FIX LOW Microphone Android Auto Apple Car Play Head Unit Car Radio Stereo poor quality audio

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We fix the poor, low quality of the tiny onboard microphone in a typical Android auto or car play head unit. This unit is from 2023 and claims to be Android 13. There are no mic gain controls or sensitivity in any of the settings or system settings with the master password of 1234.
2-pole mono 3.5mm microphone jack hardwire
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[@ehabsnayyan49]

I'm going to give this a try. Did you use the original external mic that came with the unit? Or did you purchase a different one?

[@LILEVO]

I bought this one, but the original worked out better.
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[@ehabsnayyan49]

@@LILEVO ok great. I'll give an update once I get it installed. Thanks

[@ehabsnayyan49]

So I got the part and installed it. And used the original external mic that came with the radio. It works but the mic needs to be close to your mouth for the other caller to hear you clear. Wondering if changing the external mic will fix it or not

[@LILEVO]

Interesting. Didn't have any issues mounting the mic near the sun visor on the headliner area. @@ehabsnayyan49

[@LtGenBuffalo]

You could have just added an external 3.5mm microphone to one of the black port of the RCA cables that plugs into the back of the radio

[@malachimayne5477]

Microphone is making my voice sound exactly like this video. Any ideas what could be causing it ?

[@Flags_of_the_Nations]

Thanks will try soldering new mic.. i had no passwords that would work according to their manual. Eventually found: 3368 to get into factory but no mic options

[@LILEVO]

Sounds like it should work!

[@radj4719]

Thanks heaps man im having the same issue 9 inch android auto mine has the option to select internal or external mic i selected external but didn't work looks like your way is the the only option i will give it a go and update also there's a way to increase the mic's volume through settings but unsure how to do it and whether it will make any difference

[@LILEVO]

Not much R&D is done with these units. It's too bad.

[@radj4719]

@@LILEVO just an update i connected an external mic successfully and mounted it near the sunvisor it works perfect thanks to you for sharing this video with everyone

[@LILEVO]

@@radj4719 love it!

[@jameshauptman2045]

@@radj4719did you have to change a setting to get the external mic to work?

[@radj4719]

@@jameshauptman2045 no originally i connected my mic to the external mic socket on The back of the unit and then selected external mic in settings but it didn't work so i connected the mic wires directly to the internal mic's connection as shown in video and of course i selected internal mic in the settings
Hope this helps

[@habichdochrecht1469]

126 is the password on all my units

[@LILEVO]

@@habichdochrecht1469 problem is some (or a lot) of these units have no mic gain control in the developer menus