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Sirius hard wire

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silvrscion08
Davenport
Florida, US
  • Tech Advisor
 I have a question. I just purchased the sirius radio, and I want to hard wire it to the cigarette lighter. Can I do that? Or will it burn up the wires? Someone please help.

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[#] Sep 06, 2008 06:30pm
LiLee
Lowell
Massachusetts, US
  • Scion Guru
 i dont have a ciggerate thingy to light the ciggs. lol.. so i say i don't have one. oh wells, i don't smoke. but.. uhm.. iono anything about this. >.<

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[#] Sep 06, 2008 06:54pm
silvrscion08
Davenport
Florida, US
  • Tech Advisor
 Does anyone know? Like hardwire it behind the cig lighter and let the lighter part just be there. Like maybe if I cut off the part that plugs into the cig lighter and get butt connectors and plug them into the other connectors that goes into the back of the cig lighter. Or is there a fuse inside the part that plugs into the cig lighter? Anyone?

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[#] Sep 07, 2008 02:19am
07sctc
South Carolina, US
  • Chief Mechanic
 yeah u can wire the sirius unit to the lighter. just cut off the cig plug on the power wire and wire it to the back of the cig light harness. make sure you have the right polarity meaning that the 12v wire on the sirius unit goes to the 12v wire on the cig lighter. and the same for the groung wire. you will need a voltmeter to do this. otherwise you are just gonna be guessing the correct.

a little hint...the 12v wire is the one connected to the spring loaded tip of the cig. adapter plug.

by the way, before you do this make sure that the cig adapter is putting out 12v and not something different. xm units use this same type of adapter plug, but they have circuity inside the adapter that reduces the voltage to 5V to go to the xm units.

sirius has always used 12v in the past, but just doulbe check.

you dont need to worry about fusung this connection because the power supply to the lighter is already fused. if you want to be safe you can put a 5A fuse in the 12V line going to the sirius unit.

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[#] Sep 07, 2008 02:31am
silvrscion08
Davenport
Florida, US
  • Tech Advisor
07sctc wrote:
by the way, before you do this make sure that the cig adapter is putting out 12v and not something different. xm units use this same type of adapter plug, but they have circuity inside the adapter that reduces the voltage to 5V to go to the xm units.


I can test all this with a multimeter? I test at the sirius connector for this or the other end where it plugs into the sirius radio?

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[#] Sep 07, 2008 09:24am
silvrscion08
Davenport
Florida, US
  • Tech Advisor
 It does convert over to 5vdc where it plugs into the reciever of the sirius. So how can I hard wire? Orin? Web? anyone with lots of car know how.

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[#] Sep 07, 2008 09:26pm
07sctc
South Carolina, US
  • Chief Mechanic
 yeah a digital multimeter is all you need. test at the connector where it goes into the sirius unit. you will probably need to stick a small piece of wire in the end of the plug for the positive connection, most probes will not fit in that small of a hole. the negative is the silver "barrel" part of the plug.

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[#] Sep 07, 2008 09:27pm
Web
Maryland, US
  • THE SHADOW
 If you're hooking up to the cig lighter, you may have to up the fuse amp in the fuse box for the cig lighter. The sirius radio may require a 20 amp and the cig lighter is a 15. Try to locate something else that is a 20 amp (or matched to the radio amp) and that should work fine for a power wire.


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[#] Sep 07, 2008 09:32pm
silvrscion08
Davenport
Florida, US
  • Tech Advisor
 I am so lost... I think someone needs to post up an DIY.

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[#] Sep 07, 2008 09:41pm
silvrscion08
Davenport
Florida, US
  • Tech Advisor
 How can I tell the amperage of the Sirius? Is there a manual for this stuff?


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[#] Sep 08, 2008 12:04am
07sctc
South Carolina, US
  • Chief Mechanic
 inside the adapter plug is a glass fuse that has the amp rating on the side. it is probably around 3-5 amps or less.



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[#] Sep 08, 2008 01:25am
silvrscion08
Davenport
Florida, US
  • Tech Advisor
 For anyone who is wanting to hardwire thier sirius I was told to go and get this.

http://www.tss-radio.com/...-hardwire-kit-p-4438.html

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[#] Sep 08, 2008 08:34am
07sctc
South Carolina, US
  • Chief Mechanic
 if your unit is 12v then that kit is a waste of $25. if it is a 5V kit then you can just wire to the circuit board inside the adapter plug.

i'll be off work a couple of days and will throw together a diy on this subject.

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[#] Sep 08, 2008 06:23pm
falkore24
New Jersey, US
  • Vehicle Designer
 just buy one of the clip on lighter plugs and cut the clips off. Then wire it to the lighter and use the Sirius plug as is. Use Velcro Extreme to secure it all under the trim panels.

[#] Sep 08, 2008 06:33pm
silvrscion08
Davenport
Florida, US
  • Tech Advisor
 well that would be appretiated by more people than just me I am sure for the DIY. Cause just hanging the wire from cig lighter to where ever is like putting neons and seeing the tube. It just doesn't make since.

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[#] Sep 08, 2008 07:54pm

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