can I just check how you have solved the garmin sat Navy in your cars. I decided that in my newly arrived Octavia, the Gamin Nu vi 765 will be beside the a-pillar (the extreme right).

However, this poses a difficulty with routing the power cable from there to the cigarette lighter. It looks very messy with the cable all over the place. Can someone share their thoughts how they solved this

I bought a Columbus. Cant be doing with wires cluttering up eveything.

I have heard that it's possible to route the power cable for the sat nav between the A pillar and the dash (basically the junction of the dash the A pillar and the door) then power it off the accessory power wire on the centre console. Fiddly but neat and tidy. It's the route I will investigate but at the moment the cable just sort of drapes around the dash and down the front of the Bolero.

can I just check how you have solved the garmin sat Navy in your cars. I decided that in my newly arrived Octavia, the Gamin Nu vi 765 will be beside the a-pillar (the extreme right).

However, this poses a difficulty with routing the power cable from there to the cigarette lighter. It looks very messy with the cable all over the place. Can someone share their thoughts how they solved this

My Navman sits in the same place. I used a 12V extension cable (should be able to get one from a car accessory shop, Maplin or CPC) from the socket on the centre console to the top of the clutch foot rest, with the cable tucked up into the join between the trim panels on the passenger side of the transmission tunnel - there is just enough room to pass the socket end of this cable around the back to appear at the top of the footrest.

I then plugged the sat nav power adaptor into the end of the cable and used a small piece of velcro attach this to the top of the foot rest to stop it moving about. The power lead is then routed across behind the top of the pedals (again there is a convenient joint between the top of the carpet and the foam insulation under the dash panel to route this cable), passed over the top of the panel with the bonnet release and then fed up behind the inner rubber seal around the door opening to emerge level with the intersection of the top of the dash and the bottom of the windscreen pillar.

When not in use, to hide the cable, it is dropped back down the side of the dash and the USB plug is secured to the top of the bonnet release panel with another piece of velcro (this also prevents inadvertantly shutting the USB plug in the door opening ...been there, done that with my previous car :'( )

My sat nav also has a traffic antenna which plugs in as well, this is routed around the edge of the dash where it meets the bottom of the windscreen pillar and then across the bottom of the windscreen, the cable being hidden behind the blacked out section at the bottom of the screen.

None of this is perfect but it works, isn't too much of a faff to connect and disconnect and keeps the cables out of view of would be theives. Oh and it's a little bit cheaper than a Columbus too... :wonder:

The fuse box on the RHS of the dash sits directly below where you propose to fit the SatNav, I simply used a spare fuse position which is ignition switched to solder a 12v supply directly to my Navman - which uses a 12v input. - you cam buy spare fuse fittings if you want to fuse it.

If your SatNAv has a voltage reducer in the plug then you could simply hardwire a new Cigy socket - Maplins for a couple of ££ - and conceal it below the dash so you only have the Satnav power cable running directly up the side of the dash and pillar - neat and tidy and no long wires training across the dash or your lap

The fuse box on the RH'S of the dash sits directly below where you propose to fit the Satan, I simply used a spare fuse position which is ignition switched to solder a 12v supply directly to my Navman - which uses a 12v input. - you cam buy spare fuse fittings if you want to fuse it.

If your SatNAv has a voltage reducer in the plug then you could simply hardwire a new Cigy socket - Maplins for a couple of ££ - and conceal it below the dash so you only have the Satnav power cable running directly up the side of the dash and pillar - neat and tidy and no long wires training across the dash or your lap

Thanks. Will have toask someone experienced in car electrics to give me a hand. In my previous corolla, when the ignition was turned off, off wentthe sat-nav (within 30 sec). However, in the Octavia is stays on and will go off only if the power cable is pulled out from the cigarette lkigher position. Any workaround here?

...I simply used a spare fuse position which is ignition switched to solder a 12v supply directly to my Navman - which uses a 12v input. - you cam buy spare fuse fittings if you want to fuse it.

Hi Octavia5

I have seen this fitting of a spare fuse mentioned a few times in this forum. Could tell us exactly how this is done?

I assume there is a spare live wire going into the fuse box from the loom and this isbridged by a new fuse to take power out the back of the box.

But is there some special wire connector needed to fit into the fuse box to take the other blade of the new fuse.

Is it just a standard female auto "Lucar" connector like these: My link

It would be nice to know before taking the dashboard apart.

Thanks. Will have toask someone experienced in car electrics to give me a hand. In my previous corolla, when the ignition was turned off, off wentthe sat-nav (within 30 sec). However, in the Octavia is stays on and will go off only if the power cable is pulled out from the cigarette lkigher position. Any workaround here?

The 12v socket in the centre console on the octavia is always on, hence your observation above. If you want it to go off when the ignition is turned off then it needs wiring into a switched feed.