[Kenwood] Kenwood D700a and Garmin GPS question

[Ken, WA2LBI]

Bill,

Garmin and third party vendors sell "Y" cables for that purpose.  One leg is the
DC power with a cigarette lighter lug and the other leg has the 9 pin RS-232
connector.

Ken, WA2LBI

Quoting FireBrick <w9ol at billnjudy.com>:

> I have both the D700A and a Garmin GPS3 in my vehicle.
> I have the outside antenna for the Garmin.
> I power the Garmin from a cig adapter that has the little round rubber
> fitting that fits
> on the pins of the jack on the back of the Garmin.
>
> Here is where my problem arises.
> I obviously need to connect the Garmin to the D700A.
> But unless I'm way off base, I need to use the same jack that the power uses.
> So how have any of you overcome this obstacle.
>
>
> What I need is some sort of 'pass-through that would plug into the G3 with a
> cable to the
> D700 and then the power cord would piggyback on that.
>
> Is there such a critter, or what is a non-destructive modification that is
> available.
>
>
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>
> Bill H. in Chicagoland
>
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