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Delphi Demonstrates Latest Mobile MultiMedia Concepts
Release Date: October 16, 2001

Now more than ever, vehicles need to serve as more than just a means to get from one place to another. They are often expected to be an office away from home, to deliver entertainment, to offer navigation assistance, and to provide an increasing range of non-traditional automotive functions. Delphi is at the forefront of companies developing technologies to meet consumer demand for more productivity and connectivity in the vehicle and operates one of the world's most successful Mobile MultiMedia businesses.

TOKYO - "Mobile MultiMedia is giving Delphi access to new areas of business growth," said Dr. Robert Schumacher, director, Delphi Mobile MultiMedia business group. "We have identified opportunities in four broad product categories - telematics, advanced digital audio, rear-seat entertainment, smart receivers - and intend to maintain leading positions in each one."

Telematics combines the vehicle audio system with cellular telephone and a global positioning system to allow communications with off-board services. These may include pay-per-use access to services such as tickets to films and games or emergency services that in the event of an accident can immediately locate the vehicle and identify what types of injuries the occupants may have sustained.

"Telematics is creating new business models and new businesses," continued Schumacher. "Vehicle manufacturers can extend income streams, potentially for the entire life of the vehicle. It gives them a recurring revenue business that is comparable with wireless communications and cable TV."

Delphi already has considerable experience with telematics with almost 2 million units sold. Several vehicle manufacturers, including General Motors, Toyota, Lexus, Honda and Subaru, are also working with Delphi in this area.

Delphi is currently working on more advanced telematics products that offer enhanced features.

"The near future will bring automated information services such as e-mail, traffic, navigation and Internet access via voice recognition and text-to-speech in a few years," said Schumacher. "We even see entertainment services like audio downloads, video game software and even video downloads over high-speed wireless communication links. There are so many possibilities, but the killer application may well be entertainment."

Entertainment Exceeds Expectations

Demand for Delphi's new Rear-Seat Entertainment System already is exceeding expectations. The systems are especially popular among van and sport utility owners, where rear-seat passengers can now play games, listen to CDs or watch DVD movies.

Growth is also expected in smart receivers. Advanced radios are being developed with a PC card and a high-resolution display that provides the driver with features such as navigation, e-mail, integrated telephone and information from the Internet. Drivers can control all of these functions without taking their eyes off the road or their hands off the wheel by using voice recognition, text-to-speech and steering wheel controls.

Delphi's advanced digital audio system, Satellite Digital Audio Receiver Service (SDARS), is also set to take off this year in North America. Satellite radio will revolutionize traditional AM/FM radio by adding a satellite band that allows drivers to listen to 100 channels of music and entertainment with digital clarity. The satellite broadcast will provide coast-to-coast entertainment for a monthly fee via the XM and Sirius broadcast services being launched this quarter.

Travelling with Bluetooth

Bluetooth technology allows portable devices to communicate over a range of 10 meters without physical connections. Using this standard protocol, the vehicle could, for example, offer to dial from the telephone books of any of several mobile telephones in the pockets of occupants. It could even read (by text-to-speech) e-mails or other files from a laptop computer in a briefcase.

Demonstrating 'MOST'

The Mobile MultiMedia technology demonstration vehicle, on display at the Tokyo Motor Show, demonstrates Delphi's unique expertise in the integration of advanced MMM systems.

The vehicle is equipped with a wide range of Delphi's Communiport® Mobile MultiMedia products, with data integration and distribution provided via a MOST (Media Oriented Systems Transport) communications bus.

The demonstration vehicle is based on a Mercedes M-Class, for which Delphi supplies the integrated cockpit module. Features added to the vehicle include communication and telematics modules, a TV receiver, an AM/FM antenna receiver, a roof-mounted integrated antenna, a DAB (Digital Audio Broadcast) system, a DVD-video (Digital Versatile Disk) and CD-Audio and navigation. All systems are controlled by a single "joy-stick" and large color LCD display in the cockpit module.

Delphi's Communiport® MMM systems support all commonly used input/output protocols and bus structures including CAN and IEEE J1850, as well as emerging standards like ITS Data Bus (IDB) and MOST.

Improving Mobile Television

Another interesting feature of the MOST vehicle is its Gen II Diversity Reception System. This technology is designed to solve the problem of signal shadows and reflections that can lead to poor reception while driving through urban and mountain areas. The Diversity Reception System constantly monitors and chooses between the strongest available signals in four separate antenna systems.

Delphi's Advancements In MMM Technologies Driving Growth

Delphi's MMM business unit is now working with nine vehicle manufacturers, including Toyota, Honda, GM, Subaru and Freightliner to meet consumer demand for connectivity in the vehicle. Growth is expected to continue annually in a market that UBS Warburg expects to be worth around $35 billion USD in 2010.

In the U.S., Delphi has demonstrated innovative technologies such as the 802.11 wireless network and MP3 playback. Delphi has introduced the following products, technologies and initiatives in 2001: Communiport® Mobile Productivity Center, telematics modules, DVD Rear-Seat Entertainment Systems for factory installed and portable applications; Communiport Integrated Navigation System Radio; Dedicated Short-Range transponder; Satellite Digital Audio Radio Service receivers; digital cellular phone integration units; and a venture partnership in MobileAria, a wireless content service company.

For additional information about Delphi Automotive Systems, visit www.delphiauto.com/vpr.

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