Seven Dimensions – Infotainment

Sound Systems

Lear began developing Automotive Sound Systems in 1988. Since then, millions of people have been enjoying high quality sound in their vehicles, powered by Lear technology. Lear's innovative sound systems can be found in many of today's top vehicle brands. Unlike conventional car stereos, they have the capability to bring high-end home-HiFi quality into the vehicle's cabin.

Linked to consumer preferences and latest feature trends in consumer electronics:

As consumers spend more time in their cars, their expectations regarding the performance of their vehicle's sound equipment also continue to increase. In addition, their homes are increasingly equipped with enhanced home-HiFi and home cinema surround systems.

This is why Lear sound systems support highly capable features like true surround and virtual surround. Similar to high-end home HiFi equipment, they are adapted to automotive-specific requirements in close cooperation with well established experts like Dolby Labs or dts and THX.

System competence:

The complexity of today's vehicle sound systems is also increasing. Best acoustical performance, as well as cost leadership, can only be achieved by full system suppliers, such as Lear, who provide automakers with full-range sound systems that include concept definition support, speakers, amplifiers, integration into bus-based environments and sound tuning.

With perfect synergy, Lear amplifiers and speakers achieve truly exceptional sound reproduction for all types of music, and give the listener an outstanding premium audio experience. In addition, Lear amplifiers provide the latest features from high-end home Hi-Fi equipment in a compact packaging, allowing for easy integration into limited-space environments.

Whether automotive customers are primarily seeking cost-driven, high-performance systems, or whether they want innovative premium concepts with up to 1kWrms power and up to 20 high-quality speakers, Lear has an innovative and visionary solution that satisfies both automaker and consumer expectations.

Consumer benefits:

Enjoy home HiFi quality sound in the vehicle
Available virtual and true surround sound by Dolby or dts
Available Lear-specific equalizing feature (DySOp) allows listeners to enjoy even demanding music, with low amplitude passages, on the move — without the interference of ambient noises like road or wind.

Program benefits:

Higher level output in a smaller package, with the lowest thermal power dissipation losses and lower power consumption.
Available virtualizers and true surround features from Dolby and dts, THX certified products in production.
System integration of amplifier, speakers, sound tuning and integration features.
Integration into multimedia system environments including bus control/ communication.

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TV Receivers

The world's first in-vehicle TV receiver was created by Lear in the early nineties. Today, in-vehicle TV receivers can be found in many well-known premium vehicle brands worldwide. Since their introduction, TV products from Lear have been recognized as the best among our automotive customers and are highly valued by hundreds of thousands of motorists worldwide.

Frequent innovation by Lear has paved the way for today's state of the art TV receivers, providing home-like reception performance to consumers in their vehicles' front and rear seats.

Linked to consumer preferences and latest consumer electronics:

Moreso than other vehicle technologies, TV receivers are influenced and driven by trends in consumer electronics. With the introduction of digital TV, a new quality of sound and picture has become available, highly valued by consumers who closely follow the ongoing digital revolution.

Responding to consumer trends, Lear introduced the worlds first automotive TV receiver capable of receiving digital TV broadcasts in early 2000. By continuously monitoring trends in related consumer segments, Lear is able to provide automotive manufacturers with innovative features and systems for their new vehicles in highly competitive environments — three to four years ahead of a vehicle's market introduction — that meet or exceed consumer expectations.

TV reception under mobile conditions requires highly capable reception technology:

TV reception under mobile conditions requires extensive technological expertise. High-performing reception units have to react immediately in ever-changing signal environments, switching to the channel with the best available picture and audio quality. Lear's TV receivers are equipped with world class diversity functionality — a benefit to our automotive customers. And our test equipment meets the highest standards. For example, Lear's own TV transmitter simulates any reception environment an in-vehicle TV receiver can be faced with, in order to produce the highest-quality products quickly and efficiently, and reduce time to market.

Consumer benefits:

Best-in-Class picture and audio quality
The receiver is automatically tuned to the best available signal, allowing consumers to follow their favorite broadcast undisturbed
Best-in-Class features
Graphic interface controls for ease of use and convenient control
Electronic Program Guide for convenient program selection

Program benefits:

Cost advantage by scalable features
Available video signal transmission via MOST
Digital TV solutions provided for the majority of countries worldwide
Smart Power management system to optimize overall power consumption overall competition systems
Flexible deployment across multiple Bus architectures (CAN or MOST)

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RSE Systems

Lear Rear Seat Entertainment (RSE) Systems put home cinema features on the road. Our quality passenger entertainment systems integrate seamlessly with the vehicle's interior design, providing first-class entertainment for rear-seat passengers and reducing driver distraction by keeping children occupied.

Linked to consumer requirements:

Consumer research shows that consumers want factory-installed RSE systems, with available TV interface, that provide high quality, seamless and crash-safe integration into vehicle cabins, as well as failsafe control from rear passengers. Lear systems match these requirements perfectly. In fact, Lear's extensive consumer research continues to benefit vehicle manufacturers by leading to the innovation of products and features that meet the demands of their target groups.

Connectivity:

Lear's RSE systems can be integrated into vehicle Bus-based multimedia environments, enabling rear passengers to potentially use any audio or video source in the car, and allowing functionality unrivaled by current comparable consumer electronics devices. Our DVD drives provide long-term compatibility with consumer electronics (CE) Audio and Video codecs, allowing consumers to play almost any self-created CD or DVD. A standard Audio/ Video interface allows them to connect game consoles, portable video players or video recording devices to the vehicle's entertainment system, and to use a wide range of portable CE devices inside the vehicle. The available Universal Serial Bus (USB) interface enables consumers to easily plug in conventional USB memory devices for access to personal music — and makes portable music players and DVD/ CD changers obsolete.

Integration capabilities:

Portfolio-wise, Lear is in the unique position to supply complete modules as well as single components, depending on an automaker's taste and requirements. Seats, display modules with or without drives and interior parts are engineered and produced in-house. This allows fast and cost efficient development of solutions that can seamlessly be integrated into the vehicles interior. Customers will find full-system competence from one source.

Lear RSE systems are easy to use:

A graphical user interface allows implementation of brand specific Corporate Identity requirements for a consistent "one-look" design. And control concepts on all seats provide consumers with a "best-buy" feeling that positively influences their overall satisfaction. The 2-screen systems can independently be operated and provide different content to passengers on the left or right rear seat.

Consumer benefits:

Easy-to-use, first class quality entertainment
High resolution screens give a crystal clear, home-quality picture
USB interface for easy use of personal music in the car via USB memory sticks

Program highlights:

One source for system design, hardware, software, and integration into the interior
Flexible graphical user interface for optional implementation of brand specific corporate identity
Available integration into vehicle bus control concepts.

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