Radio - description
- Make
- Alfa Romeo
- Model
- 159 Factory Service Manual
- Year
- 2005–2011
- Section
- Radio accessories › Radio - description
RADIO - DESCRIPTION
DESCRIPTION
The vehicle is equipped with a radio system comprising:
- radio;
- front speakers (woofers in the doors and tweeters in the dashboard);
- rear speakers located in the doors
- cables connecting the radio with the speakers;
- aerial with support fitted at the rear of the roof with a coaxial connecting cable.
A sophisticated Bose HIFI system with special HIFI speakers and an outside amplifier can also be fitted.
On the version with the built in "CONNECT NAV +" radio-telephone-navigator the radio is incorporated in the unit.
The aerial has three functions (radio/GSM/GPS) for the operation of the telephone and for the navigator.
The radio is a CAN node through which information is exchanged with the Body Computer and with the other electronic units.
The radio is equipped with an anti-theft system through the connection of the radio at the CAN with the Body Computer; it also manages the volume control linked to the vehicle speed: the volume increases and decreases in relation to the speed of the vehicle: this information reaches the radio node via the CAN.
Some versions are equipped with a series of buttons on the steering wheel: these make it possible to replicate some of the commands which are acquired in the same way by the actual radio.
It is also possible to fit a multi-polar cable connecting the radio to a CD player located in the boot, on the right hand side.
See descriptions 5580P CONNECT PANEL
DESCRIPTION
The vehicle can be fitted, on request, with a simple preparation, (opt. 082) which includes a simple power supply for the radio not fitted on the vehicle, but installed in the aftermarket in accordance with the following ISO standard pin out: (connector A of P20):
- pin 1: n.c. (mute)
- pin 2: n.c.
- pin 3: n.c.
- pin 5: Bose amplifier presence signal
- pin 6: +lights control lighting
- pin 7: ignition-operated power supply +15
- pin 8: earth
The radio installed in the AFTERMARKET is therefore not a CAN node through which information is exchanged with the Body Computer and with the other electronic units.
The vehicle is equipped with preparation comprising:
- front speakers (woofers in the doors and tweeters in the dashboard);
- rear speakers located in the doors
- cables connecting the radio with the speakers;
- aerial with support fitted at the rear of the roof with a coaxial connecting cable.
A sophisticated Bose HIFI system with special HIFI speakers and an outside amplifier can also be fitted.
DESCRIPTION
A sophisticated Bose HIFI system with special HIFI speakers and an outside amplifier is available on request.
The system has been developed ad hoc for the vehicle: the acoustic properties of the passenger compartment have been carefully studied so that the amplifier and the speakers are ideally suited to the vehicle: optimum listening is available in any part of the passenger compartment.
Unlike the system fitted as standard, the Bose system offers:
- special speakers at front and rear, which are midwoofers with separate tweeters;
- subwoofer rear speaker located under the rear parcel shelf;
- centerfill speaker located in the centre of the dashboard under the centre air vent;
- high power amplifier located under the rear parcel shelf in the boot.
The system is completed by a microphone, located in the centre courtesy light, which detects background noise in the passenger compartment: the signal is sent for amplification allowing the optimum adjustment and equalizing of the output levels.
The other components (radio, aerial, etc.) are the same as the standard system.
For more details
See descriptions 5570 ACCESSORIES
DESCRIPTION
The vehicle is equipped with a radio system comprising:
- radio;
- front speakers (woofers in the doors and tweeters in the dashboard);
- rear speakers located in the doors
- cables connecting the radio with the speakers;
- aerial with support fitted at the rear of the roof with a coaxial connecting cable.
A sophisticated Bose HIFI system with special HIFI speakers and an outside amplifier can also be fitted.
The radio is a CAN node through which information is exchanged with the Body Computer and with the other electronic units.
The radio is equipped with an anti-theft system through the connection of the radio at the CAN with the Body Computer; it also manages the volume control linked to the vehicle speed: the volume increases and decreases in relation to the speed of the vehicle: this information reaches the radio node via the CAN.
Some versions are equipped with a series of buttons on the steering wheel: these make it possible to replicate some of the commands which are acquired in the same way by the actual radio.
It is also possible to fit a multi-polar cable connecting the radio to a CD player located in the boot, on the right hand side.
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