Permanent Docking Kit; link to headlights=faulty?

wildatheart · Occasional Visitor Joined: Aug 12, 2005 Posts: 36

With the Permanent Docking Kit you are supposed to be able to link the night vision of the maps to the car headlights. But when I select this from the docking preferences screen , the TomTom immediately switches to night view; I dont even have to switch the headlights on. I can only turn it back to day mode when I untick the LINK TO HEADLIGHTS option.

Has anyone got this feature to work as intended?
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rkm_hm · Posted: Thu Sep 01, 2005 11:23 pm Post subject:

If it's installed in one of your Volvos with permanently-on headlamps, it is perhaps not surprising!
Laughing

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wildatheart · Occasional Visitor Joined: Aug 12, 2005 Posts: 36

dill · Regular Visitor Joined: Aug 05, 2005 Posts: 74

Dont buy Permanent Docking Kit.

Every post I have read says problems PROBLEMS.

I guess you guys are the guinea pigs, hard lession learnt but dont buy the first edition.

Sorry for being so negative.

wildatheart · Occasional Visitor Joined: Aug 12, 2005 Posts: 36

I don't regret buying the kit as hearing the directions through the car speakers (and having the radio automatically muted), and the external aerial make it worthwhile in itself. The headlights option is more of a fun-thing, but I do agree with you, that if other users can't get it to work either, it is clearly a flaw in the design. And as such, that particular aspect seems not have been tested sufficiently.
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1970 Mercedes W113 280SL
1986 Ford Capri 280 Brooklands
1996 BMW 840Ci Sport

onezone · Occasional Visitor Joined: Aug 07, 2005 Posts: 34

Just in case people ask WHat car..

if it makes any difference..

I use my kit in a Mercedes and it doesn't work with the headlight option either.. Sad

sdb2005 · Occasional Visitor Joined: Sep 07, 2005 Posts: 2

I have just installed mign myself and I have had no problems.

I have a pic of the headunit wiring if you want to compare to yours.

Have you tried a different go?

I noticed on the VIB it said V2 perhaps they had problems with V1.

TuurG · Posted: Wed Sep 07, 2005 9:06 pm Post subject:

TuurG · Posted: Wed Sep 07, 2005 9:07 pm Post subject:

Your headlights should give a +12V signal to trigger night mode, and ground signal for daylight mode.

sdb2005 · Occasional Visitor Joined: Sep 07, 2005 Posts: 2

Here is the wiring for my headunit.

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