ShaunBLAZE
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Where would the best spot be to hard wire a USB cable? I just need to connect the cables the supply power, no data. Should I just tap into the power leads of the radio harness?
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ShaunBLAZE
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jdm_dynasty said:
I'm trying to use it for my PDA which is going to be used as my multimedia/navigtional. I know they have USB cigarette lighter chargers but I thought it would be cool to have the power hard wired.
Do you want it to be on all the time? If you only want it to be on when the car is on (like the cigarette lighter) then tapping the lighter and hard wiring it would be the easiest IMO... But if you want it available all the time, I would personally just run a + line straight from your battery to wherever you mount it... Then you aren't restricted on where you can mount it, and as long as your battery has power, the cable will have power...
ShaunBLAZE
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Jeffro said:
Yeah after reading another thread I realized tapping the cig lighter might be the better option. Do you know if the lighter pops out somehow or am I going to have to remove the console?
Totalimmortal
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Console has to come out. Pull the drink holder out and then pry the center console area up. There's two screws holding the storage bin in place. You have to pop the panel above the storage bin off the pull the storage bin out.
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ShaunBLAZE
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Totalimmortal said:
OK thanks. I was really hoping to not have to remove the console, but I need to know how anyway.
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with the voltage thing, i think it would be better to hardwire the car charger, since its already set up to recive the voltage your car will give it.
i would check the voltage + the amps before you hardwire it. just to be on the safe side, i would buy a converter. unless the PDA is exactly 12v. remember, when you're engine is on, it goes up to 13v because the alternator is charging the battery. this could cause too much power to the PDA.
