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Old 05-01-12, 04:21 PM
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Default Aftermarket Microphone in Front Dome Compartment

I was replacing my dome lights today with some leds and found this microphone in the dome compartment. I bought the car a few weeks ago with a few mods aready on it, one including an ipod hook up in the glovebox. Anyone have one of these or know what its for?



Also as far as the ipod jack goes, I can only get it to charge my devices (iphone or ipod) however I feel like it should be able to play music too.. won't work through the auxiliary input.. should I try something else or do you think its just for charging?



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that's freaky...
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Better be careful, someone is monitoring you
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could be skynet
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any way to contact the previous owner to ask?
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Haha I really doubt the FEDS are after me... but there was that one time...

Originally Posted by Sffd103
any way to contact the previous owner to ask?
Unfortunately I bought it through the dealership here so I'm not sure if they can give me that info or not. I'll try tho.
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Can you determine what it is connected to? Perhaps call someone and tap on it to see if it is connected to your BT phone capabilities
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that looks like the same mic that came with my grom audio iPod Bluetooth Car Kit
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Is this not just the microphone for Bluetooth.....?
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Someone is listening to your conversations

lol jk, I would just just cut off though....
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Weird that it is concealed and not exposed.
Would it be for those stereo systems that you instruct them to play your favorite tunes? Nahhh!
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Yeah now that I look at it again, it would be odd to have the microphone there, usually the mic isn't hidden like that.

....scary. lol
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Originally Posted by BigWiLL345
that looks like the same mic that came with my grom audio iPod Bluetooth Car Kit
So there is also a iPod jack running into the glovebox. However, I can only get the iPod to charge and not play any music... as far as bluetooth goes I'm not even sure if my car has capabilities for it. Its a non nav, so what mode would you need to be in for something like this to work?

I'll probably just try all the different modes and if nothing works I'll just cut that thing off lol

Thanks all
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put it in the cd player mode
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now you have to find the hidden cameras...


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