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Old 09-18-2005, 10:47 AM
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Default Nothing will stay in my cigarette lighter plug!
<center><img src="http://www.xmradio.com/images/product_images/large/roady_fm_mod_lg.jpg"></center><p>I got the XM hookup and wanted to plug the Delphi XM Universal Audio Adaptor, but it's too long to stay in there. The TT cigarette lighter is very short compared to any I have ever seen before. What were they thinking when they decided not to make this a standard size?!
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Default i used to have that prob w/ my cell phone charger
at first, but over time it started to stay in there and now i don't have the problem anymore? the lighter plug is just a crappy design i guess.
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Default If I remember correctly, European and US lighter sizes are different...
I know Radio Shack for one used to carry adapters...
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Default should there be a kind of ring adaptor over the plug? I think it worked for me before.
then again, I'd just hardwire everything, makes life easier.
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Default Catalog #: 270-1533
<img src="http://www.radioshack.com/images/ProductCatalog/ProductImage/270/270-1533.jpg"><ul><li><a href="http://www.radioshack.com/product.asp?catalog%5Fname=CTLG&amp;category%5Fnam e=CTLG%5F009%5F001%5F002%5F005&amp;product%5Fid=27 0%2D1533&amp;hp=search">270-1533</a></li></ul>
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hardwire it?
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Be careful, the XM plug converts to 6V, the RadioShack does not.
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well, slip the ring off the rat-shack plug, put it on the XM one, and he's good to go
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You're talking to a novice here
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