Recent content by mateoc15

I got this information from Cobra's tech support. This is a PDF document that they sent. I'm sure they get this kind of question all the time. It seems to be generic to all of their models as I was given no indication otherwise. "Hardwiring a Radar Detector to the Fuse Block To hardwire a...

Here's the spec. You're right, I initially thought 12V because of the accessories in the PDF but that's the cigarette adapter, not necessarily the power it consumes. So... the PDF doesn't say anything, the unit itself doesn't have a label, so I put in a question to their support. Man, what a...

I did just check. It's 12V 2A power, so that makes it easy. I think I'm just going to use an add-a-circuit and do it that way and put in a 2A fuse. Seems more straightforward and I don't risk cutting anything I could fubar.

I found this (for a motorcycle, same idea): 1. So 87 goes to the radar detector. I just cut the cigarette lighter end off of the power cable that came with it. There's a white and red wire in it. Which do I connect to 87? 2. 85 will be whichever I didn't connect in 87? 3. 86 will just...

I do appreciate the help, but I'm a bit confused. What relay? And I'm not sure I want to mess with anything in the steering column. Is there a way to just use the stereo wiring?

I have a stock 2004 GM head unit and an iSimple adapter which is really "simple" as the name implies. There's a female harness on one end, a male harness on the other, and it plugs right up. That part is done. At this point what I would like to do is hard wire my radar detector to turn on...