I would like to find a way to power the cradle for my F500BT with out using the big fat cable which comes with the cradle. In my case, I have a full installation in my car with the ND-500G amp. It works great, but I would also like to be able to occasionally use the unit with working MSN Direct in other cars, such as a rental. To get the MSN Direct to work, I believe that the cradle needs to be powered directly.

It is possible to buy a second cable from Pioneer for about $45, and come up with way to use it with a cigarette lighter plug. However, there are two problems with that: 1) I am cheap, and 2) that is a big ugly cable to drag around when I do not need any of the other connections for the cable. Is there some simple, cleaner way of doing this?

m2, wish there is a shorter cable with just the cigarette adapter and stereo jack (TRS).

Mine came with the large cable, cigarette lighter adapter and an ac power supply. I use the cigaretter lighter adapter to use in other vehicles.

The problem is that the MSN Direct receiver is in the cradle, and the bundled cigarette lighter adapter powers only the F500BT but not the cradle. As a result, MSN Direct can not be used with this adapter. Some other way to provide power directly to the cradle must be devised.