02-26-2016, 05:24 AM | #1 |
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Found another 12v power socket!!!
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I was about to order a 'piggy back' fuse cable from e-bay to see if I could wire in a dash cam and free up my front 12v socket. I've just had another poke round the fuse box area and guess what? I remember reading somewhere the X1 had a 12v power socket in the passenger foot well but initially I couldn't see it. Anyway....it's there!! It is underneath the glove box, transmission tunnel side, in line with the foot well light. There is no cover on it so when I initially looked I thought it was just a hole for a fixing...but it's not...and it works That means we have 4 X 12v sockets (centre console - 1 front and 1 for rear seats, 1 in the luggage compartment, 1 in the passenger foot well). That has saved me a lot of hassle. |
02-26-2016, 05:45 AM | #2 |
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That's a fantastic find! I was looking at the owner's manual (app version) and that didn't mention the foot-well 12V socket, so I thought I had misread someone's comment about that earlier. Hope Aust spec cars have that too, then there's no need to hot-wire the dash cam at all.
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02-26-2016, 12:32 PM | #3 | |
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02-26-2016, 01:20 PM | #4 |
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I just noticed on the UK configurator in the options it shows 12 V Socket as included in package....description says it is located in passenger foot well...this was not there when I configured my car in Dec.
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02-27-2016, 02:54 AM | #5 |
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Andy - picture attached, hopefully everyone has one of these fitted as standard.
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02-28-2016, 01:18 PM | #9 |
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02-29-2016, 03:09 PM | #10 |
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Nope mine is empty, eventough i took the most luxurieus line i had to pay extra for the Socket and i did not do that would have been handy for the dashcam (stupid me)
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03-22-2016, 03:27 PM | #13 | |
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For anyone interested, I ended up buying the Mio Mivue 568 Dashcam (see below) because I wanted something with speed camera alerts. It seems to pick up the fixed cameras really well. Not sure yet about any mobile sites. http://www.amazon.co.uk/Mio-568-Touc...68+TouchScreen |
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10-14-2016, 12:30 PM | #14 |
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Hi, just joined.
Ours is a 2016 X1 xLine 2.0d. Found this thread when looking for info on 12v sockets for a dash cam. Never knew about the socket under glove box, but it's there and is live with no ignition on but door open and keys in car. Will have to try it with doors locked maybe to see if it stays on or goes off after X minutes. Will report back... |
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10-14-2016, 12:35 PM | #16 |
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On my Porsche 981 the sockets sleep after around 30 minutes, allegedly sooner or later depending on battery charge. Is the F48 similar or does it work on an exact time period?
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10-14-2016, 12:40 PM | #17 |
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Havent timed the F48 socket yet, but on other BMW's its a couple minutes and linked to other systems going to sleep.
You will see thins like the Auto shifter position lights or start/stop lights go out when the car goes to sleep. On the F48 this is seen just a couple minutes after locking. Definitely less than 5 min
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10-14-2016, 04:36 PM | #18 |
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Tested both the F48 and 981 this evening. Both phone charger lights stayed on when the cars were locked and I hung around for a couple of minutes but both went out within 10 minutes when I went back to look.
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that was a great find btw, i peeked and found it too!
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