Oh that’s excellent. Glad to hear I can tap the same power, and yes, definitely better that having the car in park turns off the RD. I often take work meetings from my car during the day and I’ve had embarrassing situations in the past where it goes off.
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Just saw that.. Weird. Maybe the owner didn't have HW4? Those pics look different!The last post on this thread seems to indicate that there may be variations and some may not have this harness with green hot wire? I would do it myself but have to get the darn car first
Concealed Radar Detector - location ideas for control/display unit?
Anyone have a concealed radar detector in their X? I'm considering the Radenso RC M. In my last 2017 X, I ran a Uniden r7 with a blend mount and it was clean, but I'm hoping to keep my new 2022 X for a while so I'd like to do a concealed install. I'm wondering if there's any space behind...
It also sounded like he had an issue with the camera by the rear view mirror and had tech's replace stuff.If you're referring to the user SunnySideUp's post/pics, he has HW4 as he just picked up his new X this month
Btw, great video
I see it now. All the way in the back next to the red plug.
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yeah running a long cable through that tunnel is my Plan B now. The new position of that green connector is definitely challenging for tapping as really it has to be the top side and where it clips into place gives very little room. Not to mention I really don’t like having hot and ground being so close to each other — most mirrors put power and ground far from each other so even a slightly dislodged tap can’t short.I have HW4 and I finally saw the green and black wires in the back but like mention by chillaban, it is nearly impossible to get the mirror taps inserted as space is limited and connectors super thin. I also gave up and went another route that requires running wires. Super easy btw and given the cabin camera already needing to be replaced a week after delivery, I did not want to mess something up by accidentally shorting it out. I updated my other post and mentioned the parts I used along with the thread that explains everything. FYI, the plastic bar that goes from the mirror up to the headliner is not glued in place, the track it snaps into is. So it easily pops right off and snaps back into place. This is for folks who do not want the deal with taping into power. You can simply run a long rj11 from the mirror up to the headliner and then down to the center console and plug it directly into the cig lighter. I spliced into the cig wires from behind to keep the cig port free. Both methods are great options!
Concealed Radar Detector - location ideas for control/display unit?
Anyone have a concealed radar detector in their X? I'm considering the Radenso RC M. In my last 2017 X, I ran a Uniden r7 with a blend mount and it was clean, but I'm hoping to keep my new 2022 X for a while so I'd like to do a concealed install. I'm wondering if there's any space behind...
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IMO those blades are too thick/wide. These aren't like those Ford monster sized molex things with plenty of rooms to shove in a metal blade like that. I think we have a double whammy here:Would the 90 degree tap work? Or just not enough room to even start the insert?
This seems like it’s probably bigger and not the smaller size needed.
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It fits with the THINNEST one. It's in my video. But yeah the connector is tight. In my Y I routed it to the cig outlet and used one of those splitters so I had 3 cig outlet plugs. Works great!
Oh man how’d you manage to get at the green connector now that it’s way off in an unreachable corner of the mirror housing? I tried a half hour with tweezers but couldn’t do it.
I unscrewed/removed the piece it was attached to. Two screws. Need a torx bit. After that it was easy.
ah ha remove what the plug is attached to and easily do it that way
So which wire tap kit did you use for your install?
