[How To] Hardwire Radar Detector w/$2 Mount

Cbtech · 02-23-2013, 02:45 AM

Now for the hard-wire...this is something that i did with my old 350. everything is the same from the 350 to the 370.

First thing that i did was get a black phone cord with a RJ11 head on it. Then after some trial and error I figured out that the red and green wires were the power (this might be different with your wire. You can trouble shoot with a 12 volt battery and the RJ11 cord, it will not damage your detector.) With my cord the green was HOT and red was ground.
greenred.jpg
Next I squeezed the black clip at the base of the mirror and was easily able to remove the black cover to expose the soft wire cover that holds the 3 wires to power the mirror
clip.jpg
the next thing i did was look at the wire block that i disconnected from the mirror and figured out that the black wire with MAROON stripe is the HOT switched wire. there is another wire there that is black with an yellow stripe, leave that one alone! The black wire with a white strip is the ground.
wireblock.jpg
Next thing i did was split the soft sleeve and locate the 2 wires stated above. I gently scraped away the plastic coating to expose the wire underneath.
wirestrip.jpg
After exposing the wire underneath I just loosely connected the RJ11 wires to make sure that they were still hot and plugged in the detector.
wiretest.jpg
Now that I see everything is good to go I go ahead and wrap up the exposed wires with black tape (its better to solder them together but my solder gun was lame) and wrap the sleeve up with black tape.
resealed.jpg
Now I just replace the clip that i took off earlier.
clipconnect2.jpg

All Done! Hopes this helps some folks out.

02-23-2013, 02:45 AM	#2 (permalink)
Cbtech A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Feb 2013 Location: Sacramento, CA Posts: 1,372 Drives: 40th Anniversary Rep Power: 17	Now for the hard-wire...this is something that i did with my old 350. everything is the same from the 350 to the 370. First thing that i did was get a black phone cord with a RJ11 head on it. Then after some trial and error I figured out that the red and green wires were the power (this might be different with your wire. You can trouble shoot with a 12 volt battery and the RJ11 cord, it will not damage your detector.) With my cord the green was HOT and red was ground. greenred.jpg Next I squeezed the black clip at the base of the mirror and was easily able to remove the black cover to expose the soft wire cover that holds the 3 wires to power the mirror clip.jpg the next thing i did was look at the wire block that i disconnected from the mirror and figured out that the black wire with MAROON stripe is the HOT switched wire. there is another wire there that is black with an yellow stripe, leave that one alone! The black wire with a white strip is the ground. wireblock.jpg Next thing i did was split the soft sleeve and locate the 2 wires stated above. I gently scraped away the plastic coating to expose the wire underneath. wirestrip.jpg After exposing the wire underneath I just loosely connected the RJ11 wires to make sure that they were still hot and plugged in the detector. wiretest.jpg Now that I see everything is good to go I go ahead and wrap up the exposed wires with black tape (its better to solder them together but my solder gun was lame) and wrap the sleeve up with black tape. resealed.jpg Now I just replace the clip that i took off earlier. clipconnect2.jpg All Done! Hopes this helps some folks out. gr8-wrx likes this.

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