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What is this blue wire??
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Jun 1, 2003, 09:13 AM
 

I have a MDD G4. The blue wire pictured above doesn't appear to be documented in the Setup Guide. (and it's not the antenna wire that plugs into the airport extreme card, that wire is already plugged in.) Any ideas?
     
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Jun 1, 2003, 09:26 AM
 
Whenever a wire is attached to the chassis of a device itīs most likely grounding


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Jun 1, 2003, 09:37 AM
 
Actually the wire isn't attached to anything. The connector looks like a mini version of the antenna that hooks up to the airport card. Perhaps the previous generation of airport cards had a smaller connector.
     
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Jun 1, 2003, 09:39 AM
 
So i didnīt look close enough, youīre right.....could be something like that...


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Jun 1, 2003, 10:39 AM
 
That blue wire connects to the optional Bluetooth module on my model (FW 800).

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Jun 1, 2003, 12:04 PM
 
Ahh! Thanks, I totally forgot about Bluetooth.
     
   
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