Just picked up my 2010 Forte EX a few weeks ago. Prior to this vehicle I had a Focus with Sync. The BT/phone system worked very well.
I placed a few calls using the Forte's system and pretty much everyone told me it sounded terrible. This weekend I decided to pull down the mic assembly to see if I might be able to improve it. What I did not know is that apparently mic wires are very expensive as Kia only puts about 1/2 " of extra wire in there from the roof. When I separated the mic housing from the roof insert I pulled the mic wires right off the circuit board. Ouch!
So now I had to solder those super thin wires back onto the circuit board, upside down. All with about 1/4" of wire leading out of the mic. I got luck and eventually was able to do this. While the mic was still hanging out of the roof I called a friend that I had called before. He said that it sounded much better. I popped the mic back into the roof during the same call and he said he could still hear me but it was not as clear. Initially I was thinking about drilling out those small mic holes but the mic is held into the housing and I think removing it will pull it apart from something in the bottom. Perhaps this is only some foam like material... I don't know. I could still drill out those holes very carefully.
Has anyone tried anything like this? Anyone else experiencing the same problem with the mic?
I placed a few calls using the Forte's system and pretty much everyone told me it sounded terrible. This weekend I decided to pull down the mic assembly to see if I might be able to improve it. What I did not know is that apparently mic wires are very expensive as Kia only puts about 1/2 " of extra wire in there from the roof. When I separated the mic housing from the roof insert I pulled the mic wires right off the circuit board. Ouch!
So now I had to solder those super thin wires back onto the circuit board, upside down. All with about 1/4" of wire leading out of the mic. I got luck and eventually was able to do this. While the mic was still hanging out of the roof I called a friend that I had called before. He said that it sounded much better. I popped the mic back into the roof during the same call and he said he could still hear me but it was not as clear. Initially I was thinking about drilling out those small mic holes but the mic is held into the housing and I think removing it will pull it apart from something in the bottom. Perhaps this is only some foam like material... I don't know. I could still drill out those holes very carefully.
Has anyone tried anything like this? Anyone else experiencing the same problem with the mic?
(assuming the foam is there) keep us posted tho, mine sucks too
