Re: Bose (Clarion)
MichaelMurano said:
According to the dealership a Clarion (any relation to Bose) receiver was installed. They didn't give me any documentation other than warranty information. I guess this is considered OEM. If I understand correctly, if I had gone with some aftermarket product I would have had to have an additional display on the dash ? I don't see why they're all not the same.:3:
Bose doesn't build the system, it's all Clarion. Clarion used to be majority owned by Nissan. Like Jatco is majority owned by Nissan. (Maker of the CVT.)
Clarion builds to Nissan spec, Nissan licences name from Bose, Bose probably made recommendations to Nissan.
I figure it went like this.
Nissan: Can we use these speakers? They seem to be adequate, handle decent power and we can get them really cheap.
Bose: Send us some. Yeah they look OK. Pay us money and you can put our name on them.
Nissan: Hey Clarion, Bose says those are OK, so supply them and here's the artwork for the radio from Bose.
Clarion: Yes Sir, will have them to you in X weeks. We'll build the Sat receivers to work on the CD changer interface and add some commands to support the track information.
Nissan: Sure, sounds good, but we don't know how many we'll sell, so don't go nuts on it, just make it work, OK?
Clarion, sure, we'll just grab the first few characters and send those. Should be good enough. We'll use the same software routines we use for reading CD track info...
Nissan: Sure, whatever... As long as it has a SAT button on it, the sales bozos can point to the button and get the customer to sign...
Of course, this is the "jaak" version, but I doubt it's far off...
