Installation manual

Wi-Drive Installation Manual

A. If the cigarette lighter gives continuous 12V, just use the cable included in the

package. However please note, that in this case the Wi-Drive can not “sense” the

ignition key, and will not start operation on that. Instead you need to start the engine,

and the elevated voltage level will start and stop Wi-Drive operation. Of course the

regular wake-up and Wi-Fi connection and download functionality is not effected by

this.

B. If the cigarette lighter gives switched 12V, than there is no power in the cigarette

lighter when the car is parked, therefore Wi-Drive cannot wake up for regular Wi-Fi

connections. In this case you have the following options:

o Install Wi-Drive permanently (the best option anyway!)

o Purchase an Accu-Pack accessory from Dension, which can power Wi-Drive

even if the car is switched off.

o Use Wi-Drive only as an Access Point, when the car is on.

You can test the cigarette lighter functionality of your car with Wi-Drive, as well:

1. Connect Wi-Drive to the cigarette lighter cable, and turn on the ignition.

2. The Status LED on Wi-Drive should indicate activity.

3. Turn off the ignition, close the car and wait until the car goes to sleep (i.e. all the other

displays and lights in the car go off (in some cars it takes 2-3 minutes!).

4. If the Status LED on Wi-Drive is still active, then you can use powering option “A”. If it

goes off with the other elements of the car, than use option “B”.

Notes:

Wi-Drive will go to sleep mode after 5 minutes anyway, so be quick by starting Wi-Drive and

closing the car.

Some new cars feature a 5V level cigarette lighter connection. This is not enough for Wi-

Drive, so its Status LED will not turn on at all. In this case the only choice is the permanent

installation.

3.2 Permanent installation for powering

Use the included power harness, and connect the 3 power leads:

Red: +12V Battery (continuous 12V)

Purple: +12V Switched (ACC or ignition)

Black: GND

PLEASE DO NOT CONNECT THE POWER CONNECTOR TO WI-DRIVE YET!

PLEASE DO NOT CONNECT THE CAR USB CONNECTOR TO THE CAR YET!

To connect the power leads to the right points of the vehicle you need certain expertise and

tools. If you are not familiar with these, please contact a professional installation shop.

3.3 Wi-Fi antenna connection and placement

The Wi-Drive package includes two Wi-Fi antennas (a main antenna with cable and a

secondary without cable) since the device is capable of dual antenna operation (2 MIMO

technology).