Connecting the unit
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Connecting the unit
There are two ways to connect the unit
3.1
Cigarette lighter adaptor
Make sure the vehicle is turned off.
Push the cigarette lighter plug in to your vehicle's cigarette lighter socket. If your vehicle has a 12V power
supply (usually found in the boot) use that instead. Please remember that cigarette lighter sockets usually switch
off when the ignition is off cutting the electrical supply to the tracking unit. It can take several minutes to start
receiving GPS signal when ignition is turned back on, so you may loose the start of your journey.
3.2
Connection
We recommend that electrical installation is performed by a qualified auto-electrical engineer.
Electrical installation must be performed carefully after checking the input voltage. All electric
wires must be properly insulated. All unused wires must also be properly insulated and if no
future use is foreseen then they can be cut shorter. Secure the lead and leftover wires so that
they are not loose, but take care not to damage the insulation.
MOLEX 6 Connector
Overview of the power connector:
pin
colour description
1
yellow
Binary input 2
2
green
Ground for inputs 1 and 2
3
blue
ground – car chassis
4
red
+12V (if not using relay then input voltage can be b10 and 24V)
5
white
Binary input 1
6
black
Binary output – relay
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Connecting the GPS antenna
There are two types of antenna supplied with the VTU008- a standard GPS antenna and a high sensitive
version.
