12-03-2018, 05:27 PM | #23 |
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The red wire and the brown wire are staring at you once you remove the top cover. So I just inserted the tap into those two wires, made sure they were inserted as far as they would go and it worked great. No need to read numbers or remove the harness.
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12-04-2018, 08:14 AM | #24 |
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I bow to your ingenuity then. My motto is: never allow the obvious and easy path be the one you take!
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12-05-2018, 01:31 PM | #25 |
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Thanks for the write up.
Is there anywhere i can tap into that would turn off the RD as soon as I turn off the car? RD's are not legal in my part of the world and the last thing i need is for it to keep beeping if i get pulled over. |
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01-03-2019, 01:09 PM | #27 |
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Nice work, can you please post more photos of the final V1 Position from inside and outside. Thank you.
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01-03-2019, 07:08 PM | #28 |
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Thanks. Here are some pictures. The one from the outside isn't great due to the reflection from my garage door opener but you get a decent idea of the positioning. The shot from the inside shows the positioning best - high on the windshield just to the right of the "tinted" area.
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Ok thought you had one of the brackets that mounts to the mirror, I prefer the location you have, that is where mine is. LOL. I wired to the cigaret lighters (which also times out after 5 minutes or so) and added a mute switch to the back of the turn signal stock. I did not find a good spot for the remote display since the dash has many curved areas not good for a square box LOL
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01-13-2019, 06:58 AM | #34 |
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I tried moving my V1 to the same location as yours but the tinting was causing the Laser detector to go off constantly. Weird!
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It's not the tints problem. The gesture control triggers the v1. Get a piece of black electrical tape and cover the rear lense.
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Nope, I already did that to neutralize the gesture control false alarms. When I locate it outside the tinted area its fine, but as soon as I shift it into the tinted area the laser notification activates constantly. Like I said, weird!
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How much space is under that cover? I want to try to install mine that when when I get my car back. I have the Blue Tooth dongle for the iPhone app and would like that to be installed under that cover.
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Did you find that the wire tap pins stayed in well? I was just looking at this and the connector does not have a lot of room for a pin to push in. Tried a DIY with copper wire pins, but would not make contact very well. I gave up for the day, too FRIGGEN COLD in garage to mess around. I don't want to tap into the actual wires. The connector is a pain to get apart since the thing is mounted as though you could hang on it. I thought it would come out so you can get fingers on it, but not so much LOL. The wire I used may be a bit too small, I am not sure.
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I order the wire tap kit so I will see if it works better with the proper pins.
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I bought the wire tap, it shipped today! LOL Mike
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Installed mine today. Was easy.
The wire from Mirrortap has a flat pin that inserts easily into the wire harness connector. My make shift setup was using a round wire that would not fit easily. So it's worth the 30 bucks. I was hoping there was enough room to put the bluetooth dongle and the splitter up in the roof, but no such space. I am going to make a adapter small enough to put the blue tooth thing on top of the detector and not have a large adapter there. Mike
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