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11-23-2014, 08:07 AM | #29 |
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It's a bit off topic but i do my driving in New York and Pennsylvania. In both states the police rely heavily on radar. I've encountered laser in New York only once and never in Pennsylvania. New York uses a lot of moving radar. Pennsylvania state police are restricted by law to stationary raday. I saw significant laser use in Massachusetts. Police prefer using radar as doing laser speed measurement is too much like work.
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OK so after reading this DIY and ordering this: [ame="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00JG5ZMVC/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o02_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1#"]http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00JG5ZMVC[/ame] I found the wiring harness so accurately described above, and found the same three wires. I decided to snip off the OEM connector at the end and I will be using some single line connectors to make this easy to un-install should I need to in the future. To test the circuit, I temporarily used some wire nuts. The gray wire on the car goes to the Red in the detector harness, and the black ground on the car goes to the black ground on the detector harness. From there, the circuit goes to an in-line fuse (see Amazon page) then out to a phone jack plug into the detector. This setup is not working for me at all. I don't see any power to the detector, and none of the combinations of wires reads any Volts on a multi-meter, whether the car is running or not. Did I screw something up in the circuit by snipping off the connector? Any other ideas as to what is going on here?? I'm starting to feel dumb! All your help is greatly appreciated
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So I figured it out!!!
It turns out people above were discussing the same problem, but since I didn't know what was going on, I didn't realize I was having the same issue. I'll document it here in case anyone else runs into the issue. If you are not getting power to the connector / wires for the harness, try the following. Turn the key to the ON position so your radio turns on. Try to move your side mirrors with the little knob on the driver's side door. If those work, you have some other problem and should stop reading this. If the mirrors won't move, I have your fix! It turns out the side mirrors and the rear view mirror harness are on the same fuse. If you're like me, you accidentally blew the fuse by messing with the connector / wires. It is 10Amp in the corner of the interior fuse box (not the one under the hood). Specifically, it is the fuse furthest towards the front of the car, and furthest to the passenger side. Pop that out and replace it with a fresh one AFTER you've got all the wiring completed per the OP. Make sure nothing is touching each other or loose so you don't blow the fuse again. You can use the spare 10Amp from under the hood if you don't have one.
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what suction cup mount is that?
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I am planning on getting a BRZ very soon, and just wanted to confirm, if I get a BRZ with just the basic mirror, this should also be available right?
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Did this the other day. Much cleaner.
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To make it cheaper and not have to buy a detector power cord:
*This worked for a Passport 8500 X50 Take a regular telephone cord and cut it to about a foot in length. Strip the red and green wire ends on the telephone cord. Green cord wire to gray car wire and red cord wire to black car wire. |
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Easiest way I found was this:
>Original power cable for passport x500i plugged in to AC power outlet in glove box > plugged into RJ11 coupler (purchased at radioshack) https://encrypted-tbn2.gstatic.com/s...bykQs&usqp=CAY >Extended phone cable plugged into RJ11 coupler and routed along pillar to radar. This allowed me to "have hidden cables/power w/o cutting or splicing any wires". All necessary items (extended phone cable, RJ11 coupler) can be purchased for cheap. You're simply extending the power cable to the radar using a homemade extension cable.
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