

Blaupunkt also specialised in coach installations, selling TVs, multiple-speaker setups and PA equipment to that industry. Some later Holden Astra models are fitted with Blaupunkt systems (with others being produced by Delphi Automotive). The VW Gamma, Audi Symphony or BMW Business CD lines), with Fiat using them, occasionally unbranded but generally unmodified. Audi, Volkswagen, Porsche, Mercedes, Proton, Vauxhall, Pontiac, Holden and BMW all fit Blaupunkt (now simply Bosch) products into their cars, often branded with the car manufacturer's own mark (e.g. īlaupunkt also used the brand "Velocity" to sell products aimed at the top, audiophile end of the market. High-end models typically had German place names. In Blaupunkt model nomenclature, this can be translated as "An RDS CD player capable of controlling a Multichanger, rated at 4×30 W RMS (4 × 30 = 120) from model year 1996". įor many years, Blaupunkt car audio equipment models often carried the name of a city somewhere in the world, e.g. The company attempted to have ARI used in the United States, but had only a few radio stations per major city involved. Īfter the 2011 take-over, Blaupunkt became a managed brand name with all production outsourced to China.īlaupunkt was involved in the development of the Autofahrer-Rundfunk-Informationssystem traffic-information system for car radios, and provided this feature on their German-market car radios from the late 1970s.

In 1983, it began selling an in-dash CD player. By the 19s, Blaupunkt had become one of the leading German manufacturers of car radios and car audio equipment. In 1949, Blaupunkt advertised the first FM-capable car radio. Later, factories were set up in Tunisia (speakers) and Malaysia (speakers and electronics). It is still owned and operated by Bosch, used exclusively to produce OEM units for car manufacturers and 24V (e.g. In 1938 it changed its name to "Blaupunkt", German for "blue point" or "blue dot", after the blue dot painted onto its headphones that had passed quality control.Īfter the World War II, Blaupunkt moved its headquarters and production to Hildesheim.īlaupunkt took over a former Philips/ Grundig factory in Portugal to produce automotive head units. For more guidance, see Wikipedia:Translation.įounded in 1923 in Berlin as "Ideal," the company was acquired by Robert Bosch AG in 1933.You should also add the template to the talk page.A model attribution edit summary is Content in this edit is translated from the existing German Wikipedia article at ] see its history for attribution. You must provide copyright attribution in the edit summary accompanying your translation by providing an interlanguage link to the source of your translation.If possible, verify the text with references provided in the foreign-language article. Do not translate text that appears unreliable or low-quality.

