iPod Wiring

[oneeightyd0wn]

I recently purchased http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?skuId=7709063&st=connex2car&type=product&id=1138086047724

this from BestBuy to allow me to connect my iPod directly into my Pioneer head unit.

Now my question is, this has the option of charging my iPod if I can connect a 12V+ and Ground wire somewhere in my car. I'm a noob when it comes to car stereo and had a store wire my whole system so I am trying to find out where I connect these two cables so that I can have the ability to charge my iPod as well as play music through the head unit.

Thanks!

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[ultimate157 5,000+ posts]

Ground anywhere behind the dash that is shiny metal. Go to your fuse box with a piggy back connector for the 12v+ source. You can pick whether or not you want it switched.

If you put it on a switched fuse, then only with the car on will it charge.

 

[Dj-torn 10+ year member]

Or you could tap into the wires that run into your radio. The shop probably used a harnest to wire the pionner into your car, look for the red wire which is 12+V Accesory power, and the black which is ground. Solder if you can, but tape up using electrical tape.

 

[oneeightyd0wn]

I definitely cannot solder but I can use electrical tape. They have a wire harness in the back that almost looks like this:

and your saying to find the red wire and put it together with it in the same hole with electrical tape?

 

[ultimate157 5,000+ posts]

Since you can't solder, I suggest using a fuse tap:

That will be much easier, and you can just crimp the 12v+ wire into the wire on the fuse tap.

 

[oneeightyd0wn]

ok, so I connect this to the fuse box in my truck and connect it to the wire that runs from this device, now how do i run this short wire all the way to my fuse box, im a noob when it comes to this stuff i have no idea how to get a wire all the way there in the first place even if it was long enough

 

[ultimate157 5,000+ posts]

get a long enough piece of wire and some quick disconnects on the iPod wire end

 

[oneeightyd0wn]

I think I may just go with a car charger cause i really dont want to mess anything up electrical wise since i seriously am clueless when it comes to this stuff...what you think?