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Old 30th October 2017, 16:53   #1
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Hi Gents,

I took over the ZT as a daily drive from SWMBO (I bought her a Jaguar ) and have numerous complaints from people calling me on my cell that they can hardly hear me. I have set the External BT mic volume to max and also de internal mic volume to max. It does not really matter.

Can I replace the mic with another preferably active microphone with a 2½mm connector?

Like something like this one: click

TIA

Greetz,

Jan
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Old 31st October 2017, 21:13   #2
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Hi Gents,

I took over the ZT as a daily drive from SWMBO (I bought her a Jaguar ) and have numerous complaints from people calling me on my cell that they can hardly hear me. I have set the External BT mic volume to max and also de internal mic volume to max. It does not really matter.

Can I replace the mic with another preferably active microphone with a 2½mm connector?

Like something like this one: click

TIA

Greetz,

Jan
Hi Jan

A 2.5mm wont work , Is this a new issue or was bad in past?
Mics are an EITHER or , Internal OR External , not bboth

Sean
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Old 1st November 2017, 16:37   #3
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Hi Sean,

Tx for your reply and continuous support!

I know that the device uses either the internal or the external mic. But since I didn't know if the external one was broken or not I tried both

SWMBO did not really use the cell in the car (smart cookie ) so she made an occasional call. I vaguely remember her calling her last year and audio quality was good.

Could it be the mic has given up on me? Can you recommend a replacement?

Funny thing is: if I refer to the installation manual I see this:



Looking forward!
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Old 3rd November 2017, 01:58   #4
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HiSjonnie
Thanks for your kind words......
We have the standard Mics in stock or did you want to try something upgraded?

Sean


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Hi Sean,

Tx for your reply and continuous support!

I know that the device uses either the internal or the external mic. But since I didn't know if the external one was broken or not I tried both

SWMBO did not really use the cell in the car (smart cookie ) so she made an occasional call. I vaguely remember her calling her last year and audio quality was good.

Could it be the mic has given up on me? Can you recommend a replacement?

Funny thing is: if I refer to the installation manual I see this:



Looking forward!
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Old 3rd November 2017, 13:19   #5
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Hi Sean,

Can you tell me and show me the difference between the standard mic and the upgraded version? The mic I have now is situated on top of the steering column. I would rather like to have it placed at the ceiling light (for lack of the correct term) so it would need a rather long wire.

And please tell me by PM what these mics cost (postage to the Netherlands )

TIA
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Old 17th November 2017, 16:25   #6
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Well, took the plunge and ordered a mic on Ali with the correct connector.

Click to follow link

Maybe it works, maybe it doesn't. We'll see.

Keep you posted!
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Old 27th November 2017, 14:28   #7
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Does your car have traffic master in it ? if so you will have a mic in the interior light housing all wired in that you can modify for your Navall
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Old 27th November 2017, 16:27   #8
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Nope! No trafficmaster in the car So stuck with replacing the mic with a new one.
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Old 1st December 2017, 13:40   #9
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Got the mic a few days ago and installed it yesterday. Made some calls and reception was excellent. So it seems the original just "gave up" on me.

The mic cost me a mere € 2,- (1,5 GBP?) including shipping from beautiful China
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