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then it would also yurn off when you are in the car

Hi everyone,

My Nuvi 660 is plugged into a "cigarette lighter" which is "hot" all the time. When I leave the vehicle, I pull the plug out of the recepticle a little bit, then Nuvi announces that external power has been lost and that auto shutdown will take place in 30 seconds, unless I opt to keep it "on" using the internal battery. The nuvi knows whether the device was initially powered up externally (cigarette lighter) or internally (onboard battery) and acts accordingly. Now, if I were to modify my cigarette lighter recepticle so that it was controlled by the ignition switch (I believe that some vehicles have recepticles wired this way from the factory), then each time I start the car, the Nuvi comes on, and each time I turn the ignition off, the Nuvi will automatically intiate a shut down.

Miki

Yeap, that is how mine works

I'm glad my recepticle is switched. It makes me feel like I have a built in unit with all the perks of a portable!

I just decided to tap into a switched wire at the fuse panel. now I have no wires showing and it turns on and off with the car. Really easy. $8 part at radio shack