v551 hang up cup hack...

I bought an antenna, dash bracket and the hang up cup for my wife's
car. Her car has uconnect which works great with the v551, so I don't
need the rest of the pro installation kit. I'd like to use the hang up
cup just for power/charging and the antenna connection.

The vendor I bought the unit from stated on their website that the hang
up cup can be used without the installation kit but would require
modifying the cable. Before I cut into the cable, is there a source
for the pin id? I'm interested only in the three power pins.

I'm assuming I can disassemble a car charger and connect it up to the
hang up cup cable. Has anyone done this?

Thanks in advance,

Jason

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>I bought an antenna, dash bracket and the hang up cup for my wife's
> car. Her car has uconnect which works great with the v551, so I don't
> need the rest of the pro installation kit. I'd like to use the hang up
> cup just for power/charging and the antenna connection.
>
> The vendor I bought the unit from stated on their website that the hang
> up cup can be used without the installation kit but would require
> modifying the cable. Before I cut into the cable, is there a source
> for the pin id? I'm interested only in the three power pins.
>
> I'm assuming I can disassemble a car charger and connect it up to the
> hang up cup cable. Has anyone done this?
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Jason
>
Can you unplug the cable from the hang-up cup? If so you can plug a regular
car charger in, I have the Motorola OEM cup and it works on mine

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bamp

bamp wrote:
> <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
> >I bought an antenna, dash bracket and the hang up cup for my wife's
> > car. Her car has uconnect which works great with the v551, so I don't
> > need the rest of the pro installation kit. I'd like to use the hang up
> > cup just for power/charging and the antenna connection.
> >
> > The vendor I bought the unit from stated on their website that the hang
> > up cup can be used without the installation kit but would require
> > modifying the cable. Before I cut into the cable, is there a source
> > for the pin id? I'm interested only in the three power pins.
> >
> > I'm assuming I can disassemble a car charger and connect it up to the
> > hang up cup cable. Has anyone done this?
> >
> > Thanks in advance,
> >
> > Jason
> >
> Can you unplug the cable from the hang-up cup? If so you can plug a regular
> car charger in, I have the Motorola OEM cup and it works on mine
>
> ..
> bamp

Sheesh, this is why I was an English major. Brilliant idea, and it
works. So, to hard wire the thing, are there wires for all three
contacts on the charger plug? Before I tear apart a lighter charger,
does anyone know if there are electronics in the charger unit? Or is
it just a positive and negative lead.

Thanks again,

Jason

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> bamp wrote:
> > <[email protected]> wrote in message
> > news:[email protected]...
> > >I bought an antenna, dash bracket and the hang up cup for my wife's
> > > car. Her car has uconnect which works great with the v551, so I don't
> > > need the rest of the pro installation kit. I'd like to use the hang up
> > > cup just for power/charging and the antenna connection.
> > >
> > > The vendor I bought the unit from stated on their website that the hang
> > > up cup can be used without the installation kit but would require
> > > modifying the cable. Before I cut into the cable, is there a source
> > > for the pin id? I'm interested only in the three power pins.
> > >
> > > I'm assuming I can disassemble a car charger and connect it up to the
> > > hang up cup cable. Has anyone done this?
> > >
> > > Thanks in advance,
> > >
> > > Jason
> > >
> > Can you unplug the cable from the hang-up cup? If so you can plug a regular
> > car charger in, I have the Motorola OEM cup and it works on mine
> >
> > ..
> > bamp
>
> Sheesh, this is why I was an English major. Brilliant idea, and it
> works. So, to hard wire the thing, are there wires for all three
> contacts on the charger plug? Before I tear apart a lighter charger,
> does anyone know if there are electronics in the charger unit? Or is
> it just a positive and negative lead.
>
> Thanks again,
>
> Jason

OK, it looks like the ac charger has two wires to the plug and puts out
less than 6 volts to the phone. Does anyone have an idea if the car
charger steps down the voltage from 12ish to 6 as well?

Jason

Here is an idea for you. Go to Radio Shack and get a cigarette lighter
extention cord. Cut off the male end and wire it directly to the car. I
would do it so it is always hot. Make sure there is a fuse on it. Take the
car charger and plug it in to the plug then neatly tuck it all away
somewhere under the dash or something.

Jeff


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>
> [email protected] wrote:
>> bamp wrote:
>> > <[email protected]> wrote in message
>> > news:[email protected]...
>> > >I bought an antenna, dash bracket and the hang up cup for my wife's
>> > > car. Her car has uconnect which works great with the v551, so I
>> > > don't
>> > > need the rest of the pro installation kit. I'd like to use the hang
>> > > up
>> > > cup just for power/charging and the antenna connection.
>> > >
>> > > The vendor I bought the unit from stated on their website that the
>> > > hang
>> > > up cup can be used without the installation kit but would require
>> > > modifying the cable. Before I cut into the cable, is there a source
>> > > for the pin id? I'm interested only in the three power pins.
>> > >
>> > > I'm assuming I can disassemble a car charger and connect it up to the
>> > > hang up cup cable. Has anyone done this?
>> > >
>> > > Thanks in advance,
>> > >
>> > > Jason
>> > >
>> > Can you unplug the cable from the hang-up cup? If so you can plug a
>> > regular
>> > car charger in, I have the Motorola OEM cup and it works on mine
>> >
>> > ..
>> > bamp
>>
>> Sheesh, this is why I was an English major. Brilliant idea, and it
>> works. So, to hard wire the thing, are there wires for all three
>> contacts on the charger plug? Before I tear apart a lighter charger,
>> does anyone know if there are electronics in the charger unit? Or is
>> it just a positive and negative lead.
>>
>> Thanks again,
>>
>> Jason
>
> OK, it looks like the ac charger has two wires to the plug and puts out
> less than 6 volts to the phone. Does anyone have an idea if the car
> charger steps down the voltage from 12ish to 6 as well?
>
> Jason
>