quest heath robinson wiring

[ninjabika]

hi-ya all

hope someone here can help with my suggestion as to weather it's feasable
here goes .



got me a quest last week from halfords £150.00 can't be bad,
what i'm really after is some advice about connecting it to my bike (fazer 1000).
i know i could spend £50.00 on a powered cradle but i'm sure i've seen somewhere a cradle with the plastic clip on the top to retain the unit for about £10.00 i just don't know where, this cradle also hashole where you can clip the wires into the back.
now here's where the advice bit comes in , what i'm intending to do is with the car kit that's supplied opening up the unit and in there there is a pcb board which contains the gubbins to knock the voltage down to 5v, so what i was thinking is can i just take the cigarette lighter socket off and with the wires it leaves just connect to an ignition live on the bike, also the 2 wires that go to the speaker can i disconnect them and just solder on a female audio plug so i can plug earphones in , i'm enclosing a link to the pic so you'll see what i mean, any thought's ???
http://imagehost.darkernet.co.uk/i/speakerunit.jpg


Martin

 

[Kritou]

Yes..

 

[Twotter]

The cheap clip is available from GPSW - do a search on here and you'll get a web address. As for fiddling with the cable, well I wouldn't but if you do try it can you have a camera handy for when it all catches fire ???

Cheapskate

 

[Deleted account 210609001]

I've just ordered the Quest mount for around a tenner from place mentioned above - get to it via the RAM-UK click box among the ads on the top of this page.

Holder - £10
Mount - £20
Connector to enable power from accessory and headphone connection - £44

Still, at least I can feel confident that it'll work properly.

For what it's worth, I ordered some other stuff from RAM a couple of weeks ago and RAM-man and GPSW were very helpful.

 

[Tomcat]

You might be better buying a ciggie lighter socket from Maplins or somewhere like that and wiring it (with a fuse) into some switched circuit in the bike. Then you can plug the Garmin speaker/voltage converter into the socket without having to do any butchery....

Or...Hein Gericke do a converter with a BMW type of plug at one end and a ciggie lighter socket on t'other. This, plus the Garmin plug n' speaker, fits under the seat of my 12GS. The RAM mount for the Quest (RAM- HOL GA 15) comes with a tiny torx key that allows you to remove the cable from the back of the Garmin car mount, and to attach it to the RAM mount. Result - bike power to the Quest at minimal cost . No audio tho', but this doesn't bother me.

HTH
TC

PS: thanks to RAM Man for explaining that the Garmin cable can be attached to the RAM Quest mount (tho' he recommends QPAC for reliable power in hot climates).

 

[ninjabika]

The cheap clip is available from GPSW - do a search on here and you'll get a web address. As for fiddling with the cable, well I wouldn't but if you do try it can you have a camera handy for when it all catches fire ???

Cheapskate

Twotter who you calling a cheapskate, just because i don't like spending money doesn't mean i'm a cheapskate. but then again you could be right

i think i'll give it a go, as tomcat says you can take the torx screw out of the car mount and screw it into the bike holder, as for any bracketry i'm a machinist /fitter by trade so i'll be whittleing something up myself, i make lots of stuff myself, not because i'm cheap you understand (not much anyway) more to do with the fact that i can, i'll post my results when it's done.


Martin