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Old 09-20-2006, 08:12 AM
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Black Box under passenger rear seat??

took the rear seat out to start my veggie conversion and found a little black box that looks like an old amplifier or hard drive. it's got like a printer cable plug that's disconnected. it says technophone on it, but that's all i've got. is this indeed an amplifier? this one's definitely not in my haynes manual.

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Old 09-20-2006, 08:27 AM
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We're assuming this is a 747, black box still intact. Try posting what model you have in you sig.; it will work wonders for getting answers.
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Old 09-20-2006, 08:34 AM
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try google

technophone pulls up tons of cell phone info. I will place bets it is an old cellphone base station.
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Old 09-20-2006, 09:13 AM
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technophone pulls up tons of cell phone info. I will place bets it is an old cellphone base station.
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Well, I wouldn't say base station (Those are usually on towers ), but old mobile for sure.
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Old 09-20-2006, 11:42 AM
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How do you expect those men from Mars to track you if you disconnect that box?

Kidding aside, I'm sure it is a very early ceelular phone setup. I had an early Mitsubishi phone and my main unit was also installed under the back seat. (Lots of good room going to waste under there.)

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Old 09-20-2006, 09:06 PM
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I have an NEC phone box under my rear seat. It's an old analog phone station, you have there.

You probably have a pigtail antenna sticking out the rear windshield, too, right?
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Old 09-20-2006, 09:19 PM
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I found one of those in my old 126. Large, it was...could've used it for an anchor. (Yes, it was for the cell phone)
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Old 09-20-2006, 09:23 PM
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What kind of car? It migh have been cell phone related. I know the SDL had a car phone.
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Old 09-20-2006, 09:28 PM
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It could be a bomb that some terrorist planted. I think I heard that bombs under Mercedes seats disguised as cell phone boxes was going to be one of the new ways they are going to attack. Call homeland security, they will know what to do with it.

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