Luis de Prat

The other day I picked up a used Solo 2 detector for a buddy from a neighbor. The seller had switched to a Bel and although I'm partial to the V1, he showed me the install done to his 996 C4 and it was really clean. Nice car, too...

Basically, it looked like he used a wire out of the interior light. Not sure if we can do the same in our 944s. You fellows with hardwired detectors, how did you do it? TIA

Chris_924s

If you dont smoke- tap off of the cigarette lighter leads- power is always on tho..

joes

Here's how I hooked up my V1

RMills944

Mine actually has the wire tucked under the trim above the window, then behind the trim down the A pillar and down to the fuse box. I then tapped it into a fuse there.

washington951

i did it like ryan. tucked under the trim, then down to a switched lead somewhere under the dash. if you're really gung-ho, take it all the way to the fuse box.

dme

straight into the interior light on my 86. Power always on. As long as I don't leave it on for a week without driving the car then all is well.

Cyrus951

I ran the power wire of my radar detector under that black pillar(rather than through the light) in the pic above, and tapped into the light power. If I was smart, I would've tapped into a swtiched, rather than a constant, so that I dont have to turn it on and off manually.

btw- That power lead also powers my GTech and Navigation System without any problems.

theedge

There are two wires behind the radio that are swtiched power wires, they can handle a fair load too. Im fairly sure they are switched, I will have to double check. The 944FAQ lists them in the stereo section IIRC.

Cyrus951

Luis, if it's in your 951, the swithed wire behind your radio will be a green/white lead.

RMills944

Is this a cabrio? That would rule out the dome light idea and limit the trim you can use to hid the wires.

theedge

IIRC theres actually two, both swtiched, both together.

Then there are one or two large yellow ones, and a smaller red/white one. The yellow ones are constant feeds from the battery, and the red/white is switched.

Wrecksimple03

i used the radio, works fine, i ran it through the dash and up the trim in front of the door up to above the sun visors, didn't take long at all

Mike Murcia

I'm also running off of switched radio power, under the dash, up the a-pillar and tucked under the trim above the windshield.

SD Porsche Fan

I have a V1 and it uses a phone cord for power. Is there still a way I can wire it into the fuse box?

ODUporschegurl

not all fellows here!
but anyways i have a dectector in my car that is wired up thru one of the empty center console buttons(sunroof, rear wiper). i like it there b/c i can turn it on/off with the button. i suppose(well was told) that its probably hooked up to the stereo power. the "beeping part" with the lights sits down in the slot below the radio.