Pan European ST1300 with Autocom communications pack

Graemepd · L Plate Warrior Joined: 24 Oct 2006 Karma :

Hi

I've just bought a communications pack from Autocom (I know - she'll be able to bend my ear on the road as well now). The dealer said "it's easy to fit - just connect to the positive to the tail light wire and the negative to the neg of the battery (earth)"

Great - sounds really easy except that when you're a thicko like me - you don't know which wire is the right one!

Does anyone know which wire (colour) I should be using? Under the seat laeding to the tail light cluster - there is a choice!

I have a 2004 Pan European ST1300

Thanks Graeme

finpos · World Chat Champion Joined: 13 Sep 2005 Karma :

Does the Autocom have a power-on led?

Connect 1 autocom wire up to the battery earth.
Turn the bike on so that the tail light comes on (presumably, it's on all the time with the ignition)
Pull the electrical connector for the tail-light apart
Touch the other autocom wire to each terminal in the loom side connector.
When you touch the live one, the autocom should light up.

You could always connect it to the brake light, so you can only hear her when you're slowing down Smile

finpos.

bald biker · Two Stroke Sniffer Joined: 24 Sep 2006 Karma :

I have mine permanatley connected to the battery via an optimate battery lead with no problems and is quickly disconnected. The optimate connections are the same as model car rechargable connections and can be bought from Maplins or on ebay.

map · Mr Calendar Joined: 14 Jun 2004 Karma :

This is from a USA site here

feef · Energiser Bunny Joined: 11 Feb 2002 Karma :

Walloper · Super Spammer Joined: 24 Feb 2005 Karma :

I have one.
Goto the autocom website.
Download the PDFs from there.
All you need to know.
ADVICE:
Got to halfrods/maplin and invest in a cheap voltage tester/AVO meter. <>£10....????

Autocom use cables with nice little in-line diodey doofirs and shite to connect accessories.
You can get those from a BMW bike place or call Autocom.
These connector cables prevent 'back-feeding' one device from the other.
So you can have your:
Tunes,
GPS,
Safety Camera Detector and GF all gitterin' in your ear with perfect Fidelity. Laughing

Happy Biking
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ddracer · Two Stroke Sniffer Joined: 31 Oct 2006 Karma :

Hi there,

We usually connect them to the rear brake light switch feed as this is switched via the ignition key. To find the live side unplug the switch from the loom and use a tester put the black wire from the tester on the - side of the battery and turn the ignition on and put the red wire on one of the brake light switch wires (Loom side) if you get 12v or more on the meter that is the one you want, if not check the other wire.

Connect the autocom red wire into the live side and the black wire to ground (- side of battery). See the how to connect wires how-to on this site.

DD