Through Your Vehicle's Ignition - Radio Shack PRO-2055 User Manual

The Basics

through your vehicle's ignition

1. Disconnect the cable from the negative (-) terminal
of your vehicle's battery.
2. Ground the black wire
of the supplied DC
power cord to your
vehicle's chassis.
Be sure the grounding
Note Note
screw makes complete contact with the metal
frame of your vehicle.
3. Connect the red wire of the supplied DC power
cord to a voltage source that turns on and off with
the ignition switch, such as a spare accessory
terminal in your vehicle's fuse box.
4. Insert the power
cord's barrel plug
into the scanner's
DC 13.8V jack.
5. Reconnect the cable
to the negative
(-) terminal of your
vehicle's battery.
You must use a power source that supplies 12V DC
Note Note
and delivers at least 600 mA. Its center tip must be
set to positive and its plug must fi t the scanner's
DC 13.8V jack. The supplied DC power cord meets
these specifi cations. Using a power cord that does
not meet these specifi cations could damage the
scanner or the adapter.
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