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Old May 2, 2003 | 01:19 PM
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What is that thing up there?

There is a small round black plastic thing on the celing of my 99 E430 between the rear view mirror and the windshield. It has parallel openings which are turned towards the driver's seat. What is it?
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Old May 2, 2003 | 02:49 PM
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Do you have a picture of it? It almost sounds like it's the microphone for the car phone but between the mirror and the windshield??? The mic. is usually in front of the mirror on the ceiling...
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Old May 2, 2003 | 02:58 PM
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plastic thingamabob

Hi Greg
That is the mike for our phones that don't work!

Ken
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Old May 2, 2003 | 03:16 PM
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Re: plastic thingamabob

I agree, they're useless. I am going to look into trying and switching it out to my V60. There are a couple of threads on here with some info...

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Hi Greg
That is the mike for our phones that don't work!

Ken
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Old May 13, 2003 | 07:44 PM
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Jim,

I have spent more time than I am willing to admit investigating the phone upgrade options for our cars (which are few and largely unsatisfying). I've decided to go with the Nokia set from Steve (MBenzNL) and not to retrofit to an older MB proprietary system.

Good luck!
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Old May 14, 2003 | 11:15 AM
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Originally posted by E430guy
Jim,

I have spent more time than I am willing to admit investigating the phone upgrade options for our cars (which are few and largely unsatisfying). I've decided to go with the Nokia set from Steve (MBenzNL) and not to retrofit to an older MB proprietary system.

Good luck!
Thanks Greg but I read that yours is a lot easier than mine because of the newer system or something. I am going to get some advice from Steve as soon as I can. Thanks for the info...J
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