jogosub:
Nice pics...does picture #3 show an iphone5 lightning connector? I have been trying to find a good power+cradle for my iphone5 in my Outback for a MONTH now. So when I saw that that photo my eyes bulged out. Apologies in advance...lots of questions...if this is already explained in another post that you could point me to, please ignore these questions...
1 Any comments on the ease of connection between the cable and the iphone5? Does it snap in nicely? Or could it potentially break the internal iphone5 connection?
2. How do you connect the proclip to your car? Does that require drilling holes or is a suction type? Which model did you find works best - they sell three trillion different types!
3. Could you explain the first photo more? Looks like a USB outlet! Did you find some kind of 12 volt to USB surface mount outlet? Very cool.
4. Could you explain what fuse adaptors to tap off of the fuse in the photo? Did you use the same Add a Fuse as the previous post?
Sorry for all the questions...
Christopher
1. ProClip is for Samsung Galaxy S3. They have one for apple applications as well. The cable runs under the side panel and over the gas/brake pedals to surface mounted 12V power socket. In that power socket you can plug in a USB splitter - one for regular cell phone and one for Apple application. Those splitters are available on Amazon or Radio Shack.
2. Pro clip does not require any drilling. It comes with a plastic wedge applicator and you squeeze the mounting cradle in-between top and side gear selector panel. I decided to take off the center cover console, instead of using the squeeze-in applicator, and place easily the pro-clip wedge between those panels, when top was off.
3. I found several surface mount 12V power sockets. The one above foot rest is from Sweden (marine application) bought on e-bay from seller in Australia. The one in the back seat is also a marine flush 12V power outlet, bought from Amazon.
4. Yes, I call it fuse splitter but if you are using an empty fuse box slot, the correct name is tap a fuse. If you want "live" circuit, you would probably need a "fuse splitter" that would leave whatever existing fuse and would add fuse protected circuit. If you Google "add a fuse" several options will pop up.