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Old 06-13-2014, 08:16 PM
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the cig lighters stay on ALL the times (all 5 of them) as they are wired directly to the battery (via series of fuses).
If you are looking for a relay k72 (wake-on-LAN type, goes to sleep after 16 minutes) power, you can tap to it under the driver's seat, as the same wire under the passenger seat (LHD) is always hot, and does not go to sleep.

most headrest monitors only need power to them and they do not use too much - I still wired mine directly to the battery via a relay that is controlled by the "sleep" signal... This way, if any of the aftermarket things in the car start "drinking" too much juice when the car is off, the relay will cut off the power supply...

you can see some of the wiring in my thread that i linked in my signature...
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E53 X5 4.6iS
147K mi - Sold May 2013
Tireprints left in:
USA, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, Russia

E53 X5 4.8iS built 2005-10-17
66200 mi - June 2012
96000 mi - June 2013
112000 mi - June 2014
OEM fire extinguisher
OE first aid kit
OE tow hitch
OE TV module
OE aspheric mirror
K&N air filter
black/white badges
rear camera
4-channel video recorder

Here is the list of things I have done to the X
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