LowderK
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does anyone know where a person can buy blank speaker plugs and pins to replace some damaged ones both the male and female ends needed….
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Harris Speaker plugs
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BMDaug
I am licensed…
The two pin round is a Conxall part.
This thread has a list of the part numbers, though the column listing which part is which is cut off:
forums.radioreference.com
I don’t know the part number of the connector that mates to the speaker, but it may be on that list as well.
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This thread has a list of the part numbers, though the column listing which part is which is cut off:
Harris power connectors...
Does anyone know of any aftermarket connectors that would be the same as what Harris uses for their current mobiles (M7300/XG-75M etc). The round 3 wire twist lock style. Not sure if that's something unique to them or if it can be found elsewhere. Thanks!
I don’t know the part number of the connector that mates to the speaker, but it may be on that list as well.
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X9009X
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MAMROS0034-NN006
Cable Assembly,Speaker,
CH-721/CH-103,6in
If this is what your looking for I have them in stock, let me know.
LowderK
LEO / Paramedic
no i’m looking for the small white plug that’s on the end of that pigtail and what’s on the speaker itself…. but found out that it’s the same ones that’s on the motorola XTL/APX radios
X9009X
Member
OK Glad you found it.
Be careful. Harris appears to have changed up the speaker connector slightly between the M7100 line and the M7300/XG75M line; I've run into some that are different, right from the factory.
BMDaug
I am licensed…
The bottom line is that it’s two wires… as long as you have the Conxall part that plugs into the CH or MRU, anything that can join those wires will be just fine. Molex, butt splice, fast-on, lever nut… anything you have on hand will get you going. I’m actually not a big fan of that white connector.
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Me neither; many of them are so tight that the wires rip out when you try to disconnect the speaker. Snug is fine, but so tight you can't unplug it?
Sure do wish there was an industry standard for speaker connectors (and power connectors, too).
LowderK
LEO / Paramedic
the pigtail off the back of the head i have has the same plug as all my factory motorola xtl speakers
BMDaug
I am licensed…
Which is probably why Harris used that connector. Even if the polarity is reversed compared to Moto, it won’t make a big difference in sound quality. If you had stereo hifi speakers, phase matters, but for a mono speaker mounted in a noisy vehicle, a total non-issue.
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ElroyJetson
Getting tired of all the stupidity.
You can find those speakers brand new in the box on ebay for 20 bucks each or even less. It'll cost you more in time and money to obtain the plugs, pins, crimpers, and do the work, so just buy new speakers and be done with it. Life is too short to spend time splicing connectors when new speakers are that cheap.
BMDaug
I am licensed…
Does the speaker come with the pigtail (or what I would normally call an adapter)? I never understood why they didn’t just terminate the speaker wire with the two pin Conxall plug and be done!
Unless they really did want people to be able to use their already installed /\/\ speaker… or it was easier than trying to solder that gauge speaker wire to the Conxall solder cups?
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ElroyJetson
Getting tired of all the stupidity.
Yes it comes terminated with the 2 conductor molex type connector. If you need the two pin round plug similar to the CAN connector, those adapters can also be found on ebay.
BMDaug
I am licensed…
I realize the speaker comes terminated… I was asking if the speaker comes with the two pin round to two pin molex adapter in the box. That’s a no I guess!
Anyway, I think the OP just wants to replace some broken molex connectors. I would just get some barrier strips from Amazon and cut a 12 position into six, two positions. I do this all the time and it’s cheap and effective.
Terminal Block White Screw Terminal Connector Dual Row Electric Barrier Block 12-Position Terminal Strip, 10 Amp 380 V (20) https://a.co/d/51NpxkJ
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ElroyJetson
Getting tired of all the stupidity.
Who knows what Harris/GE engineers are thinking? 
Radios that get stuck in program mode if you forget to JUMP them when reading or writing to them using radio maintenance tools. Radios where they can forget how to use their own control head (LOST MRU) in the event of a glitch. Color me NOT impressed.
The round connector is probably more expensive than a molex type. So they come up with a solution in the form of an adapter cable that has one of each on it, that you have to put between your speaker and your control head rather than just make the speaker with the same round connector that's on the adapter cable!
And then they forget, or don't even bother, to put a simple audio output on the back of the radio chassis. The simplest cable that can extract speaker audio from a dashmount M7300 or XG100M is over a hundred dollars and it's a big bundle of wire, of which a speaker pigtail is just a tiny part of it. A cheap and simple speaker audio cable from Harris for an M7300 does not exist. You have to make your own with a custom wired DB44 plug and some speaker wire and a molex cable....or hardwire the speaker to the DB44.
Harris is supposed to be such a great engineering company but stuff like that makes that notion hard to believe.
Radios that get stuck in program mode if you forget to JUMP them when reading or writing to them using radio maintenance tools. Radios where they can forget how to use their own control head (LOST MRU) in the event of a glitch. Color me NOT impressed.
The round connector is probably more expensive than a molex type. So they come up with a solution in the form of an adapter cable that has one of each on it, that you have to put between your speaker and your control head rather than just make the speaker with the same round connector that's on the adapter cable!
And then they forget, or don't even bother, to put a simple audio output on the back of the radio chassis. The simplest cable that can extract speaker audio from a dashmount M7300 or XG100M is over a hundred dollars and it's a big bundle of wire, of which a speaker pigtail is just a tiny part of it. A cheap and simple speaker audio cable from Harris for an M7300 does not exist. You have to make your own with a custom wired DB44 plug and some speaker wire and a molex cable....or hardwire the speaker to the DB44.
Harris is supposed to be such a great engineering company but stuff like that makes that notion hard to believe.
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