RichardAllen Posted June 9, 2008 Share Posted June 9, 2008 My 90 has a Tomtom bluetooth GPS receiver, about the size of a computer mouse, which I have attached to the sunroof with velcro for really good reception. It has a 3.5mm 5v dc power socket with a cable to a special cigar lighter adaptor which reduces the 12V down to 5v. At the moment the cabling goes through a PDA cradle which I no longer need. So trying to neaten up the wiring I need a dc power cable with a 3.5mm power plug on one end for the GPS and just about anything else on the other end to wire into a hidden away cigar lighter adaptor. The cable needs to be long enough to go from the sunroof, across the sun visor, down the A post, behind the dials and down into the central console / fuse box so I can wire the GPS in permanently., Say 2m long for luck. But I cannot find any such thing anywhere I cannot be the only person in England needing a longer power cable for a GPS receiver, and one of you guys must have fitted one in neatly. Any suggestions ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest noggy Posted June 9, 2008 Share Posted June 9, 2008 thats easy! make your own! when you say a 3.5mm jack, do you mean a audio jack like this? CLICKY or power 3.5 plugs like this..CLICKY then just find some cable to solder in job done you could probably get away with using audio cable as its such a small current. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
therealboss Posted June 9, 2008 Share Posted June 9, 2008 My 90 has a Tomtom bluetooth GPS receiver, about the size of a computer mouse, which I have attached to the sunroof with velcro for really good reception. It has a 3.5mm 5v dc power socket with a cable to a special cigar lighter adaptor which reduces the 12V down to 5v. At the moment the cabling goes through a PDA cradle which I no longer need.So trying to neaten up the wiring I need a dc power cable with a 3.5mm power plug on one end for the GPS and just about anything else on the other end to wire into a hidden away cigar lighter adaptor. The cable needs to be long enough to go from the sunroof, across the sun visor, down the A post, behind the dials and down into the central console / fuse box so I can wire the GPS in permanently., Say 2m long for luck. But I cannot find any such thing anywhere I cannot be the only person in England needing a longer power cable for a GPS receiver, and one of you guys must have fitted one in neatly. Any suggestions ? Why not get a 3.5mm plug from Maplin and slap it on a bit of cable, thats the way I do it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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