Seesnax
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Not sure if this is the right sub-forum, but I thought I would start here.
2016 EB Premium, automatic. Does anyone know how the cigarette lighter port (in front of the gear selector) power works?
I have a radar detector plugged in to that port, and I leave it plugged in 24/7. I drive to work in the morning, lock the car in the parking lot, come back out 8-10 hours later, drive home, and park the car unlocked in the garage. Sometimes (most times?) when I turn the car on, either at work or in the garage, the radar detector comes right on. Occasionally, it does not come on and I have to manually push the power button.
There does not seem to be any rhyme or reason as to when it comes on vs. when it doesn't. Is power to that power port automatically cut when the car is turned off and the door is opened? And then it is automatically re-energized when you turn the car on? If so, how do you explain the radar detector shutting off completely sometimes?
It should be noted that my radar detector has an auto-shutoff feature that will automatically power it down after about 6 hours, and you have to manually turn it back on. But if this were the issue, I would have to turn it on every time I start the car. :shrug:
Confused....
2016 EB Premium, automatic. Does anyone know how the cigarette lighter port (in front of the gear selector) power works?
I have a radar detector plugged in to that port, and I leave it plugged in 24/7. I drive to work in the morning, lock the car in the parking lot, come back out 8-10 hours later, drive home, and park the car unlocked in the garage. Sometimes (most times?) when I turn the car on, either at work or in the garage, the radar detector comes right on. Occasionally, it does not come on and I have to manually push the power button.
There does not seem to be any rhyme or reason as to when it comes on vs. when it doesn't. Is power to that power port automatically cut when the car is turned off and the door is opened? And then it is automatically re-energized when you turn the car on? If so, how do you explain the radar detector shutting off completely sometimes?
It should be noted that my radar detector has an auto-shutoff feature that will automatically power it down after about 6 hours, and you have to manually turn it back on. But if this were the issue, I would have to turn it on every time I start the car. :shrug:
Confused....
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