Step 28: Position microphone and stow cables

Re-attach the clip to the microphone, and clip it to the metal above the opening as shown. You could also attach it directly to the panel that it will peer through, like the old microphone, but that seemed tedious. I'm not sure whether my solution results in extra car noise being conducted to the microphone, though.

 

Blue arrows: stowage locations for the old cable/microphone and new cable.

 

Note:

I'm still experiencing issues with extremely low gain on the microphone: people have a hard time hearing me, and Siri can barely understand a word I'm saying, even when I raise my voice. I'm planning on encasing the back and sides of the microphone in foam, so that ambient noise from the cavity surrounding it is suppressed, but that may not be the problem.

 

For the moment, the dual microphones on my iPhone 4S are superior to this microphone, even when I lay the phone down by the cup holders, and put it in speakerphone mode.

 

I'll report back if I figure out how to improve this.

Done