Audio Signals

WARNING: This page is about a different car, the 2008 Mercury Sable, 2008 Ford Taurus X, and 2008 Ford Taurus. However, it is still accessible from the selected car via links, so may be relevant.

Audio signal flow varies greatly depending on vehicle content.

Stereo signals contain left and right channel information, and are used for most audio signals.

A mono signal is used for the microphone input to the APIM. The mono signal is also used for the voice prompts, the TTS feature, ring tones, and any audio received through a connected mobile phone. These audio signals are output from the APIM to the ACM. The mono and stereo outputs from the APIM utilize separate circuits.

A digital signal is used to transmit data from a media device connected through the USB port to the APIM. The APIM then converts the signal to analog and relays the signal to the ACM.

A wireless signal is used to broadcast audio signals from a Bluetooth® device to the APIM. As with a digital signal sent through the USB port, the APIM converts the wireless audio signal to analog and relays it to the ACM.