is it possible to mod a fm transmitter thats power by a a cigarette to be power by a cd deck instead of a cigarette adapter??, if so how would you, what wires would ur connect it too?

 

get a female power socket usually 5-10 bucks.

 

what does it look like, and do you understand what im trying to say when i mean like having a fm tranmitter that needs to be plug into the cigertte adaptor and making it power by the cd deck?

 

you could maybe use the remote wire for the deck and use it to power it?

 

what do u mean

 

oh hell no, you can't power something with the amps remote wire unless it consumes somewhere in the neighborhood of 5w max. that remote wire is to only turn on a solid state relay in the amp. if you just want something to "turn on" when the amp "turns on" then jump power from the hu's acc/ground power supply, but i would recommend using a relay instead of drawing your supply from that wire, how much power does this fm transmitter consume?

 

i dont know, its a alpine ex-10, i have it on my cigertte adaptor that is using a splitter to power up both my car radar and my fm tranmitter, thats why i want to mod my fm tranmitter so that it can be power by my cd deck, sorry for typos im lazy right now and tired

 

u could just run a new power wire from the battery with a fuse... or u can use the constant 12v accy in the interior fuse box..using your radio 12v for more than one device isnt recommended especially for stock wires

 

really, what would the affect be if i did do that?

 

What is the MM&Y of the car?
Most Honda/Acura under dash fuse boxes have "free pins", [power outlets for adding electrical options to your car, you will find at least one 12V+ constant, [hot at all times] one 12V+ 2nd ign., [hot in run] a park light free pin, [hot when park lights are on] and depending on MM&Y more 12V+ constants and maybe even an acc. free pin, [hot in acc. and run]. 94

 

pick up a female cigarette lighter outlet at a local auto store, it will have two wires coming out of the end of it... one positive and one negative.

now pull out your radio, find the red wire behind the radio (ACC).

splice the positive lead of the outlet to the red wire, then splice the negative lead of the outlet to the Black wire coming out of the radio.

now if there is a wire coming out of your FM transmitter (to connect to your audio source) you can hide the whole setup behind your dash(except the wire, you can drill a small hole somewhere in your dash and pull it out for acess).


that should be about it

 

wow that makes a lot of since , and it seems to work thanks, have u try doing this yourself yet?

 

o i see now

 

i have no need for it in my personal vehicle... but ive done it for customers plenty of times

 

does it drain your battery more then if it was plug into the lighter?

 

Nope, it'll still pull the same amount of current regardless of if it's hard-wired or run through the cigarette lighter.

 

yep... what he said