Wiring a Radar Detector
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Your way works for you - my way works for me and both are options the OP should be able to choose from.
And that is all great, my way the detector turns on/off with the key.
The doors opening and closing won't affect the detector at all and you don't need special equipment to figure out which wires to tap into.
Furthermore, its less expensive, the mute button is right at your fingertips and your radar detector is not in the site of thieves or the police when you get pulled over. When you mount it directly under the mirror, the cops can see it. What are you going to do if you get pulled over, pull it down? Yup, the cord will be dangling too and almost definitely get you a ticket.
To each their own, the OP can hook it up how he sees fit.
And that is all great, my way the detector turns on/off with the key.
The doors opening and closing won't affect the detector at all and you don't need special equipment to figure out which wires to tap into.
Furthermore, its less expensive, the mute button is right at your fingertips and your radar detector is not in the site of thieves or the police when you get pulled over. When you mount it directly under the mirror, the cops can see it. What are you going to do if you get pulled over, pull it down? Yup, the cord will be dangling too and almost definitely get you a ticket.
To each their own, the OP can hook it up how he sees fit.
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Your way works for you - my way works for me and both are options the OP should be able to choose from.
And that is all great, my way the detector turns on/off with the key.
The doors opening and closing won't affect the detector at all and you don't need special equipment to figure out which wires to tap into.
Furthermore, its less expensive, the mute button is right at your fingertips and your radar detector is not in the site of thieves or the police when you get pulled over. When you mount it directly under the mirror, the cops can see it. What are you going to do if you get pulled over, pull it down? Yup, the cord will be dangling too and almost definitely get you a ticket.
To each their own, the OP can hook it up how he sees fit.
And that is all great, my way the detector turns on/off with the key.
The doors opening and closing won't affect the detector at all and you don't need special equipment to figure out which wires to tap into.
Furthermore, its less expensive, the mute button is right at your fingertips and your radar detector is not in the site of thieves or the police when you get pulled over. When you mount it directly under the mirror, the cops can see it. What are you going to do if you get pulled over, pull it down? Yup, the cord will be dangling too and almost definitely get you a ticket.
To each their own, the OP can hook it up how he sees fit.
It's all good.
My way the detector turns off with the key, and does not turn on and off with the opening of the doors either.
The key is using your multi-tester and determining which leads are switched.
The mute button is right there on the V1, as it always is. If radar detectors are illegal in the locale I am in, I remove it to be in compliance (and to not lose my detector lol). Since it is legal to own and use one here in the cornfield, that is not a consideration for me.
On my truck, I have a 45,000 foot coil of wire on a large spring loaded spool that unfurls when I drive to work, and then retracts on the way home. That prevented me from the expense ($10) and hassle of installing an invisicord in that vehicle. :o
Just kidding.
best regards -
mqqn
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Below is the link that I used to assit me with my install. The link below is for a Valentine but will work for any detector. Good luck. R/ Al
http://www.spdkilz.com/techtipv1.html
http://www.spdkilz.com/techtipv1.html
This is what I did. Works great. Comes on when the key is on, goes off when its off.
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From: The Villages FL
I hard wired my detector into the harness in the passenger footwell. I don't remember which 2 of the 3 wires there a tied to the ignition but you can find a link somewhere here on the forum that'll show you. I ran the wire up the passenger door pillar, inside the plastic molding at the top of the windshield and into my detector that's mounted by suction cups just to the left of my rear-view mirror. This way I never have to turn my detector on or off, its controlled by the ignition switch. Took me about an hour to do.
