Trying to hardwire a Garmin 55 in to my MX - assumed that connecting it to the fuse box would be the best method - I’ve run the cable down to the fuse box but can’t find much help on how to connect it up. The Garmin has 3 wires a the end of the cable - battery (for a constant power source), accesory (for a switched power source) and earth.
I’ve brought a piggyback fuse but guess that I’ll need two of these, one for constant & one for switched? I’ve got a multimeter (& someone who even knows how to use it!) so that I hook up to the right fuses but struggling to find any video guides or otherwise to confirm or refute my assumption!
I’m no electrical whizz but connecting as in the below link could be ok. Yes I know it’s to wire DRL’s but they are looking for a live via the ignition, exactly how I think a dash cam would be.
I have the same dashcam and thought that the hardwire kit was the way to go after finding out it won’t power itself from a USB feed longer than the supplied, very short, cable; computer connection only. Couldn’t get the hardwire kit to work so it is back with Garmin and the dashcam is now powered via the supplied ‘cigar lighter’ lead off a piggyback fuse in the AUX PWR (2) socket in the passenger footwell fuse box and an inline female socket. Not ideal, but works. It’s a work in progress…
My hardwire kit was possibly non-functional, so if you piggyback connect the ‘permanent feed’ to the ILLUMI fuse (5) it may work; I’m assuming that it’s a live feed as the interior lights come on when a door is opened.