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Old Dec 1, 2011 | 11:31 AM
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Bought this C5 and curious what all these added on leads are for. PO must have been into electronics. I don't intend to leave this mess hanging out the dash but wondered if anything is worth saving. Pics coming.






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Sorry there are no responses, in focus pix would help immensely though. The first shot w/wires from the mirror are likely for a radar unit, the 2nd photo has 3-plugs (L-R: 1) Power plug for something, maybe a MP3 Player; 2) !/8" audio plug, maybe for a MP3; 3) No Idea, sorry ...
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Most likely you have an adapter installed in the dash that fools the oem radio into thinking that there's a CD changer installed. If you hit the AUX button I'm guessing it will display CD 1 Track 1 but you won't hear any audio. If that happens, try plugging the headphone looking plug into an MP3 player.

The other cords are probably power for whatever PO had that played his music.

Is first pic a usb cord? If so, you may have a real nice adapter burried under there.
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plugs at mirror are hardwire for a gps and radar detector

the 2nd pics are for an xm or sirius unit
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Thanks. Yeah I forgot to mention there was a Sirius antenna on the dash.
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Yep in photo 2, that 3rd plug is a sat antenna, so for a portable sat unit ...
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