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Hi, nice greetings from Portugal to all fitfreak forum user's.
I own a Honda Jazz/Fit EX 2017. This EX Jazz version has factory microphone. I bought a new radio unit and a canbus set and I get everything working except the OEM/factory microphone. what I did so far: I took 5v from one usb port to power the OEM microphone and used a 3.5 male connector and connect mic+ and mic-. The shield wire (grey) I mixed with the Mic -. see all attached images. The plug that connects to the microphone has also The cable I built The microphone plug The stock head unit connector for microphone a yellow wire that is the mute signal. But I don't know what to do with it. I think the problem remains in this... Can someone help me? Thanks in advance Pedro
You'll find that it would just be easier to use the supplied mic with the headunit. I put mine right in that spot near the sunroof controls where it's meshed/has holes. I used butyl putty or "dum dum" putty to adhere the mic in place. Never had any issues for years. I did have to sound proof the area around that mic as the roof is tinny and can cause interference with the mic pickup.
You'll find that it would just be easier to use the supplied mic with the headunit. I put mine right in that spot near the sunroof controls where it's meshed/has holes. I used butyl putty or "dum dum" putty to adhere the mic in place. Never had any issues for years. I did have to sound proof the area around that mic as the roof is tinny and can cause interference with the mic pickup.
Thank you for the tip. I already tried that, but I wasn't satisfied with the results. Maybe I didn't isolate well the area...
Anyway and despite that easier solution I still would like to make work the OEM microphone... I had a very good experience with it. I could ear my wife very clear if she call me while using the OEM microphone. It's a great microphone...
I don't want to give up so easy 😉
I believe it's a detail...
I keep waiting and searching for...
I took again the stock head unit inside the honda and I read the voltage of the the microphone plug.
Yellow wire (mute signal) receives 8,63 v from head unit and the pink wire (power source for hft microphone ) receives 4,2 v from head unit.
Because my previous cable did not have a yellow wire, I must add one more wire.
After this I took a DC/DC converter and took power from main power plug and connect to this new wire.
The outcome ground I have connected to a screw in the car.
I was really hoping that this would fix the problem, but unfortunately the microphone still don't work...
I am near to give up...
Hope my experience at least help someone to find the solution...
Sorry to disappoint you...
I put lots of effort on this but I had no luck...
I ended up with the easiest solution.
Put the aftermarket microphone in the place of the original microphone.
wish you luck 🤞
I had some time this summer to try it and I got it to work, although the sound is not great. I think the original microphone is amplified and then the head unit also amplifies so the sound is distorted. I have not found a setting to turn off the head unit amplification of the microphone.
The way I did it was that I spliced 5V from the USB connector and then used a voltage step up module to step that up to 9V. The original microphone needs both 5V and 9V to work, it does not work without it. I also 3D printed a small box to house it
I had some time this summer to try it and I got it to work, although the sound is not great. I think the original microphone is amplified and then the head unit also amplifies so the sound is distorted. I have not found a setting to turn off the head unit amplification of the microphone.
The way I did it was that I spliced 5V from the USB connector and then used a voltage step up module to step that up to 9V. The original microphone needs both 5V and 9V to work, it does not work without it. I also 3D printed a small box to house it
Here are some pictures of my solution:
I'm glad you had managed. 💪
I am back with the OEM head unit. My wife always complained about the bad audio phone calls.
Also got many problems with the canbus and the head unit, maybe I had bad luck, but now I don't wanna start all over again.
Congrats