Hard wire a Garmin Colorado?

[itsky]

Hello All,

 

I just got a Garmin Colorado 300 (which is great by the way), and I want to hard wire it in my truck. Before with my Garmin 60csx, I used a cable like this:

 

https://buy.garmin.com/shop/shop.do?pID=519

 

But I just called Garmin and they don't offer one for the Colorado honestly WTF?? I don't want a a cable running permanently from my cig lighter to the unit so do any of you guys know a work around?

 

Is there another cord/fuse combo or set of wires that I can use?

 

Thanks for the help!

Ryan

[+jotne]

This should work with your Colorado

http://search.ebay.com/search/search.dll?f...+video+mp3+mini

 

Not as integrated as the one you have for 60CSx, but inexpensive.

[+Marky]

This should work with your Colorado

http://search.ebay.com/search/search.dll?f...+video+mp3+mini

 

Not as integrated as the one you have for 60CSx, but inexpensive.

He stated that he doesn't want to use the cig lighter, he wants a direct wire cable. This won't be entirely trivial to do, since the Colorado wants 5 volts or there abouts, and you have to get the mini USB pins configured correctly so that the Colorado doesn't go into hard disk mode. I haven't seen anything like this offered anywhere.

[itsky]

Marky,

 

Thanks for the info, I didn't realize the 5 volt problem...

 

I would be very upset if Garmin didn't offer a bare wire, don't a lot of people hard wire in the car?

 

Would this somehow work?

http://www.amazon.com/Garmin-Power-Adapter...0310&sr=8-1

[-Oz-]

I hard wired my 60csx by cutting the end off a cig lighter plug and then putting in a fuse and holder from checker auto parts. Was easy and has worked great for 2 years.

[Baumer]

buy an auxillary 12v plug and stuff it under your dash

 

connect it with one of these

 

http://www.amazon.com/Littelfuse-FHA200BP-...t/dp/B0002BGELQ

[bhj1]

Ryan,

 

How did you accomplish getting 5 volts to your Garmin 60? I think the only way to effectively and safely hard wire any of the Garmin handhelds is to utilize a 12V dc adapter. I hard wired my Garmin 2006 on my boat, but it's input voltage range is something like 10-15 volts dc.

 

Is there another method of hard wiring a handheld in a vehicle to make sure it only gets 5 volts dc?

 

Bill

[+Red90]

Yes, these units don't allow the unregulated power supply like older models.

 

My suggestion is to buy a cigarette lighter to USB adapter and hard wire it in somewhere out of view and then run a USB cable to the unit. The adapters only cost a few dollars.

 

Like this, http://cgi.ebay.com/USB-Car-Charger-AC-Ada...1QQcmdZViewItem

 

Or buy the normal unit like this one, http://cgi.ebay.com/USB-12V-Power-Cable-Ga...1QQcmdZViewItem

 

Then buy a female cigarette lighter socket and wire it in out of sight.

Edited February 20, 2008 by Red90

[+Marky]

Then buy a female cigarette lighter socket and wire it in out of sight.

That's a workable solution, and probably cheaper than any custom cable would be.

[+jotne]

Ryan,

 

How did you accomplish getting 5 volts to your Garmin 60? I think the only way to effectively and safely hard wire any of the Garmin handhelds is to utilize a 12V dc adapter. I hard wired my Garmin 2006 on my boat, but it's input voltage range is something like 10-15 volts dc.

 

Is there another method of hard wiring a handheld in a vehicle to make sure it only gets 5 volts dc?

 

Bill

 

USB need 5 volt, but the round plug can take any from 9 to 36 volt, so no need for a converter.

And this wire are for the round plug.

https://buy.garmin.com/shop/shop.do?pID=519

[+jotne]

I did try my USB adatper for my Edge 305, and this does not look good.

As soon as it get power on the USB it goes into USB - PC mode.

 

So how to power a Colorado in the car??

[+Team Blis]

So how to power a Colorado in the car??

 

With this one:

https://buy.garmin.com/shop/shop.do?pID=1350

[itsky]

Thanks for the replies guys......I really wanted the bare cable b/c it's not spiraled and it looks great when I installed it on my prior 60csx.

 

I guess I will have to install the cig plug under my dash and buy the vehicle adapter.

 

Here's my guess: I go through the trouble, and then they come out with the proper bare wire.

[itsky]

Garmin returned my email about a bare ware, he said "he believes one is in the works"

 

maybe I'll try to be patient, or I'll just install a cig plug under the dash...