Power & Can Connections - Vision 1480 Series Owner's Manual

power & c an connec tions
NOTE
Pages 9-10 describe how to MANUALLY CONNECT the Power & CAN
wires. You do not need to reference these 2 pages if you have a Toyota,
Lexus or Nissan car, unless you wish to cut off the OBD plug and make
your connections manually. For all other cars, refer to our separate In-
stall Guide. If this section doesn't apply to your car or installation
( + ) 12v Power Input
RED
RED
As of this writing, Toyota, Lexus and Nissan cars do not put the factory
OBD connect to Sleep to save power like some European cars do. This
OBD. However, car makers can change their body computer at any time.
Ground connections must be suspect. If you have doubts about whether the
which will bypass any Auto Sleep features of the vehicle.
BLK (–) Ground Input
VEHICLE
GROUND
BLK
put to Sleep by some body computers. If you have doubts though, you can
can run a wire directly to the car's Negative battery terminal.
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1480. Be sure to connect this wire securely to a
constant 12v source, such as the factory wire at-
tached to Pin-16 of the car's OBD2 connector (see
BATTERY
OBD photo at bottom of page 8).
The BLACK wire is the (–) Ground input to the 1480.
Be sure to connect this wire securely to a good ground
source. Most security system installation problems
result from a bad ground connection! The easiest
connection is to the factory wire behind Pin-4 of the
car's OBD connector (as shown in the photo on page 8.)
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