V6Cam

Would i be able to hard wire my radar detector into my cd deck power supply...or would that draw to much power away from the deck?

meissen

It's really easy. Just cut the 12v cig lighter plug off of the end, mount the radar detector where you want it, run the cables along to hide it (under dash mat, or along the headliner depending on if it's on the dash or up by the mirror respectively) then run it to the fusebox on the driver's side. Seperate the two wires that you'll have in the cord, one's power and one's ground. Connect the ground to one of the ground locations under the knee bolster on the driver's side, and connect the 12v power wire to your 12v radio fuse (for my 94 v6 it's on the top left fuse) tada radar starts with the car

rickjames343

Does that make it cut off along with the car as well? my radar has to be unplugged to shut off

meissen

Yeah. If you wire the power through your radio fuse, it literally will only receive power when your radio has power. So, when you turn the car off the radar will stay on until you open the door, just like the radio.

V6Cam

my radio shuts off when the car shuts off...must be your deck?

paarman97maro

Usually theres a closed circuit and you can listen to the radio for 10 minutes before you lose power completely after the car shuts off, or after you open a door, hence breaking the circuit.

V6Cam

ummm...i dont have that lol

paarman97maro

maybe yours is messed up... because since i have that stereo problem, somtimes mine does what you say... when i shut the car of, the radio goes off... but its supposed to be a closed circuit until you open the door.

imported_2fast4u

yeah it called rap ( retained acessory power ) it lasts 10 mins until u open the door, i guess yours is not working properly check to see if your car is equipped if so then check your door switches ( the ones that make your interior courtesy lights come on ) good luck

V6Cam

where would i check to see if it has it?