What is this Connection For?

[hahnster]

I removed the console on my 2000 S and when I went to reinstall it I found this electrical connection in the image. But, I don't recall disconnecting it and I can't see where it goes. I am thinking maybe it is for an accessory that I don't have like navigation or something like that. Any ideas? Everything seems to be working fine without it connected. At least as far as I have found so far (fingers crossed).

[Chuck W.]

Cell phone plug.....

http://986forum.com/forums/general-discussions/56862-whats.html

[hahnster]

Thank you for the help. Feel pretty stupid since I now see someone else asked the same question 2 days ago. I missed that one.

[KRAM36]

Originally Posted by hahnster

Thank you for the help. Feel pretty stupid since I now see someone else asked the same question 2 days ago. I missed that one.

I'm glad you asked it, because I missed that thread. Now when the US switches to DAB and shuts off FM radio, I will know where to get a power source for the DAB conversion kit.

Don't see this happening in the US soon, but Norway is turning off FM radio in 2017.

Norway Will Be the First Country to Turn Off FM Radio in 2017

[thstone]

The US is incredibly "bandwidth challenged" due to decades of poor frequency management of the nations airwaves by the FCC. We have some frequencies that are highly managed and tightly coupled for maximum use being auctioned for billions while other equivalent segments sit stagnant for uses that should have been put out to pasture 30 years ago. This is why almost every new technology (WiFi, Bluetooth, cordless phones, etc) is relegated to the mostly unregulated 2.4Mhz ISM band. Read about it here: Why Everything Wireless Is 2.4 GHz | WIRED

Thus, DAB makes technical sense (a lot more channels can fit into the same frequency range) but with the various lobbies and ongoing political strife in Washington, its hard to see FM radio changing in the US anytime soon.