hardwiring V1.....

[sempaipaul]

ok... well either i am stupid or something....

umm.. so i am trying to hardwire my V1, and ran all the wires and everything, as well as grounded it... now i cant figure out which fuse wire to hardwire it into..

i have tried like 3 different wires going to different fuses.. that come to fuses that come on when the key is turned on..

hasn't worked.

Please let me know.

-Paul

[MYDWAGON]

Isn't there a constant hot at the sunroof to use?

[fapodaca]

hard wire it to ignition power at the sun roof motor connector....
use the blue with a red stripe wire and the brown at the blue connector at the sunroof motor......this will be the best option for key power.......

[sempaipaul]

hard wire it to ignition power at the sun roof motor connector....
use the blue with a red stripe wire and the brown at the blue connector at the sunroof motor......this will be the best option for key power.......

you mean use both? or either or?

"use the blue with a red stripe wire and the brown at the blue connector at the sunroof motor"

[sleeprr]

not sure about the "brown at the blue connector at the sunroof motor" but I know the blue with a red strip wire is a good one to tap into since it's only hot when the car is on.

[sempaipaul]

cant find the blue with red stripe.. seems like my car has different color wiring.... Anyone mind popping their cover off and snapping a quick picture for me of what wire it is??!!

Pleeeease!!

Thanks,
Paul

[email protected]

[sleeprr]

check this how to:
http://www.audiforums.com/m_279694/tm.htm
I believe it's on a B6 but I would assume the moonroof wiring would be the same.
Hope that helps.

[sempaipaul]

naah.. wiring is different and by the pics of that guy.. you cant even tell what color wire its plugged into..

damn!

Thanks though

-Paul

[sleeprr]

I know, it looks like a female end....see anything like that. I will be doing this mod with my escort passport 8500 X50 friday or saturday when the cable arrives if you wanna wait.

[sempaipaul]

nope.. see nothing like that... any success sleeprr??

-Paul

[sleeprr]

piss, the cable was supposed to be here today but my spoiler came instead so I installed that. I will try to take the sunroof box apart tomorrow or sunday and find a good lead and ground and get some pics.

[sempaipaul]

piss, the cable was supposed to be here today but my spoiler came instead so I installed that. I will try to take the sunroof box apart tomorrow or sunday and find a good lead and ground and get some pics.

Awesome thanks man!!
Please let me know!

-Paul

[sleeprr]

k, took apart the sunroof box and didn't really find anything good to use. took the little moulding piece off the mirror thats on the windshield and found that the white wire (mirror side of the plug) is hot only when the key is on so that should work for a lead, the ground will hopefully be on of the other 5wires but I didn't have time to check since I'm just off work and going to dinner. I hope this helps. Do you have a test light you can check for a ground with and you'll be set.

[sempaipaul]

k, took apart the sunroof box and didn't really find anything good to use. took the little moulding piece off the mirror thats on the windshield and found that the white wire (mirror side of the plug) is hot only when the key is on so that should work for a lead, the ground will hopefully be on of the other 5wires but I didn't have time to check since I'm just off work and going to dinner. I hope this helps. Do you have a test light you can check for a ground with and you'll be set.

ok.. cool...

Well I am at work.. and gonna go check it out as soon as i get some time!!

Thanks for help

-Paul

[04A6SLine]

how good is the V1?? top of the line??

[sempaipaul]

how good is the V1?? top of the line??

I like it.. has saved me a few times.. lol

Umm.. as far as wiring.. I see the white wire.. so i think i am going to follow that wire past the switch into the headliner... so it will be another color, ad then hardwire the v1 in the headliner.

-Paul

[sempaipaul]

Alright.. finally hardwired it... this was the biggest pita!!

to the white wire.. then... drilled a little hole in the metal and grounded.

Set up looks SICK

will get pics tomorrow!!
thanks for all the help!!

-Paul

[sleeprr]

sweet. Glad it worked. I am going to be doing this as soon as I get my direct hard wire cable. Would like to see the pics of your grounding spot.

[04A6SLine]

would you mind doing a little write up with a few step by step directions? i might need it since this is my weekend car and cops in NYC get PMS during the last week of the month..

[sleeprr]

if he doesn't do a write up i will, just still waiting for the direct wire cable from escort...

[KfabR8]

how good is the V1?? top of the line??

I feel it's about the best around - have one in every vehicle I own.

I recently tried one of the Passport SRX units (in a Cayenne Turbo - yuck!) and found it to be good for one thing - the laser shifting. It's quite funny to see the cop look down at his gun with this puzzled look. (twice!)

I feel that the V1 outperformed the SRX in every aspect of radar detection didn't false out at spots that I know will set them off near as much either. The SRX was probably 3:1 for falses in known hit areas.

I also didn't like the SRX not being able to point to the source. Once you get used to that aspect of the V1, it's hard to not have. Once again, more points for the V1 over the SRX.

I don't have any experience w/anything other than these two units, but from everything I've read, they're pretty much top dogs of the radar detection world, so I feel I'm comparing apples to apples.

For those that may be trying to install a V1 (or any unit, for that matter) into your Audi, pull the fuse cover panel, pull out a test light and check all the empty fuse sockets. One side will never supply power - that's the side that goes on down the line. The other side of the socket will (generally) either supply power all the time (unswitched) or when you turn the key. It allows you to insert a spade plug and not have to splice into any wires or try to stick wires under a fuse blade.

I can snap a few pix of both the RS 6 and R8 installs if anyone wants.

[04A6SLine]

I feel it's about the best around - have one in every vehicle I own.

I recently tried one of the Passport SRX units (in a Cayenne Turbo - yuck!) and found it to be good for one thing - the laser shifting. It's quite funny to see the cop look down at his gun with this puzzled look. (twice!)

I feel that the V1 outperformed the SRX in every aspect of radar detection didn't false out at spots that I know will set them off near as much either. The SRX was probably 3:1 for falses in known hit areas.

I also didn't like the SRX not being able to point to the source. Once you get used to that aspect of the V1, it's hard to not have. Once again, more points for the V1 over the SRX.

I don't have any experience w/anything other than these two units, but from everything I've read, they're pretty much top dogs of the radar detection world, so I feel I'm comparing apples to apples.

For those that may be trying to install a V1 (or any unit, for that matter) into your Audi, pull the fuse cover panel, pull out a test light and check all the empty fuse sockets. One side will never supply power - that's the side that goes on down the line. The other side of the socket will (generally) either supply power all the time (unswitched) or when you turn the key. It allows you to insert a spade plug and not have to splice into any wires or try to stick wires under a fuse blade.

I can snap a few pix of both the RS 6 and R8 installs if anyone wants.

awesome, thanks a lot. that was very detail and get to the point... i might just pick one off Ebay. thanks.. one more Question.. what's the latest verison for the V1???