HARMAN Seat Sonic

Consumers want their vehicles to offer the convenience of individual entertainment and communication.  OEM customers need flexible and scalable solutions for future vehicles, don’t want to increase complexity and prefer light weight and energy saving solutions.  The SeatSonic solution addresses all these needs by moving hardware components from doors unlocking features that conventional cabin shared audio systems are unable to deliver. 

Traditional Cabin Sound Systems Versus the HARMAN Seat Sonic Solution:  

Traditional​ Cabin Sound System:​ 

• ​Different acoustic paths​ from sources to listeners (temporal and listening angle)​ 

• ​​Paths can be obstructed​ 

• ​Content separation for different seats is difficult​ 

• ​Balance and Fader settings apply to ALL passengers​ 

• ​Typically requires door woofers​ 

The Seat Sonic Solution: 

• ​Modular and scalable with # of seats 

• ​Acoustic paths stay constant for each listener ​ 

• ​Sources move with seat adjustments 

• ​​Can be switched off if not needed​ 

• ​​Unlocks or improves additional features (Road Noise Cancellation, Ready Together, other HARMAN products & features)​