Help!! Hardwire passport 8500 x 50
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I considered that too, but I can see the glow from the LED in my peripheral vision (especially when it flashes like crazy) and I will eventually mount one/two gauges on the column so I didn't want to somehow get in the way of the mounts when I do. I could always move it, since I only have it on velcro.
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i just purchased an escort 9500ix and hardwire kit. Im going to be mounting it using this:
http://www.countryjoycrafts.com/350Z/escortmount.htm
I will probably run the power wire to the fuse box since I need to mount the led/mute button module near the steering wheel anyways...
http://www.countryjoycrafts.com/350Z/escortmount.htm
I will probably run the power wire to the fuse box since I need to mount the led/mute button module near the steering wheel anyways...
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I Just hardwired my Valentine 1 yesterday, you just need to pull out the panel, i used a small screwdriver between the panel and the headliner, but be careful not to damage either. there are 3 wires going to the panel, red, yellow, and black. Red is 12V, and black is ground, tap into each of them for power and ground.
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I'd like to change around what i said, i don't know if this will happen the same way with the passport as it did for the v1, but for some reason the pcm would give the hardwire module constant power, even when the v1 was unplugged. So it would drain my battery overnight. What i did to counter this was put a switch inline on the ground wire, so that when the switch was closed, the V1 would get ground, but when the switch was open the V1 module would not recieve ground, and therefore could not drain the battery. so now instead of having to turn off the V1, i have to flip the switch. I hope this helps, and sorry for any bad info i had in my previous post.
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^ a lot, i would do a little at a time because i didnt want to overheat the unit and the internals and i didnt want to dremel the whole way through the surface and hit the board on the inside.
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Very nice the mute button is a key when u r driving on the local roads. I never hardwire mine b/c I couldnt give up the smart cord. I might have to buy the smart cord hard wire kit and install that when I have a little more time.
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^ i dont want to open up my center console again to take pics, but its really easy to wire, just feed the wires under the dash, like where the knee airbag is all the way over to beneath the AC power port, under there one wire is ground the other is power, just tap the smart cord wires into that and your good to go. getting the cable up to the radar detector is easy too, just use ur finger tips and push the wire behind the left side of the dash and up the a-pillar over to the headliner
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want to do the same with my V1, any "how to" taking out the a pillar?