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Oct 12, 2002 | 02:33 PM

rodney

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mobile phone insatll help

hi,

I wasnt sure were to post this questions, so I decide to put it here. I recently bought a truck and uninstalled my 3watt mobile phone in my old try and installed it in my new truck. however, i cant get the phone to powerup. I tested the power at the phone and it's getting power. Any ideas?

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rod

Oct 12, 2002 | 03:02 PM

kioolt

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I'm not sure about your phone but a recent permanent mount hands free kit I installed had two power wires to hook up. One was hot all the time and the other was hot when the ignition was on. The ignition wire was so the phone would power itself down when the key was turned off.

Oct 13, 2002 | 11:52 AM

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yes, that's just like mine. an always hot wire, and a wire thats only hot when the ignition is on. i know both of my wires going into the fuse box are configured this way. there is also power at the phone handset. i was wondering if there was some procedure you had to go through to turn the thing on - like a anti theft device.

rod

Oct 14, 2002 | 12:41 AM

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How is the ground? May not be a good enough contact. Just my $.02.

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Oct 14, 2002 | 05:17 AM

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No start up procedure. Just hooked up power. Inserted phone into cradle. Turned on phone and it worked.

Oct 14, 2002 | 11:44 AM

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i think i have a good ground (how do you check?), but i'll move it to a new spot just in case.

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rod

Oct 14, 2002 | 01:08 PM

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One way you could check for a good ground is to put your voltmeter across the ground lead on the phone to a known good ground. Do this with the power on. If you read any voltage you don't have a good ground.