TV tuner, component description - GF82.60-P-3110TM

MODEL 211.0/2 as of 1.6.06 up to 1.4.08 with CODE (863) Digital/analog TV tuner

MODEL 211.0/2 with CODE (863) Digital/analog TV tuner except CODE (494) USA version as of model year 09/YoM 08

Shown on model 211.0

Fig 1: Locating TV Combination Tuner (Analog/Digital) - Shown On Model 211.0

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Location

The TV combination tuner (analog/digital) is located at the side wall behind the left inner wheel well.

Task

The TV combination tuner (analog/digital) performs the following tasks:

Reception of analog and terrestrial digital television (TV) signals
Forwarding of video and audio signals to the COMAND operating, display and controller unit (A40/3) and the audio gateway control unit (N93/1) (up to model year 09).

As of model year 09 the audio gateway control unit is omitted.

Design

4-fold antenna diversity, separated into video and audio signals
TV-tuner module for audio and video reception
Multinorm receiver
Multinorm signal processing

Function

The TV combination tuner (analog/digital) receives and processes analog and digital television programs and communicates with the COMAND operating, display and controller unit, the audio gateway control unit (up to model year 09) and the other system components via the built-in Media Oriented System Transport (MOST) ring interface.

The TV combination tuner (analog/digital) supports all channel lists and audio standards worldwide.