i want to hard wire my snooper to an ignition live somewhere in the dash of my Oktavia vRS. anybody know of an easy to reach ign. live, than can be routed up through the windscreen blower to reach my licence keeper.........

any help appreciated!

Get it from the HU. Easiest is to remove the glove box first which allows you to do all sorts of fancy cabling 'the easy way '.

Yeah, from the back of the HU would probably be easiest - this webpage shows the pin diagram for the back of the headunit, which should make things easier...

Rob.

so i take out the HU (head unit?), remove the glovebox and there will be all sorts of wires to play with? sounds like i might have fun with this one! (i'm new to this stuff - can you tell?)

one other quick question then - shall i drill a hole in the windscreen vent pipe, or do you reckon the vents will allow a small wire past its outside straight onto the dash?

cheers for your help!

Routing up through the blower vent may be a bit tricky - there's a lot of stuff behind the dash. Could be easier to route the cables from the HU, behind the glove box, up the passenger side of the dash and discretely across the base of the windscreen.

so i take out the HU (head unit?), remove the glovebox and there will be all sorts of wires to play with?

Well, removing both means you can get to the wires from the front and the side, which makes things easier!

I'm not sure how easy it will be to route through the vents though...I think humsk's idea sounds like a lot less hassle and will be just as neat...

Rob.

carried out your instructions this weekend mateys, without any hitches! the Snooper is fully working and discretely wired. thanks for all your advice - it was much appreciated.

Gilly

so i take out the HU (head unit?)' date=' remove the glovebox and there will be all sorts of wires to play with? sounds like i might have fun with this one! (i'm new to this stuff - can you tell?)

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I want to do the exact same thing. Hardwire my snooper to the octy. Which wire from the HU do I connect it with?? I wouldn't have a clue.

Anybody know which wire behind the radio is a 12v ignition live wire??

....I have visions of turning my snooper on, and blowing all my fuses in the car :P

Right did it today!

The live 12v wire I used was behind the radio, and is coloured yellow and red. The Negative was brown. All looks very neat and tidy

Scotchlock a single wire from the steroe headunit.