Anybody know what this switch is for?

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Anybody know what this switch is for?

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Can someone help me identify this switch or its functionality? It's just above the gas pedal.

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Fader for front/rear loudspeakers, and with its original wiring!
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:thnx Thanks! Any pic of the button I'm missing? The radio works but cassette player doesn't. Is there an elegant solution to stream.bluetooth music without destroying the classic/classy interior look?
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See below, later versions came without the white print.

Most classic radios come with a DIN connector at the back allowing line in, which can easily be combined with a bluetooth adapter or adapter cable.

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Thank you Jeroen :cheers
I saw that button stashed in the drawer when I first bought the car bout a year ago. I put it somewhere so it wouldn 't get lost.
Now if I can only remember where I stored it :hammer
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Hahaha happens to all of us!
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