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The Zoombox: Blackjack + speakers and lights

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Presenting my Blackjack!

In addition to all the fancy parts that come along with owning a Blackjack, I've installed handlebar-mounted speakers and white underglow LED lights.

I added these bullet speakers (which I spraypainted matte black), with the power and volume controls on one side and the play/pause prev/next track remote on the other. My iPhone filled with music sits in the tray - the headphone jack is plugged directly into the speakers with a regular minijack cable, and the 30-pin dock connector runs to a Kensington LiquidAUX which connects to the wireless remote.
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Underneath the body and in each wheel are white LED lights. The wireless remote for them is velcro'd inside the tray. They can flash and fade on and off, but I just put them all-on at night and it looks like the scooter is hovering.

I'm thinking about mounting my iPhone on the left handlebar, beneath the mirror, but I haven't decided what the best way to do it is.
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I like it, thanks for posting your scoot! :D
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Post by ericalm »

Nice! Audio setup looks great.

Watch out for cops with those LEDs, though! I know a couple people who've been ticketed for various illegal lighting.
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ooookay, i NEED to put my LEDs on my ride . . . i had my scooter repainted to be basically the same matte black as a BlackJack, and i've got my speakers mounted under the seat. just got the LEDs 2 days ago. are those speakers powered? i find that i can hear mine decently while riding slowly, but i need to put some tweeters up where you have yours mounted . . .
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Yeah, they're powered. The cables run to a small amplifier that is bolted to the side of the under-seat compartment. You can power them off and on with the wired remote that's zip tied to my left speaker. They put out plenty of sound, I can hear it well even when going 65mph.
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PunkHop wrote:Yeah, they're powered. The cables run to a small amplifier that is bolted to the side of the under-seat compartment. You can power them off and on with the wired remote that's zip tied to my left speaker. They put out plenty of sound, I can hear it well even when going 65mph.
yeeeeah your setup is the same as mine! i really need to hook up those tweeters. very nice!
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