Darryl
Member Since: 19 Dec 2009
Location: oldbury West Midlands
Posts: 1224
  
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Been messing about with the retro fit sat nav recently and got to the stage where i just needed the wires soldering to the ones coming from the auxiliary 12 volt connecter so whilst i had a spare hour and was passing a local auto electricians unit near me decided to pop in , told the guy what i wanted i.e. 2 wires soldering to the ones mentioned, at this stage i already had the h trim off and most of the dash apart  so should of been simple (not)  , one look at the wiring that all connects with the green plug on top off dash and he says we will just pick up a live and negative from there  no i said i want it done from the 12v connecter as others have as its tried and tested so as sat nav turns off with power (as garmins do) you don't need that he said so proceeds to connect from live and negative at top of dash , lo and behold it dosent work  so after the red face and apology then takes live off 12v and hea presto to it works now i have the negative wire still connected to one of the wires in the bundle on top of the dash and since this connection my heated seats no longer work  lighs on switches are working and I've checked fuses ,question is are the seats wired from here so would this have any effect as going back tomorrow to ask 
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 27th Jan 2012 8:31 pm |
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