External Speaker

[85chevy4x4]

I'm looking for a good external speaker to plug into my pro 106 while I'm in my truck. I would really like to be able to hear the scanner audio over my trucks radio while driving, and not have to turn down the radio to clearly hear the audio. I bought a speaker from radioshack that was marked as 5 watts, but it's not near as loud as the built in speaker on my scanner so it's useless. Can anyone give me a good recommendation?

 

[Kingmobileaudio]

If you tap in to your back speakers I would not keep them hook to your radio.

I have a Uniden speaker on my scanner and it's really nice and loud.

They do sell pre amp speakers that I'm sure be nice and loud and you don't lose your radio speakers

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[85chevy4x4]

I don't want to tap into the trucks speakers, that's getting a little to complicated for me. All I need is a good loud external speaker that's able to put out audio that's just as loud as the truck speakers if possible.

 

[Kingmobileaudio]

Scanner masters is where I got mine

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[N0GX]

On your Pro-106, if you ground the negative lead on your speaker, it will make your external speaker louder. If I remember right, they have the audio level turned down on the speaker output for use with headphones, grounding the negative side will bypass that and let full audio come though.

 

[6520tkp]

Buy a new stereo

Here is how i solved my problem, i bought a new stereo system that is MP3 capable and has a AUX jack on the front detachable face, use a jumper from the scanner to the AUX jack,.

It would not be stereo because your scanner is mono.

Works for me

Does not have to be an expensive stereo I paid around $100 for mine.

 

[85chevy4x4]

On your Pro-106, if you ground the negative lead on your speaker, it will make your external speaker louder. If I remember right, they have the audio level turned down on the speaker output for use with headphones, grounding the negative side will bypass that and let full audio come though.

So your saying ground the negative lead on the scanners audio output or the scanners speaker itself? So all I would be doing is running another ground off the current ground wire? And my trucks radio has an auxiliary jack, but I can't listen to the radio if the scanner is running through the aux jack

 

[N0GX]

So your saying ground the negative lead on the scanners audio output or the scanners speaker itself? So all I would be doing is running another ground off the current ground wire? And my trucks radio has an auxiliary jack, but I can't listen to the radio if the scanner is running through the aux jack

Either tap into the negative lead on the speaker, or you could even use just a paper clip wrapped around the speaker plug at the base and run the other side of the paper clip over to the antenna jack as that is a ground point.

 

[85chevy4x4]

I think il give that a try with a small piece of wire or something. I have the extended warranty anyways incase something happens

 

[N0GX]

I think il give that a try with a small piece of wire or something. I have the extended warranty anyways incase something happens

When I did mine, I just opened up the external speaker and soldered another wire to the negative side of the speaker, then ran that wire to a ground in my truck. Check this link, it tells about it.

http://forums.radioreference.com/radio-shack-scanners/128208-external-speaker-106-mod.html

 

[RadioDaze]

I would recommend using an amplified mobile speaker, like this: SP-180A 4" Amplified Mobile Speaker
It will be louder than modding the scanner and using a regular speaker.