Sirius Review

[.RJ]

you cannot just wire it up directly.

Why cant I wire it to the same switched power source as the cd player?

[Mike]

you cannot just wire it up directly.

Why cant I wire it to the same switched power source as the cd player?

that is what i was wondering too. a power source is a power source. no reason a power attena would differ from a sirius unit.

[D_Eclipse9916]

I am saying you cannot cut the cigarrette adapter off. You could wire up the ADAPTER to any switched power source, but you cannot jsut directly take the cord cut of th big adapter and wire it up to a switched power source.

[.RJ]

I am saying you cannot cut the cigarrette adapter off. You could wire up the ADAPTER to any switched power source, but you cannot jsut directly take the cord cut of th big adapter and wire it up to a switched power source.

Ok, I'm lost. My plan was to take the cig adapater thing and decaptidate the part that plugs into the cig lighter. Then take those two wires, ground one of them to the chassis, and another into a switched 12V power source, like the CD player.

Why wont that work?

[D_Eclipse9916]

you cant, the actual plug that goes into the cigarette lighter IS an adapter and includes a fuse. You have to use that part to ahrrd wire into the power source. Let me know if you need any help.

[.RJ]

Why do you need a fuse?

[D_Eclipse9916]

I just saw your post Mike. Yes you will need that adapter, scoche (sp?) doesnt produce it yet but that is what you will need in the link.

[Mike]

have you ever done one? want to make some bucks? i don't trust myself to not jack up my interior plastics and i surely don't trust tweeter after the alarm i had them install in the civic...

[HAULN-SS]

you trusted someone named "tweeter?"

[Mike]

its a pretty high-end stereo chain in this area they just did a shitty job on my alarm install.

[D_Eclipse9916]

Thats why the Circuit City in Tysons is supposedly the number one installer (in terms of cars done) on the Mid-Atlantic Region. I can honestly say ive never done one of those converters on a honda s2000. However, do you live in this area? (tysons) I can come and help you out for a little bit of gas money..

[Mike]

i appreciate it, but im really looking for someone who has done one of these and can recommend like the best head unit, placement, etc. thanks though

[REED]

Mike - I don't really get what that thing is for, at first glance it sounds like some sort of adapter so that you can hook up an aftermarket headunit elsewhere in the car and still use the factory controls? is that right? I guess with a cloth roof I would be concerned with break ins too, but that seems like a pain in the ass

[Mike]

not even close, but interesting idea

it is just an adapter that allows you to replace the factory head unit with an aftermarket one and still use the dash controls next to the steering wheel. the dash controls are crazy useful cause the s2000 has a panel that closes in front of the head unit. it is a pita to open that just to adjust volume or channel.

[REED]

o that makes much more sense

[D_Eclipse9916]

You dont exactly need the fuse from the cigarette lighter, BUT THERE IS A TRANSFORMER inside the sirius adapters....and you definitely need that.

[.RJ]

You dont exactly need the fuse from the cigarette lighter, BUT THERE IS A TRANSFORMER inside the sirius adapters....and you definitely need that.

I see.... but you could do the same without the cig adapter thing, as long as you know what voltage the player needs.

[PDenbigh]

I am saying you cannot cut the cigarrette adapter off. You could wire up the ADAPTER to any switched power source, but you cannot jsut directly take the cord cut of th big adapter and wire it up to a switched power source.

Ok, I'm lost. My plan was to take the cig adapater thing and decaptidate the part that plugs into the cig lighter. Then take those two wires, ground one of them to the chassis, and another into a switched 12V power source, like the CD player.

Why wont that work?

Chances are good that it would work. Plug the cig adaptor in and use a volt meter to see that it's putting out 12V. If it is, then it is nothing more than a fuse holder and it's not changing the voltage at all. If this is the case, just cut it off and wire it in!

[.RJ]

I'm going to look at the a/c adapter on my 'home kit' and see what the rated voltage is.

[D_Eclipse9916]

Alrgith I was just going off what Sirius says and my friends that have been wokring in car audio and instlaling things for 4+ years each.