Component Location Overview - ANC Microphone

The Active Noise Cancellation (ANC) system has four additional microphones inside the headliner with special software inside the Digital Sound System Control Module -J525- (BOSE®/Bang & Olufsen®).

Fig 1: Component Location Overview Of ANC microphones

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Front Interior Lamp -W1- with Interior Microphone -R74-
Left Center Microphone -R142-
Left Rear Microphone -R144-
Right Rear Microphone -R145-
Right Center Microphone -R143-

The ANC microphones have a trailing cable. The coupling is inside the headliner.

It is necessary to lower the headliner in order to remove the coupling.

ANC Microphones, removing and installing, refer to ANC MICROPHONE -R142- / -R143- / -R144- / -R145-, REMOVING AND INSTALLING .