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The car has to be reprogrammed by the diagnostic system to change the radio from japan to europe mode. Band expanders we are closed due to the covid19 level 4 lockdown. We install band expanders into japanese, european, and american import cars. The expander system has been field tested for over 50,000 hours without failure. The outlook is good with over 600,000 cars exported annually from japan. I ended up using a connector block like igor suggested. Browse, download and buy our selection of expander plugins. Soundmagus asi10 under car seat subwoofer 600w max. Download astoundsound expander this is a versatile application designed to improve your media experience by tweaking the sounds you hear in songs, movies or games. Missed another magnificent mc because your car is tuned into another hemisphere and time zone. Website orders can still be placed and will be dispatched as soon as we drop to level 3 28th april. An fm band expander is a device used on japanese car stereo.
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Hi, just found out about a band expander for us radios, it moves it 0. Hello we brought a jasper from westcity comercials in wa. From the start, the main goal of electronic developments ltd has been to develop the very best band expanders for the japanese car import industry and they have succeeded. Using the audio expander capelet belaplatformbela wiki. Call guido locher at bm workshop, in auckland, he has been able to reprogram these units. I purchased from electronic developments in auckland a pb14 fm converter along with a volvo adaptor kit to allow connection to the oem wiring and aerial.
Some vehicles, especially european brands, can be changed from japan mode to euro mode easily. Fm band expanders installation for imported vehicles safe. This turned out to be caused by the crappy band expander which was poorly designed so you ended up with images on top of the real stations. Some vehicles require aerial adapters at extra charge.
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