Hanwei

I just got my Bel RX65 in the mail today... and am trying to hardwire it...

I've run the wire across the headliner, down the driver side A pillar, and down to the fuse box.

I've cut the power cord (Smart Power Cord) and there are 4 wires. 4 of them.

Red, Black, Yellow, and Green.

I thought there'd be only two. the power and the ground. And I am no electrician.

The problem is, no matter what combination I try, the bel won't turn on.

I'm going through Fuse 8. The one for the Telephone, etc. It should be powered once I turn the car on. (which I did to see if it would turn the Bel on).

The only combination that had any effect was red wire to fuse, black wire to ground. But all I could hear was a sputtering sound coming from the detector...no lights.

HELP... what to do. anyone know exactly which wire is power and which is ground?

Hanwei

821 dtw (Greg)

I guess you should order the direct wire smart cord from BEL

Hanwei

now does that help me? arg....

I should really be able to do this.

teutonic blur

You can get it for $10 at

http://www.radarbusters.com/products/accessories/escort/default.asp

Hanwei

no need for the direct wire thingamajiggy.

it would have been easy had I had power tester thingy... you know... to test which of the four wires was the power. But I didn't have one.

I took my car over to Circuit City with a 6 pack (ain't no way I'm going to pay $40 to have them hook some wires up for me) and the guys tested the wires...

Red = Power
Green = Ground
Yellow/Black = don't matter...they were the mute and alert functions on the smart cord power plug.

So for a 6 pack I solved my problems. Hardwired and good to go. and saved $33

821 dtw (Greg)

awesome.