Boom audio strikes again

azglocker

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I gotta say, I love the boom head unit. It's like talking to a toddler and expecting a logical response. Never mind that the nav can't be used within 5 minutes after start up or that it doesn't know how to properly indicate where your destination is or how to get there, but now mine has taken on another trait. Twice in the last week my bike has powered up playing audio of its choosing. It used to default to radio, but now it has twice defaulted to playing all tracks on my USB stick beginning with "lost in hollywood". Not even at the first alphabetically? My head unit is running the 1.9 firmware.

I really hope the next big update Harley does includes re-working the head unit. It's cumbersome, under powered, ridden with quirks and harder to set up than a vcr (which I never did figure out how to program a recording). I has features that are basically unusable too, like fuel economy over a trip but only if you are using nav to a destination and stay on the path. I wouldn't be surprised if it has more ecm access than they let on to, but we know Harley doesn't like to freely advertise things like engine and oil temp.

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AZ- I'd try a firmware upgrade next. I cannot count the thousands of complaints about this problematic infotainment system over the past 3 years. It is so full of quirks even Harley can't seem to figure it out.
This technology was old when they first introduced it and still have the to charge us $$$ for map upgrades!
 
The other day I suddenly had no sound coming out of my speakers. The infotainment center is still working, but just no sound. I've checked fuses and updated the system... Still nothing. Any suggestions out there?
 
Mine was recently updated and I've some strange results. After start-up, the bar and shield logo stays on for quite some time before switching (not always) to the warning/acceptance screen. And then I can ignore it and it goes away. I only use a USB stick for my Boombox needs as the rest of it is a useless POS!
 


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