HD radio

BMW announced today that it completed an engineering demonstration in Philadelphia that validates the use of HD Radio Polk Audio I-sonic ES2 which also has new country music stations to broadcast from the Florida radio stations —The car has advanced traffic control system as well as explains why the company continues to support a technology that few people care or even know about. the demo was conducted in November by BMW and its HD Radio technology partner, Clear Channel Total Traffic Network, using a new protocol that provides "real-time, high-speed broadcast of traffic information." According to BMW, the technology will allow vehicles to gauge "current and predicted traffic patterns, speeds and flows almost instantaneously."The proof-of-concept was carried out in a 5 Series equipped with custom hardware and software that cruised the entire Philly metro area while BMW techs monitored HD Radio coverage and the accuracy of traffic info. BMW claims that the high-speed data transfer provided by HD Radio made it possible to transmit traffic info to the test vehicle in just 14 seconds throughout the metro area during rush hour.We knew there had to be a reason why BMW and other automakers continue to offer HD Radio even though most car buyers are either oblivious to it or underwhelmed by it.