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 Posted: Sat Jun 18, 2011 11:17 am |
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hiya, anyone know how to wire up a garmin sat nav without using the cigarette lighter?
i hate the long wire flapping about, would like to connect it up so only got a small length of wire coming out the mfd area.
ive looked on here but not found if its been brought up before, if it has sorry
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Posted: Sat Jun 18, 2011 11:17 am |
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suppose if your stereo had usb socket, you could just use a really small usb wire
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Posted: Sat Jun 18, 2011 11:26 am |
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| copey wrote: |
| suppose if your stereo had usb socket, you could just use a really small usb wire |
cant use stereo usb, thats only for my flash drive lol
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Posted: Sat Jun 18, 2011 11:28 am |
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you could go to a scrappers and get a cig lighter socket and wire that one in to the wires of your orig socket and wrap it up making sure its insulated and holding the plug for the sat nav then feed it up under the centre console and behind the radio to the MFD 
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Posted: Sat Jun 18, 2011 11:32 am |
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genius...
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Posted: Sat Jun 18, 2011 11:36 am |
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lol sounds like a plan,
cheers dude
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Posted: Sat Jun 18, 2011 11:39 am |
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if you aint got time to go scrappers you could allways ask any of the peep's on here thats breaking 206's how much for one posted
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Posted: Sat Jun 18, 2011 12:20 pm |
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I've put a second cig lighter socket in the passengerside footwell. Got sick of the wife charging her phone and the wire being in the way. Only took 5 mins to wire into the original and the cig lighter socket and cover (to make it look neat) cost a couple of quid from a motor spares shop
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Posted: Sat Jun 18, 2011 12:36 pm |
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ill need two, i brought one off ebay because i wanted a diff colour, im thinking ive been a d**k and wired it up wrong lol
the pug one had 3 wires, replacement had 2 wires and 1 plug for light.
the small wire from pug which was a temp live wire, only worked with the lights on/off, i sent to the light on the new lighter. that worked fine, but bulb was very dull.
now that leaves only 2 wires and 2 connectors, so after guessing i got the cigarette lighter to heat up, but sat nav wouldnt notice it was plugged in, so i checked fuses and found out that the one in the car charger had blown, replaced that, tried again, that blowed, swapped wires and another new fuse fitted i tried my iphone charger, MELTDOWN, just glad phone wernt plugger in.
i thought it could be because the iphone charger was s**t so tried satnav one again, the charger lighted up, plugged in satnav, but the satnav didnt show any signs of life, and now it wont at all, even when i plug it into the computer
so p**sed off
edit-- i think i remember the satnav being plugged in when i tried the iphone charger!
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Posted: Sat Jun 18, 2011 3:28 pm |
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| stevedude wrote: |
ill need two, i brought one off ebay because i wanted a diff colour, im thinking ive been a d**k and wired it up wrong lol
the pug one had 3 wires, replacement had 2 wires and 1 plug for light.
the small wire from pug which was a temp live wire, only worked with the lights on/off, i sent to the light on the new lighter. that worked fine, but bulb was very dull.
now that leaves only 2 wires and 2 connectors, so after guessing i got the cigarette lighter to heat up, but sat nav wouldnt notice it was plugged in, so i checked fuses and found out that the one in the car charger had blown, replaced that, tried again, that blowed, swapped wires and another new fuse fitted i tried my iphone charger, MELTDOWN, just glad phone wernt plugger in.
i thought it could be because the iphone charger was s**t so tried satnav one again, the charger lighted up, plugged in satnav, but the satnav didnt show any signs of life, and now it wont at all, even when i plug it into the computer
so p**sed off
edit-- i think i remember the satnav being plugged in when i tried the iphone charger! |
wired it up wrong, guessing, thought, meltdown
None of these words should be associated with anything electrical.
Guessing when dealing with wires is a big mistake, don't know how old your car is but carry on guessing and thinking (or not thinking in this case) and get ready to say goodbye to your BSI.
At least you have admitted "being a d**k", many would blame their tools.
When will people learn that if you don't know what your doing with vehicle electrical systems, leave well alone.
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Posted: Sat Jun 18, 2011 3:48 pm |
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well lighter is now connected up correct lol
i didnt take into account that the heat element will heat up either way the wires go.
just need to get another cigarette lighter and a new satnav lol least it was only a old one
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