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Idgam Occasional Visitor
Joined: Mar 15, 2006 Posts: 3
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Posted: Tue Oct 02, 2007 12:48 pm Post subject: 720 Hardwire Kit |
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Hi
I am just about to take delivery of a new car without navigation and I am buying the TomTom 720.
Do they have a hard wire kit so that I can take power directly from the car instead of through the power socket?
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Idgam |
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Andy_P Pocket GPS Moderator
Joined: Jun 04, 2005 Posts: 19991 Location: West and Southwest London
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Posted: Tue Oct 02, 2007 1:15 pm Post subject: |
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Not yet, but many people do a semi-permanent install by just wiring an in-line cigar lighter socket behind the dash, and plugging the normal power adapter into that. |
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Idgam Occasional Visitor
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Posted: Tue Oct 02, 2007 2:35 pm Post subject: |
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Thanks for that. Sorry to be a pain but do you happen to know where I may find the information to do this?
The new car (apparently) does not have a power socket in the front and I do not want to trail a cable to the rear sockets. |
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Andy_P Pocket GPS Moderator
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Posted: Tue Oct 02, 2007 3:39 pm Post subject: |
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It's been written up on this forum a few times, try doing a search for "Maplin" in just the TomTom section of the forum, as that is where people have suggested getting the in-line socket from.
To give you an start, here's the socket. Basically, you get that wired to a spare way in the fusebox (or safely tapped into an existing feed), then plug the standard power adapter into it and hide it all up behind the dashboard. |
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Idgam Occasional Visitor
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Posted: Tue Oct 02, 2007 7:35 pm Post subject: |
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Many thanks for the help. I have now got the adapter, all I need now is the car |
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