What's behind the 3rd button (A/C, Recirc, ?)

[thenightfly42]

This is a followup to my thread Where to put the "aux-in" jack?, but since I jumped in with this part at the end, I figured that the person who knew the answer to my question might have only read the first few posts, and never returned to the thread. So.There's three buttons to the left of the stereo: AC, recirculation, then at the bottom a blank one. Whatever feature that does, my car doesn't have. Is there any reason that I couldn't pull out the fake button and have female RCA jacks flush-mounted there? Is there something behind it that I should be aware of?

[Kari]

Guess I'll copy and paste my reply from over there too... I think that button's just a "dummy button" on all of the Vibes, if I remember correctly. Getting it out of the radio bezel without damaging it might be interesting; I haven't really taken the time to examine how the unused button is mounted to the bezel, but that does seem like a good location.

[Mr. Poopypants]

From what I can remember, I think it is just held in there with clips. It's been awhile since I have taken off the bezel.

[joatmon]

The ac/recirc switch module fills up the space behind that blank button. There is a mechanical thing that kicks off the recirc when you switch to defrost, the cable that does that in in that area.To get to it, remove the radio bezel and remove the switch module from the bezel. some previous threads about the blank buttonhttp://forums.genvibe.com/zerothread?id=237http://forums.genvibe.com/zerothread?id=1903http://forums.genvibe.com/zerothread?id=2343http://forums.genvibe.com/zerothread?id=10533

[Mase]

Attached are some pics from my "reverse-gear indicator light" project which I installed in the "blank" button. Hope they help.

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[Mase]

Pic 2 after I installed the indicator:

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[GMJAP]

There's a lot plastic behind the false button, so it can tough to squeeze stuff in there without hoggin out some of the plastic.

[thenightfly42]

OK, thanks everybody. I guess my "brilliant" idea is a bust.Kari, I saw your response in the other thread, but you said it was a guess, and I wanted to be sure. Joatmon, thanks for the links; I had tried searching, but couldn't get the right search terms. Some good info there, and it looks like I wasn't the first to want to mount the audio plugs there!

[ragingfish]

nightfly.Personally, I would do this:On the center console below the parking brake is a coin slot. That can be popped out, and a "blank" insert can be put in, similar to the "blanks" to the left of the steering wheel. Run a cord long enough down under the tranny, under the carpet, and have it come up and be flush mounted under the ebrake. Then plug in your device there. That way, you get your aux connection, but it also keeps the cords from getting annoying around the tranny, climate controls, etc.