Power to the iPod!!

[humara]

Originally Posted by Chills

Using the advice from a sportbike friend I finally got power to my iPod.

I bought a fuse extender (HHA fuse accessory) from Auto Zone. I connected the hot wires and attached the ground wire to a torque screw behind the stereo head unit. Now for power.

Our fuse boxes are the same as in the 911's, so there is an empty slot in row D that's for the 911's rear windows. I just plugged the extender in there and put a 7.5 amp fuse on the top slot on the extender. Turn the key and WOOT I don't have to worry about charging my iPod before taking the Box for a spin.

It took about an hour to do, most of the time was used to find a good spot for the extender. Then I kept putting the actual fuse in the bottom slot when it needs to be on the top.

sounds like its working great and hopefully you have no alternator whine. but wouldn't it have been easier to splice into the power that goes into the headunit? pin 8 is a ground. pin 5 is switched 12v +. of course i haven't tried this yet, but i am planning on it.

[eVoMotion]

Keep us posted on how it goes...I am ready to do the same install.

[Chills]

I didn't want to mess with the wires in the head unit. My skills weren't up to that at the time.

Since then I've removed my iPod cable and installed this (all by myself!!):


I rebuilt the faceplate with fiberboard and hand stretched vinyl, so it looks factory, not like what you see in the pics. I'll try to get an updated pic tomorrow.