I cannot seem to find what this vent/whatever thing is for. I've looked twice over the owner's manual and see nothing about it. Please help me identify it! thanks =)

 

Hmmm...looks like the microphone "vent" for the bluetooth...? Or the motion sensor for the alarm?

 

It's the bluetooth microphone location. If you have OEM hands-free installed, that's where the mic is. If not, then that's where you'd put an aftermarket one

 

Thankyou! i had a feeling it might be for that. how would i go about installing that? can i just buy any old bluetooth set like at verizon and put it in? Basically: how do i make it work? lol

 

No, sorry, dear...they're not that inexpensive. The ones I've been looking at for my '07 MCS (which I'd prefer to work with the multifunction steering wheel) are Parrot - and run upwards of $600. A bunch of the vendors here on NAM sell them...if i were you, i'd just make sure whatever I got comes with LOTS of pictures and clear instructions!

 

In my '06 I spent about $300 to get a good in-car, thru the stereo system that utilizes that space. You have to drop the front driver's side of the headliner to wire the mic up in there, but once you do the install is completely invisible.

The above link takes you to the 1st gen system, this link is for 2nd gen.

It's not hard to do - you take out the stereo (takes 5 minutes), plug the harness into the back, find a place behind the dash to stick the boxes (mine are velcroed to the back of my parcel shelf), and run the mic up behind the rubber door seal to the headliner, then drop the front corner of the headliner and work it over to the mic location. I did the entire install myself in under an hour.

Note: you need the MFSW for it to work.

 

Awwww, you suck!!! I am not an idiot, but the wiring for my trailer hitch took me for blessed EVER to get right. you make it sound so easy!!!

 

Well getting the 2nd gen stereo out is a PITA from what I understand. It's very easy in the 1st gen.

But there's no actual wiring to do. You just take the current harness off (it has a little lever that pops it out), put the new one on, and the old one snaps back onto the new one, piggy-back style. Believe me, I can't wire either - it's just like plugging something into a socket, and snapping down a little lever that locks it in.

But really, you could probably pay an audio guy to do it for under $100.

 

thanks, thats a lot of great info, very helpful. one question though: what is MFSW?

 

MFSW=multi function steering wheel

 

Thanks =) after checking out the links i figured it out haha.