Features - Press release on CD4802

CD4802 Tuner

An ear for the future – in-car MP3 sound from VDO Dayton’s new top of the range CD 4802 (from 26th April 2002)

As ever, VDO Dayton has its finger firmly on the pulse and is one of the first companies on the market to offer a CD Tuner combination featuring an integrated MP3 player. This means that tracks which have been downloaded from the Internet and burned onto a compact disc can now be played in the car. As well as a smart chrome trim and a brilliant 3D-Effect VFD Display, VDO Dayton’s new top model CD 4802 boasts a multitude of intelligent features. This transforms the humble car radio into a complete infotainment unit.

VDO Dayton’s CD 4802 brings the sound of the future into the car. Younger audio customers in particular already think of MP3 as the standard format for recorded music. This is mainly due to the high data compression rate, which enables individual tracks or entire albums to be downloaded from the Internet or sent by e-mail relatively swiftly with no loss of sound quality. It also opens up new possibilities on the data storage front. By using the Fraunhofer Society’s technology of compressing music tracks far more songs will fit on one data carrier.

With the CD 4802 VDO Dayton deliberately chose CD ROM as the storage medium. As well as being the most popular and by far the cheapest sound carrier, it also has the biggest capacity. For example, one disc in MP3 format can take up to 150 songs or around ten conventional audio CDs. That means you could drive from Frankfurt to Paris and back without listening to the same song twice or changing the CD. The CD 4802 plays all standard CD ROMs, including CD rewritables. And for customers who don’t yet have their entire music collection in MP3 format, VDO Dayton’s flagship unit will play conventional audio CDs too.

But it’s not only the MP3 Player, the unique design and perfect sound performance that make the CD 4802 such an attractive hightech package. The specification of the new flagship is impressive, including features usually reserved for luxury class vehicles, such as park distance control (available as an optional extra) and a highperformance onboard computer which displays average speed, battery voltage, outside temperature and journey time.

To guarantee perfect sound quality the CD Tuner offers a fully digital processing, from the data source – CD, MP3 or DAB signal (DAB control for optional DAB box) – to the 4-channel preamp out. The intelligent auto equalizer, the well-designed digital sound processors and the amplifier, which features pioneering MOSFET technology with a maximum output of 4 x 55 watts, packs a more than adequate power.