E200 rubber thing on the back

[Guest Deri Reed]

take the circular rubber cover off and what the hell is that, is it for the areil to give it better siganl or what?

[Guest Maverick]

Supposedly for some in-car handsfree kits where you can connect an external aerial. Even the original SPV has that.

[Guest Deri Reed]

so where can i buy this external areil from then, i live in the sticks so i wudnt mind one just for use in my house!

[Guest m1.carson]

You may find it's a diagnostic port, but anyway it's a very handy thingy, it stops the phone from crawling off the desk when it's in vibrate mode

[Guest Deri Reed]

yeh it is very good for that but does anyone know what it actually does and if it is for the ariel where do u get them from?

[Guest shadamehr]

All earlier Nokia phones such as the 5110, 6110, 6210, and even my newer (relatively speaking) 6310i has this identical cap and plug underneath.

On Nokias, they are for the standard full car kit, whereby when connected/placed in cradle, this connects to the car kit and the link to the external ariel.

Hence how in a proper car kit (Nokias), the signal is much much better.

So my assumption, having seen both, is that this is for exactly the same purpose on an SPV...

A genuine car kit, to link to external arial.

[Guest awarner [MVP]]

It is for an external ariel and (should) be a standrd size.

I do not know if the socket is the same size but RS Components sell external phone ariels

these are advertised as desk top ariels. (Book 5 in the RS catalogue if I remember)

Only downfall is that you need to have an account with RS to be able to buy from them.

[Guest Maverick]

Will it affect the battery life if the external aerial is attached?

[Guest awarner [MVP]]

It should not affect the battery life.