Fidgits

black with a white trace is the earth.

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the wire i am reffering to is white with a black trace..

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have you got black with white trace ?

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not visable no...

black with a white trace is the earth.

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the wire i am reffering to is white with a black trace..

do you have a 98 CD?

You should be able to install any windows O/S - it'll just keep asking you if your sure!

wood

these are all things i would try, if i had the stuff here - but i dont!

gordon

i really should quit when im behind

but the white/black wire goes to the spade marked +12V..

and i tried the multimeter thing, but it blew the fuses...

Perhaps i should just give up (broken enough already!)

when i put my dvd in i used the pink one as live+ and the black/white as earth - if this helps you  :D

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your not being serious are you?

What year of IS do you have?

(im all confused now!)

hmm, good idea Rod - cheers!

Hi, Following on from This thread and more importantly, This thread I have a question or two...

You see, im trying to power my PDA (and incar phone kit eventually) from the ciggarette lighter connections (from underneath)...

Now, there are two wires, a white/black stripe which goes to the large spade on the ciggie lighter, which is labelled +12V and a pink one..

Now yesterday, i blew my PDA holder trying to connect this up, and figured it was because the blade connector did not have a good connection to ground (pink).

So, today, I did this again with a 'choc block' - but the same has happened...

So, my only conclusion can be that somehow these connections are not +12V and GND...

Please help - my car is in bits and im fed up of breaking things!!!

waffles

(their waffly versitile)

has every one lost the plot

its a bit of fun !

if it can work on the is300.net  it can work anywhere

rep to paul for the suggestion

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Hey, Paul was the one saying people wernt commenting..

and as im not on IS300.net, i cant possibly comment on that side....

that is a fuse

if you still had a multimeter you could have tested it see if it had blown!

some electronics use a polyfuse they blow and then some time later they reset, ready to protect again

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well, considering this is back to life, it seems it could be a polyfuse thingy...

Next time i try, im going back to good old ChocBlocks I think!

well, from what you say there, your putting the power soley in charge of the rep police and turning it to just being who knows the most.. rather than, who has been helpful..

And of course, your putting it to a bunch of persons who get to decide what is helpful and what isnt...

And you illustrated my point quite well, because how can you say that my mentioning the PDA nav, wouldnt actually solve the newbie's problem quicker and cheaper, and actually be better than the info you suggest ;)

same people that police the moderators of LOC.. US  if the rep policeperson gets outahand then im sure they will be told and there license revoked..

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I guess the point I was trying to make was, say a newbie joins and asks a question - say, about buying a second hand OEM Sat Nav and installing it..

I answer, 'I use a TomTom PDA solution, much cheaper etc.....'

Mat Answers 'You need the correct loom etc......'

The newbie then clicks my answer as being helpful, but not Mat's...

You, as the 'moderator' decide that wasn't justified, and choose to remove the 'point'...

My point is, if you have one person to decide, then surely it will come down to what that person decides justifies the point as useful... and even if you have several, the same problem could exist basically because whats useful for one person, is useless for another.... if ya know what i mean..

Nice idea Paul...

But who Polices the Police???

dont get me wrong Paul, i think its a nice idea...

but i just see it turning into a popularity contest rather than it actually doing what its supposed to..

ITS ALIVE

After fiddling, and i have no idea what i did, if anything, it seems to be working again!!! :D

In theory....

A great idea

In practice.....

As Matt says, just another p***ing contest

It wont be used by the people it should be (the newbies)

The system will be abused

Friends will vote for each other

Negative votes will be done out of spite

It will be impossible to police

I wont get any votes

Will it make any difference to the forum or how helpful people are

here is the PDA internals, sorry the pic is blurred, i think the circled component is the fuse, can anyone shed some light on this?

OKay, the attach feature doesnt seem to be working..

here it is

well, i've taken it apart (and managed to lose a screw...) and there is a component that could be a fuse.. and it is F1..

But, i dont recognise the type - is like a resistor (in shape), and is silver a either end, with the centre being white..

So any help would be appreciated...

well, i have sent an email to TomTom, and am in the process of dismaneling it to see if its fused..

Whats most frustrating is, i never had any problems before, i'd re-wire a car happily - its just the IS, im more caucuis, and seem to make mistakes!

yeah, thanks zee

Well, i tried to 'neaten up' my PDA install, by powering from a hidden power source, rather than the ciggie lighter!

Well, all went well, except for the fact, the blade connector i used, did not manage to pierce the shielding of the ground wire... (and was impossible to tell)

So guess what, plug in, switch on, doesnt work...

After a little investigation, turns out I have blown my PDA holder, which will cost £50 to replace