Functional description of the digital tuner US
Customer benefit of the IBOC tuner
IBOC is a digital AM/FM radio in the USA. It used additional digital signals to enhance FM/AM.
Enhancement of FM by means of additional digital signals
- Sound quality close to CD/MD
- Additional data services (singer, song title, album name)
- Reduction in multiple reception
Enhancement of AM by means of additional digital signals
- Sound quality close to FM
- Minimisation of disturbances
- Additional data services (singer, song title, album name)
- Reduction in multiple reception
Functions of the IBOC tuner
- Analog AM/FM reception
- Digital reception of additional signals within the AM/FM frequency range
- AUTOSTORE function
- Automatic radio tuning, upwards and downwards
- Search for special stations
- Personalising the IBOC
Personalising the IBOC tuner
The settings of the tuner can be personalised via the vehicle key. The following settings can be stored as personalised:
- 12 FM stations
- 12 AM stations
- The last AM & FM stations listened to
- IBOC text On/Off
- RBDS text On/Off
Technical information on the IBOC tuner
The most important information on the IBOC tuner:
- Frequency FM: 87.7 MHz - 107.9 MHz (0.2 MHz increment)
- Frequency AM: 530 KHz - 1710 KHz (10 KHz increment)
- Permitted voltage range (9 - 16 V)
- Uses the 4 FM aerials of the analog tuner
- The best aerial is selected by the aerial diversity and made available to the IBOC tuner
IBOC composite system
The graphic shows the receive system with the digital tuner for US.
- AM/FM aerials
- Aerial amplifiers
- Digital tuner for US (IBOC)
- Head unit