Parrot, a leading player in the field of connected automotive infotainment and a leading provider of digital TV and radio solutions in mobility, said Chrysler has chosen its digital TV solution for head units in the form factor of a dedicated ECU.

Parrot has started production of the next Digital TV generation for Jeep vehicles, said a statement.

This automotive-grade TV-box is showcasing a feature-subset of Parrot Automotive Media Center supporting worldwide TV reception in mobility, here focusing on Japan market only, it said.

DTV will broadcast media to the head unit via the vehicle bus and video channel. With the extention of the media centre, streaming to external brought in WiFi tablets will also be supported.

The DTV box is based on Parrot IPs: the Parrot FC7100 System on Module for full HD decoding capabilities and the Octopus Chips for best in class tuner and demodulator.

Octopus will offers a flexible and powerful solution to solve the problem of standards multiplication around the world.

With patented diversity technology, Parrot Automotive solution can effectively solve multi-path fading and Doppler effect in high-speed mobility, which is mandatory for receiving high-quality TV signal in severe environment.

This platform is based on one programmable broadcast-specific vector signal processor (VSP) and it is able to handle any TV standard by adapting its microcode.

The Parrot leading software define radio (SDR) technology Octopus is running successfully in the cars of many major worldwide brands such as German, Japanese and Chinese car makers.

Ready for automotive infotainment usage, the Parrot platform is designed to become the set-top box in the car. Browsing and streaming all available TV or sharing and playing media content will be available for user with their own smart phone or tablets over WiFi.

Eric Riyahi, executive vice-president at Parrot, said: “Parrot is a leading innovator in the automotive market and we are proud to deliver this new generation of TV reception box to Chrysler.

“With Parrot’s WiFi Broadcast technical offer, the passenger can for example share the media content stored on its own tablet.” - TradeArabia News Service