I know this isnt serious but the outlet in the center console (the one inside the sliding arm rest) in my 8 isnt working is there any ideas out there how this can be fixed or what it could be?? I would really appreciate it thank you

check your fuses first off!!! make sure there isn't a penny in the hole(trust me i've seen it) if all the above is good prob time to take it apart and check the wires are tight!!! My guess is probably a fuse

Check the fuse.....

if you find a penny make sure not to lick it while it's still in the socket.

Fuses first. Has anyone added an additional socket to their 8?

I remember checking all the fuses i went on a fuse hunt a couple days ago
since i bought the car it hasnt worked, so how can i get to the wires?

you can take off the center area starting at the shifter, then taking out the ash tray, then working back... the whole unit can be removed. Use a volt meter and keep tracing forward from the socket till you find power.

yeah i can do the area of the shifter but working back is where i would have trouble
guess im scared im ripping something off lol, can anyone tell me or show me a diagram how to remove the center going back?

You can actually remove the socket without removing the console...look around it..there is a little gap at the bottom...pop it forward and the plug comes out

Is it really that simple :D! if it is i will try it!

Is it really that simple :D! if it is i will try it!

yes. the socket molding pops out.

yeah the socked just pops out get a DMM and check voltage at the socket and make sure it's there if not power at the socket you need to work your way back to ur power source!

Thank you soo much everyone! You guys wont believe this lol i was shocked
when i saw that the plug wasnt connected to anything :lol: so i just conected it and it worked i dont know why it was disconnected, i bought the car like that so i guess i'll never know, thank you so much for your help :) Special thanks to dannobre i didnt know there was a tab there lol Everyone was a big help for my small issue

someone before you probably popped it off to see what they could see and inadvertantly disconnected it.

Yeah could be lol someone more curious than me lol

hey i dont have an outlet there.. no fair

tim tim are you serious?? What year do you have?? N model?? I thought something like that would come in every 8 lol

yeah i also thought they all had one

If he doesn't have an outlet then what exactly is there?

yeah tim what exactly do you have there just nothing? I have never seen an 8 without one!

This is interesting lol, I wonder if it's just a hole there or like blank, or 4 sum odd reason did mazda mess up on something so little??? Or tim were you just playing?? Idk it seems really wierd that your 8 doesn't have that plug

inside the armrest where the cupholders are???? I have a cig lighter in front of the shifter under that little door thing but thats the only thing I have. I Guess that could be what your refering to and im just retarded haha, wouldnt be the first time. its an 04 grand touring

Tim, Tim, Tim - slide cupholder lid open, then LIFT!

Voila! second secret compartment, with 12 volt outlet!

S

^exactly...haha he prob never knew that the thing Opened up when slid back haha i didn't know mine did that for like 2 weeks until i accidentially bumped it and thought i broke it

im going to check on this now. just got back on to read this!!!

no shit, you guys are actually right!!! thanks stealth haha never knew that opened

haha^how long have u had ur car tim?? haha don't fret i didn't know for the first few weeks haha...

about a year :lol:

is the clip on... wires ok? voltage getting there?

^^haha wow i guess i prob wouldnt have known yet if i accidentially wouldn't have bumped it and thought i broke it!

heh... after you've taken your console out a couple times, hijacked the positive lead to it as an ignition signal, and cut out a few "accessories" around it, it is hard to miss...

http://www.shellware.com/images/rx8/nav/3.jpg

is that a usb plug?

ShellDude, nice setup!

Are you using a plug-in OBDII extension cable, or did you tap the wires behind the dash plug? (apologies if you've already answered this, I only searched your last 50 posts).

TIA.

I have an OBDII cable (scanalyser) that runs from my OBD port through my console to the RS232 port on my carputer.

That is a USB plug that is ran into the rear pass-thru where my carputer lives. If I want to hook up my AP to my OBD, I disconnect scanalyser cable and plug in the AP in place of it using its dongle. If I want to do live monitoring with Street tuner I smply plug my AP dongle into the OBD and run it to the USB port.

There's a 3.5mm stereo port right next to the USB port that I use for standard audio-in to my carpc.

On the other side of the USB port is my "dead man" switch that resets my carpc in the event of a Windows lockup (infrequent but does happen on rare occasion).

ha.. I can only imagine what you learned about me from my last 50 posts lol. I've been meaning to document my carpc build to some extent but haven't found the time.

ShellDude,

Thanks! Nice setup.

I can only imagine what you learned about me from my last 50 posts lol.

Let's just say that the appropriate authorities have been notified. ;)

sorry, I know im a noob but wtf is that stuff.. RS232 , carputer, AP,dongle,

and I was wondering why you didn't have a 12V adapter :) :) :)

j/k ... too hard too resist.

RS232 = computer communications protocol and connector
carputer = car + computer
AP = Cobb AccessPort
dongle = doodad that connects your AP to your car