Well it appears that the parrot microphone when mounted in the OEM mic position picks up stupidly large amounts of noise.

So my thoughts:

- The Mic is in a piece of quite dense foam to stop movement.

- I'm going to put a piece of dynmat extreme etc on the roof above the Mic to try reduce noise.

- I might also put some around them mic, to form an enclosed "box" around the mic.

Any other suggestions.

I'd try the foam first, it's the easiest to have a quick go at

I'd try the foam first, it's the easiest to have a quick go at

Got that and it hasn't done the trick.

The Dynamat I have about an 4" * 6" piece spare so might try that next.

Just looking for any suggestions as it's getting annoying now.

Darn - I was just hoping to make that the position of the mike on mine when refitting the gear :(

I never fit the mics behind the oem grills, one because i am lazy and we have a set amount of time to do a handfree kit. and two because ive never managed to make it work correctly.

My conclusions were that the mic has to touch the plastic and this causes small vibrations whihc the mic picks up as sound.

Its the same when u mount the mic on the windscreen, wind noise vibrates through the glass and causes distortion to the mic.

I would just bite the bullet and run it out of the console and stick it the headlining, at least to try it for comparison, or get an OEM mic and solder that on to the parrot kit maybe?

Steve

Putting the mic outside of the OEM housing isn't an option for a few reasons.

The mic doesn't touch the plastic as the foam keeps it pushed back from this. Think I'll try some dynamat type stuff next and then who knows.

I gave up trying to get the mic fitted in the OEM housing. I did try insulate it with foam too, but it still picked up crazy amounts of noise... I didn't try much more than that though.

Putting the mic outside of the OEM housing isn't an option for a few reasons.

Which Are?

I have fitted a few car kits and although no expert, I am very methodical in my work (The nature of my work means I have to be methodical in solving faults), so what I would do is:

Install the Mic (temporarily) on the headlining by the light cluster, with the slits pointing at the driver (I know this is obvious, but I have seen a "proffessional" fitter point a Nokia Mic away from the driver towards the windscreen. If this doesnt solve the problem then the noise could be a dodgy connection or interference from other components in the car. When I installed a Parrot kit in an old Zafira I ran the Mic cable next to something that I shouldnt of done and created quite a lot of back ground noise.

If it does solve the problem then carry on with your dynamat ideas but remember that the parrot mic is encased in plastic which is being installed behind even more plastic, it wasnt designed for that surely.

Have a look at the forum at siocommunications.co.uk to see if anyone else has tried what you are doing

Steve

I wonder if a more suitable microphone can be used, the Parrot one isn't all that great imho for background noise as standard. Mine was on the little supplied bracket thing, near my sunroof controls

The major reason is that there has to be nothing visible as to where the car can be parked from time to time. The display an be easily hidden so a mic is a give away.

The parrot mic isn't that good I agree, however I'm told that I can be heard just fine when the car isn't moving at speed. On that basis, I don't think it's interference but road/wind noise that are causing the problems.

I've not had any problems hiding the thing in the MK I Octy and that had a sunroof, so I can't see why the MK II should be so much worse.

I have just installed a nokia ck-7w in my 08 Fabia.

I took the standard nokia mic and removed all of the plastic casing that it is supplied with, and to my suprise the microphone is not directional but simply a round disc mic soldered to a circuit board that faces down. The directional holes in the mic casing that you would assume to point at the driver had no relevance to its operation. There is a rubber holder like thing inside the casing that keeps the earth connection on the mic so obviously I left that on.

I took the light cluster out of the head lining to fit the mic in the OEM mic hole. There was a piece of foam in the slot where the mic goes so I removed that. The inner bits of the nokia mic fit almost perfectly in the OEM slot with some gentle pushing, it is however just a little shallow for the clips to hold it in. I found that I needed to cut the original foam insert through the middle longways and fit it over the mic to hold it firmly in place using the clips. This also created a seal between the gap above the headlining and the mic to stop noise from there going into the mic hole.

Many miles and conversations later, not one complaint about excessive road noise or interference.

I assume that VAG use the same headlining light cluster thing in all the VAG cars.

I can take some pictures if it would help.

Pictures would be great as I have loads of old nokia mics kicking around.

Same here, would be awesome if you could post up some pics, as my car will be stripped to pieces at some point I reckon doing this would make it a very tidy install

Well it appears that the parrot microphone when mounted in the OEM mic position picks up stupidly large amounts of noise.

So my thoughts:

- The Mic is in a piece of quite dense foam to stop movement.

- I'm going to put a piece of dynmat extreme etc on the roof above the Mic to try reduce noise.

- I might also put some around them mic, to form an enclosed "box" around the mic.

Any other suggestions.

I know this is a stupid question but have you tried adjusting the Mic Volume in the setup?, I know it takes a little while to get an ideal setting, nobody has ever commented to me about it. I have mine mounted above the rear view mirror

Yes I had a play and it is on max.

Might have more of a play at the weekend perhaps.

Must admit the idea of OEM microphone + making up a lead for the Parrot is also interesting

Yes I had a play and it is on max.

Might have more of a play at the weekend perhaps.

Ah that could be your problem, mine is set on 3bars out of 7, I have a CK3100. I was warned by someone not to have it too high as the person on the other end starts to hear themselves talking.

My parrot mic is on the steering column, behind the steering wheel, not very obvious, took me an hour to realise it was there!!

Sorry for the delay, I am playing cars tomorrow so I will take some pics then.

Didnt someone buy an OEM mic and couldnt get it to work with their handsfree kit?? Sure I saw that in another thread.

I've got mine mostly sorted.

It's down at volume 4 for the mic now and the calls are perfectly clear apart from a small amount of wind noise. I'll be popping a small piece of dynamat extreme I have left over on the roof in that area which I think will take care of that.