring diagram I mentioned in my first post was spot on on the pin locations. I'd rather mess up the adapter then the factory wiring. I only used the left and right speakers, 12V positive, backup power, and ground pins. When I get the J&M CB mounted, I will have a CB and an intercom. I always listened to the radio on the dash speakers and I always use headset speakers for CB and intercom. There is a harness that can be bought to connect the radio to the J&M CB so the radio could play through the helmet speakers but but I didn't see the need. The only thing I was worried about was losing info on the LCD display, especially the clock. It will no longer show the info from the radio but it still displays the time/clock and info from the air compressor. The new radio now gives me adjustments for bass, mid range, and treble. It also has a fader which would allow me to add rear speakers by just running extra speaker wires to the rear. No extra harness or extra fader is needed. This radio also has the ability to add a HD radio module that will give me HD radio stations. The headsets I have were HS-CD9174 and I only had to change out the lower cords from 5 pin to 6 pin cords.
The sound is now a lot closer to what I want. The only thing I want to experiment with are the foam speaker baffles made by XTC. I have seen them at Crutchfield. Has anyone else tried these? It seems like on the GL1500's there is, at highway speeds, a lot of air pressure inside the fairing that doesn't allow the speakers to move as they should and the audio quality suffers. By using the baffles, it might help seal off the speakers a bit and allow them to move more as they should. What is the general opinion on this?
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