Car Radio

A car radio is a radio receiver who was developed for the installation in a car. For this purpose it usually has a tension admission of 12 V and a standardized or on a vehicle type conformist installation case. Compared with home devices it is especially robust against vibrations and temperature variations. Beside the broadcasting company receipt it can play mostly also certain sound carriers.

Properties

Transmitter on VHF, middle wave, also isolates about long wave and DAB as well as every now and then on short wave conceive. To the support of the driver traffic radio decoders RDS are inserted as a rule, more efficient devices also dispose of TMC to the textual announcement of announcements of the traffic radio, have been integrated if necessary also navigation systems. Today a theft protection is usual.

Till few years playing of cassettes was a standard. It was removed by the audio-CD. Many new models can also read mp3 CDs and mp3 DVDs or have even connections for USB-Sticks, SD-Sticks or MMC-Sticks. However, could not assert themselves Minidisc player.

There are car radios which are inserted ex works and are possibly equipped immediately with navigation system. These car radios are integrated with some car manufacturers also without use of the radio shaft directly into the middle console.

The higher installation position should bring the device closer in the field of vision of the driver to reduce his distraction by the look change. For the rise of the road safety a remote control is planned with work-sided built-in radios also often in the steering wheel nearness which allows to take a setting of the radio without hands of the steering wheel.

If the disconnection of the analogous broadcasting company is aimed, the consumers who still use no car radio with receipt possibility for digital programs, as for example DAB would be forced if necessary to the acquisition of new car radio receivers.