AJ14

Hello,

i know there are already allot of posts on the hardwiring.

But can you guys upload pics of your setup, to see which location is best.

What is a simple way to hardwire for a newbie, or is it best left to proffesional?


AJ.

madmanmax3000

i mounted mine sorta behind the rear view mirror on the right side. That way, when i look at my rear view mirror, all that i see of it is the front display.

I tapped into the power supply of the auto-dimming mirror and just cut up some silver phone cord i had around the house, looks pretty good

dwest1023

I just hard wired mine into the fuse panel, and ran the wire through the driver side window channel . I have mine mounted to the sun visor. Great location and is hiding.

mlandinez

I heard the best location is to put in 3 inches from your dash and on top of your ac sensor that the center will be the best for reception whise

Alin10123

I think there's a writeup here specifically on hardwiring the escort to your car. It looks really sharp, i believe it's in the faq section.

AJ14

madmanmax you got pics?

sorry alin10123, i couldnt find the faq you were referring to.

madmanmax3000

Hey, yeah I do tho i'm in a rush so i can't post them on here...they are on my personal website tho so you can check it out, the address is web.mac.com/tonecool


if you click on the tab at the top that says "parts list/pics" there's a great pic of it there

Alin10123

Sorry, it wasn't an 8500. It was a Valentine One.

https://acurazine.com/forums/audio-video-electronics-navigation-22/hard-wired-my-valentine-one-285547/

AJ14

ALin10123 is that for a tsx?

doesnt look like

julyccc

where did you get the hard wire kit or 8500 x50 for TSX?

97AcuraCL

i bought mine direct from escort; $35

madmanmax3000

its a telephone cord....

97AcuraCL

some useful info:

Black - controls flashing LED
Red - +12V after the onboard 2A fuse
Green - ground
Yellow - wire for mute switch

Red - +12V accessory power
Green - ground

taken from member bruha from the rsx forums:
http://forums.clubrsx.com/showthread...ht=escort+8500

If you dont plan on utilizing the little 'remote button and LED' thats on the plug itself, learn from my mistake, if you want to extend it, just get a phone extention cord and then cut the wires towards the middle, not towards the actual cigarette lighter adapter (incase you ever want to convert it back to normal)

Smoothie97

If you want to see my V1 hardwired, go here:
https://acurazine.com/forums/showthread.php?t=29977

lcrazyaznl

iTrader: (1)

hardwred with the phone jack it was like 10 bucks.

97AcuraCL

yeap; but did you lose the little remote alert next to teh cigarette lighter?

lcrazyaznl

iTrader: (1)

Yea but theres a mute button on the blue screen.

Its alot better becasue you can't see it from the windows only the front of course, sometimes cops will be fooled.

lcrazyaznl

iTrader: (1)

Brett sent me the site
http://www.invisicord.com/

https://acurazine.com/forums/showthr...116#post559116