Date: Mon, 03 May 1999 13:32:30 GMT From: "Manic" <mmmanicnopsamail.com> Subject: Re: Nokia Hands Free Car Kit & 9-3 Convertible
Doesn't Saab claim the 9-3 (and maybe the 900SE) come pre-wired for cel phones? If so, why didn't your install work more easily? Paul Geller <pgellernopsamhlink.net> wrote in message news:7ggniq$3ve$1nopsamprod.itd.earthlink.net... > I bought the Nokia hands free car kit for my 6190, expecting to connct it to > the built-in Mic and have audio piped throuh the stereo; only to find that > the microphone is not installed in the headliner, nor is the harness that > brings it to the phone connector behind the center console. Niether is there > wires in that harness for the audio out signal into the stereo! What a > disappointment! > > Here is what i did: I took apart the microhone that comes with the Nokia > kit, and with a bit of filing and shaping, mounted it securely to the molded > clips in the headliner mic bezel; you cannot tell it is there. I snaked the > micorohone cable along the front of the headliner, down behind the A-pillar > covers (these just snap off), and inder the dash to the center console area. > I mounted the Nokia interface box there behind the radio/Climate Control > head using a foam wrap and tyraps. I pulled out that useless rectangular > cubby in the center console, took apart the Nokia speaker (toss the back > cover, saving just the speaker/bezel) and mounted it to the cubby box.I > snaked the cable to the interface box as well. The speaker looks cool > mounted flus to the front of that box and covers the non-square opening > perfectly. > > Even though the built in mic and stereo output are missing, there is still > wires for the radio mute, power, switched power. The whole thing works fine, > the Nokia mic is very good. > > I am finally not pissed at Saab over this. > > pg > > Jonathen Clark wrote in message <372723a6nopsamch.nildram.co.uk>... > >Are there any known problems with the nokia 6110 h/f carkit, using the > built > >in mic and stereo speakers when the power amp stereo upgrade has been > >installed ? > > > >Thanks in advance > > > >J C - jcnopsamet.co.uk > > > > > > >