Audio Signals

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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, ringtones 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 from the stereo output.

A digital signal transmits 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 broadcasts audio signals from a Bluetooth® media device to the APIM, which converts the wireless audio signal to analog and relays it to the ACM.