I am going to install an xact xtr8 satellite radio on my H-D motorcycle. When I was going through the web site that I'm going to order from, I noticed some of the radios run on 5 volts and some on 12.
Since it's a motorcycle, I'm going to have to splice wires (12 volt). I don't have the luxury of plugging it in the cigarette lighter, and I don't want to blow it up if it runs on 5 volts.
Can you tell me if this works on 12v or 5v?
Re: I am going to install an xact xtr8 satellite radio on...
12 volt is standard the gps system might convert the 12 volts from the bike to 5 volts to run the gps system don't worry just hook it up there is no motorcycles or cars that run on 5 volts
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