Sirius Car Kit

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Topic: Sirius Car Kit

Posted By: hurricanetech
Subject: Sirius Car Kit
Date Posted: November 22, 2006 at 11:15 AM

I have a Sirius unit that I will be installing in a 03' Focus and was wondering if anybody has every hard wired the power cable to the cars cigarette lighter? I ask this becasue I would like to hide the wiring and make the unit look like apart of the car. Those window suction cups look stupid, you all know what i'm talking about.

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Hurricane

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Posted By: Big Dog
Date Posted: November 22, 2006 at 11:30 AM

It's an Orange / YELLOW wire.

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Posted By: hurricanetech
Date Posted: November 22, 2006 at 11:42 AM

So all I would need to to is clip the cigarette light adapter and connect the hot wire to the wire specified above and ground the other? Would I need to add an inline fuse?

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Hurricane

Posted By: Big Dog
Date Posted: November 22, 2006 at 11:50 AM

Yup.

I would recommend a fuse as close as possible to the Sirius unit (not at the lighter plug - this wouldn't serve much).

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Prepare your future. It wasn't the lack of stones that killed the stone age.

Posted By: Mike M2
Date Posted: November 23, 2006 at 8:55 AM

Big Dog wrote:

Yup.
I would recommend a fuse as close as possible to the Sirius unit (not at the lighter plug - this wouldn't serve much).

The fuse should always go as close to the power source as possible. If you were to install it near the Sirius and a short in the wire were to occur, the fuse would serve no purpose....

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Mike M2
Tech Manager
CS Dealer Services

Posted By: Big Dog
Date Posted: November 23, 2006 at 9:35 AM

I'm either dyslexic or an idiot - of course it should go to the lighter. posted_image

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Prepare your future. It wasn't the lack of stones that killed the stone age.

Posted By: spookiestylez
Date Posted: November 23, 2006 at 11:01 AM

Be careful! the new Sirius units dont work off 12v anymore...they're like XM now and use 5.2v...so instead of cutting off the plug like the old units ....take the plug apart and grab the + and - before the pcb..one is marked for ground...smack a fuse in there and ya done. Or get yourself a cheap cigarette lighter extention and cut it in half, and hardwire it w/o hacking the plug.
GL

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RTFM

Posted By: hurricanetech
Date Posted: November 27, 2006 at 4:40 PM

Looking at the wiring diagram the orange / YELLOW wire is located on the head light switch, something seems odd about that. Your thoughts.

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Hurricane

Posted By: hurricanetech
Date Posted: November 28, 2006 at 7:04 PM

I got it peoples, I think I'm the idiot. Thanks for your help.

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Hurricane

Posted By: pofke13lt
Date Posted: November 28, 2006 at 8:20 PM

spookiestylez wrote:

Be careful! the new Sirius units dont work off 12v anymore...they're like XM now and use 5.2v...so instead of cutting off the plug like the old units ....take the plug apart and grab the + and - before the pcb..one is marked for ground...smack a fuse in there and ya done. Or get yourself a cheap cigarette lighter extention and cut it in half, and hardwire it w/o hacking the plug.
GL

I just made the mistake of assuming it was 12v when I was installing mine today.. Lol i cut off the plug and tossed it ... Then im sittin there scratchin my head wonderin why its not workin... duh.. had to mangle the plug and wire up some new leads.. all good now. good luck

Posted By: hurricanetech
Date Posted: November 29, 2006 at 11:18 AM

Thanks all.

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Hurricane

Posted By: spookiestylez
Date Posted: November 29, 2006 at 11:25 AM

pofke13lt wrote:

spookiestylez wrote:

Be careful! the new Sirius units dont work off 12v anymore...they're like XM now and use 5.2v...so instead of cutting off the plug like the old units ....take the plug apart and grab the + and - before the pcb..one is marked for ground...smack a fuse in there and ya done. Or get yourself a cheap cigarette lighter extention and cut it in half, and hardwire it w/o hacking the plug.
GL

I just made the mistake of assuming it was 12v when I was installing mine today.. Lol i cut off the plug and tossed it ... Then im sittin there scratchin my head wonderin why its not workin... duh.. had to mangle the plug and wire up some new leads.. all good now. good luck

Yeah, of the guys on the sales floor did that to one of the new sirius units a few weeks ago. When I was slow on installs I came out these and was like "how come the new sirius unit isnt working"....after futher investigation I found the hacked off plug that said output. 5.2v dc......I replaced the unit and found who did it .....he said ," I unno man, it didnt even turn on"....

Did it fry your unit??...cuz the one he did was FUBAR...oh well...I didnt have to pay for it...just junk it out and open up a new one....no harm, no foul.

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RTFM