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Does anyone know what this thing is?



It has a mini mono plug.
The white square is slippery..but it is not covering double-sided tape.
A white LED did not light up when I plugged it into a mic input on my PC.
I thought there were little holes and it might be a mic but they are small indentations, not holes.



Thanks!



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    Could be anything, but maybe a piezo mic?
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    – Wesley Lee
    6 hours ago










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    When I plugged it into a PC I tried to record with it...but nothing. And why the LED?
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    6 hours ago






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    I've seen similar things before used to put remote photodiodes on a remote-operated device. I have one on an HDMI splitter and it uses the same connector. I can't say for sure, but I'm guessing the LED is a photodiode (or an LED being used as a photodiode) and this is meant to be plugged into one very specific device and nothing else. A picture showing the "LED" might be a good idea, by the way.
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    The bottom picture includes the LED. Maybe I should have angled the shot.
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    – Steve Wellens
    4 hours ago
















1












$begingroup$


I hope I'm on the appropriate site.



Does anyone know what this thing is?



It has a mini mono plug.
The white square is slippery..but it is not covering double-sided tape.
A white LED did not light up when I plugged it into a mic input on my PC.
I thought there were little holes and it might be a mic but they are small indentations, not holes.



Thanks!



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  • $begingroup$
    Could be anything, but maybe a piezo mic?
    $endgroup$
    – Wesley Lee
    6 hours ago










  • $begingroup$
    When I plugged it into a PC I tried to record with it...but nothing. And why the LED?
    $endgroup$
    – Steve Wellens
    6 hours ago






  • 2




    $begingroup$
    I've seen similar things before used to put remote photodiodes on a remote-operated device. I have one on an HDMI splitter and it uses the same connector. I can't say for sure, but I'm guessing the LED is a photodiode (or an LED being used as a photodiode) and this is meant to be plugged into one very specific device and nothing else. A picture showing the "LED" might be a good idea, by the way.
    $endgroup$
    – Hearth
    6 hours ago












  • $begingroup$
    The bottom picture includes the LED. Maybe I should have angled the shot.
    $endgroup$
    – Steve Wellens
    4 hours ago














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$begingroup$


I hope I'm on the appropriate site.



Does anyone know what this thing is?



It has a mini mono plug.
The white square is slippery..but it is not covering double-sided tape.
A white LED did not light up when I plugged it into a mic input on my PC.
I thought there were little holes and it might be a mic but they are small indentations, not holes.



Thanks!



enter image description here



enter image description here










share|improve this question







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$endgroup$




I hope I'm on the appropriate site.



Does anyone know what this thing is?



It has a mini mono plug.
The white square is slippery..but it is not covering double-sided tape.
A white LED did not light up when I plugged it into a mic input on my PC.
I thought there were little holes and it might be a mic but they are small indentations, not holes.



Thanks!



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  • $begingroup$
    Could be anything, but maybe a piezo mic?
    $endgroup$
    – Wesley Lee
    6 hours ago










  • $begingroup$
    When I plugged it into a PC I tried to record with it...but nothing. And why the LED?
    $endgroup$
    – Steve Wellens
    6 hours ago






  • 2




    $begingroup$
    I've seen similar things before used to put remote photodiodes on a remote-operated device. I have one on an HDMI splitter and it uses the same connector. I can't say for sure, but I'm guessing the LED is a photodiode (or an LED being used as a photodiode) and this is meant to be plugged into one very specific device and nothing else. A picture showing the "LED" might be a good idea, by the way.
    $endgroup$
    – Hearth
    6 hours ago












  • $begingroup$
    The bottom picture includes the LED. Maybe I should have angled the shot.
    $endgroup$
    – Steve Wellens
    4 hours ago


















  • $begingroup$
    Could be anything, but maybe a piezo mic?
    $endgroup$
    – Wesley Lee
    6 hours ago










  • $begingroup$
    When I plugged it into a PC I tried to record with it...but nothing. And why the LED?
    $endgroup$
    – Steve Wellens
    6 hours ago






  • 2




    $begingroup$
    I've seen similar things before used to put remote photodiodes on a remote-operated device. I have one on an HDMI splitter and it uses the same connector. I can't say for sure, but I'm guessing the LED is a photodiode (or an LED being used as a photodiode) and this is meant to be plugged into one very specific device and nothing else. A picture showing the "LED" might be a good idea, by the way.
    $endgroup$
    – Hearth
    6 hours ago












  • $begingroup$
    The bottom picture includes the LED. Maybe I should have angled the shot.
    $endgroup$
    – Steve Wellens
    4 hours ago
















$begingroup$
Could be anything, but maybe a piezo mic?
$endgroup$
– Wesley Lee
6 hours ago




$begingroup$
Could be anything, but maybe a piezo mic?
$endgroup$
– Wesley Lee
6 hours ago












$begingroup$
When I plugged it into a PC I tried to record with it...but nothing. And why the LED?
$endgroup$
– Steve Wellens
6 hours ago




$begingroup$
When I plugged it into a PC I tried to record with it...but nothing. And why the LED?
$endgroup$
– Steve Wellens
6 hours ago




2




2




$begingroup$
I've seen similar things before used to put remote photodiodes on a remote-operated device. I have one on an HDMI splitter and it uses the same connector. I can't say for sure, but I'm guessing the LED is a photodiode (or an LED being used as a photodiode) and this is meant to be plugged into one very specific device and nothing else. A picture showing the "LED" might be a good idea, by the way.
$endgroup$
– Hearth
6 hours ago






$begingroup$
I've seen similar things before used to put remote photodiodes on a remote-operated device. I have one on an HDMI splitter and it uses the same connector. I can't say for sure, but I'm guessing the LED is a photodiode (or an LED being used as a photodiode) and this is meant to be plugged into one very specific device and nothing else. A picture showing the "LED" might be a good idea, by the way.
$endgroup$
– Hearth
6 hours ago














$begingroup$
The bottom picture includes the LED. Maybe I should have angled the shot.
$endgroup$
– Steve Wellens
4 hours ago




$begingroup$
The bottom picture includes the LED. Maybe I should have angled the shot.
$endgroup$
– Steve Wellens
4 hours ago










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That's an infrared transmitter for extenders or control systems. That plastic chunk with the IR LED gets glued on a device like TV or Blu-Ray player so that it shines on the device's IR receiver.






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    – Steve Wellens
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That's an infrared transmitter for extenders or control systems. That plastic chunk with the IR LED gets glued on a device like TV or Blu-Ray player so that it shines on the device's IR receiver.






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That's an infrared transmitter for extenders or control systems. That plastic chunk with the IR LED gets glued on a device like TV or Blu-Ray player so that it shines on the device's IR receiver.






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That's an infrared transmitter for extenders or control systems. That plastic chunk with the IR LED gets glued on a device like TV or Blu-Ray player so that it shines on the device's IR receiver.






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