Foxmeister
New Member
Hi all,
im lookin for some info, im an electrician by trade but dont do much with electronics so still an amateur really.
What im doing is building a sat nav(Sony aftermarket) into the car dash, completely flush and want it integrated to work with the car ie power etc. Problem is the power button is on the side of the unit and obviously needs pressed everytime to power on and power off the unit manually.
Ideally, i'd like to be able to wire this up to work with a switch live in the dash so it comes on with ignition everytime and off again when key removed, what would be required to do this??? Heard of a "555" circuit but have no knowledge of this, would this be a solution? Or is there any other ways?
Failing that i will just extend cables from the button and add a new button onto centre console somewhere
Cheers, Mick
im lookin for some info, im an electrician by trade but dont do much with electronics so still an amateur really.
What im doing is building a sat nav(Sony aftermarket) into the car dash, completely flush and want it integrated to work with the car ie power etc. Problem is the power button is on the side of the unit and obviously needs pressed everytime to power on and power off the unit manually.
Ideally, i'd like to be able to wire this up to work with a switch live in the dash so it comes on with ignition everytime and off again when key removed, what would be required to do this??? Heard of a "555" circuit but have no knowledge of this, would this be a solution? Or is there any other ways?
Failing that i will just extend cables from the button and add a new button onto centre console somewhere
Cheers, Mick