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The dash-mounted CD player could quickly go the way of 8-tracks and quadraphonic sound, vice president of Siemens VDO, said last Thursday in Hall Auto Interiors Show in Detroit.

"And will be a welcome demise, as it will free up valuable space for the script of all other cool gizmos drivers bear these days, like a cell phone, personal digital assistant and a music player, said Frank Homann, vice president of the Interior Siemens VDO's Electronic Solutions Group.

Never ending advances in digital music devices, the assimilation of them, everywhere phones phones and finicky customers who expect to customize their vehicles with portable devices, carry out CD players for most vehicles from 2012, Homann said.

Many manufacturers are already integrating new sound technologies in automobiles. The Chrysler Group has offered its system U Connect to provide customers with Bluetooth phones to connect to a speaker phone in the car. The company recently launched the My Gig system. This system CD recording to a 20 Gig hard drive on the board.

"There are systems that cost thousands of dollars, while Bluetooth offers a very successful system of recognition Voice and capabilities for hands-free phone much, much less, "said Jack Withrow, director of vehicle entertainment and communications for DaimlerChrysler. "Bluetooth chips are becoming inexpensive, and expect prices to continue falling."

The UConnect system, installed in the dashboard, serves as the voice activated mobile phone dialer, speakerphone, and audio receiver. The phone can be placed anywhere in the car while the console serves as a conduit phones as areas of the driver's voice and speaks through the UConnect system on the dashboard.

Besides Chrysler, Ford, BMW, Saab, General Motors, Mercedes and Toyota are also Bluetooth connectivity. The Ford Motor Co. will present its synchronization system later this year. Connect the phone to a driver to the vehicle and allows an iPod or other music device to be controlled by the car stereo. It also play music stored on a drive flash is connected to a USB port in the car.

BMW Offers Bluetooth assume the same basic phone function to the board as the basis for Chrysler UConnect. Application Saab original, however, could be just the beginning, Doug Blank said. "Technology is the zoom. I guess that will become things that cars can drive download software from sitting in the car with a laptop to download the software. The flexibility of Bluetooth technology is not restrictive to some phones phones and headsets. Saab also plans to allow navigation in the systems to link with PDAs, "Blank added.

The hype Bluetooth connectivity is accelerating as fast as maybe even title = "Active Direct EBC Brakes"> EBC Active Brakes Direct could not put a stopped. "Bluetooth has become a worldwide standard, which has made it more profitable, by definition," said Joyce Putscher, director consumers and markets and converging technologies for In-Stat Group in Scottsdale, Arizona

Chris Dragon, director of marketing for audio company Harmon / Kardon, said he does not see car manufacturers opening their little scripts to all devices. "(Automakers) do a lot money in technology packages that include CD players and other things, "Dragon said." I do not see the opening of its electrical architecture to outsiders short term. "

Many of the changes in the interiors of future starting in the aftermarket field more agile, Dragon said. Manufacturers cars could save between $ 20 and $ 40 per vehicle by removing the CD, Homann said. They could also save money in other ways, the consolidation of some of the electronics behind the panel said. But this certainly take time.

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Anthony Fontanelle is a 35-year-old automotive.buff who grew up in the Windy City. He does freelance work for an automotive magazine when he is not busy customizing cars in his shop.

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