Nimbus117 Posted May 11, 2012 Report Share Posted May 11, 2012 I can thoroughly recommend this. I used the microphone from my home Yamaha 7.1 amp and what a huge difference. I have struggled to get the best out of this unit and now it sounds incredible. I also jailbreaked my iphone and can now mirror TomTom in app mode (sound & visual) thanks to the advice on here. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
zx6rrdan Posted May 12, 2012 Report Share Posted May 12, 2012 +1 I thought I had things sounding pretty great until I got a big improvement doing AutoEQ with the mic from my home Sony. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mpopis Posted May 16, 2012 Report Share Posted May 16, 2012 do you need a special mic? I tried with a regular mic and for some reason when I hit start it comes back with "Error. Please check MIC." Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Nimbus117 Posted May 17, 2012 Author Report Share Posted May 17, 2012 My mic is for setting up a surround amp at home, wasn't a Pioneer or anything special. Just make sure you push it in all the way, mine didn't do anything until it went the last couple of millimetres. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mpopis Posted May 17, 2012 Report Share Posted May 17, 2012 I went ahead and ordered the pioneer mic. (But it's on Back-order....) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Spankey Posted June 3, 2012 Report Share Posted June 3, 2012 Just bought a mic on eBay. Had the same error message with my home theater mic. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
scott_0 Posted June 3, 2012 Report Share Posted June 3, 2012 I have the mic that came with my Sony home theater receiver, I guess the mic gets placed in the center of the cabin for best results Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Spankey Posted June 3, 2012 Report Share Posted June 3, 2012 According to the manual you should put it on the driver's head rest. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Nimbus117 Posted June 3, 2012 Author Report Share Posted June 3, 2012 I stuck mine to the headrest and left it to it, takes 5 minutes. Just replaced the Porsche front speakers with Alpines so I need to run it again. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
scott_0 Posted June 4, 2012 Report Share Posted June 4, 2012 According to the manual you should put it on the driver's head rest. yeah just saw that last night as I decided to read up a bit on the issue I stuck mine to the headrest and left it to it, takes 5 minutes. Just replaced the Porsche front speakers with Alpines so I need to run it again. yup, I taped my Sony mic to the drivers head rest and about 5 minutes later the calibration was complete. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Spankey Posted June 8, 2012 Report Share Posted June 8, 2012 Just did mine. Huge improvement in SQ. Wish I had noticed it sooner. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
nascarfan Posted June 8, 2012 Report Share Posted June 8, 2012 Just bought a mic on eBay. Had the same error message with my home theater mic. Can you give a link to the mic you bought off Ebay? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Spankey Posted June 8, 2012 Report Share Posted June 8, 2012 http://www.ebay.com/itm/Pioneer-Auto-EQ-TA-Microphone-Assembly-/120927893398?pt=Car_Audio_In_Dash_Receivers&hash=item1c27dd3796#ht_500wt_1075 Mine had a Buy It Now for $15. Only one I see now for cheap. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Junkhead Posted June 10, 2012 Report Share Posted June 10, 2012 Why is this mic so hard to find anywhere to buy?? Also, i cant seem to get auto EQ to turn on at all. I plugged in my Denon surround mic figuring it may work. But i can't even turn on auto eq to test it out. Any ideas? Thanks Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Spankey Posted June 12, 2012 Report Share Posted June 12, 2012 It is most likely the mic itself. I have an Arcam mic that I plugged in and it didn't work. The Pioneer mic was detected immediately, ran through the test and all was good. Looks like a new batch is coming through in a few weeks. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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