New Cleaner Take on The Dash Cam & Radar Detector Power Mod Using The Rear View Mirror Power Adapter

First off mad thanks to Tacomaworld member GTGallop for the the rear view mirror adapter!

I have 2 things to power, a radar detector and a dash camera. The radar detector uses +12v and the dash camera uses +5v. My first idea was to use the normal adapter to power the +5v dash camera then tap into the adapter and run +12v wires to my radar detector. But, using the rear view mirror adapter and plugging in a usb cord to it and trying to hide the usb cord and still tap into the rear view mirror adapter to power my radar detector turned into a huge amount of wires to hide. So I took a step back and rethought this... This is my solution...

 

Nice write up, your photos how to do it are great too.

About seven years ago I posted this, it would be useful for anyone who doesn’t want to do soldering and want to keep it really simple. I’m not sure if it’s outdated though for the newer models as it looks like a lot of stuff has changed up on the ceiling since my 2017 writeup was posted:

https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads/overhead-cluster-12v-ignition-switched-power-pin-outs.512640/

 

When I put a meter on the wires on the plug on the rear view mirror none of them stayed a steady 12 volts? Maybe my meter was acting up. I didnt put much time into investigating it, but I believe one of the wires on the main harness for the overhead console had a 5 volt reading.

 

Radenso, MirrorTapped...

 

I’m not sure how much different your ‘23 pinouts are from the 2017 model - and caution others about trying to run power from other sources like that 5-volt line. If someone is getting intermittent readings there could be several reasons for it including meter or user error. If they are not sure which to use, I’d run a separate +12v fused wire using a fuse tap in the fuse box behind the dash near the pedals.

There are others here that can answer the question better than I also…

 

your not worried about the mirror and that close to the roof degrading the range? I also kinda use mine as my speedometer so I like it front and center

RADENSO KICKS A$$! I'm loosing faith that the Theai will be out anytime soon though

 

Yah, I chose a solid 12v line, I just thought I'd mentioned that I noticed one of the power wires had a lower voltage

 

That is a CRAZY good build out. Nicely written up too!

 

Nice write up! I was able to power them both up using the mirror wise power adapter with pins as seen in my thread over here, but there are more cables for sure.