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{{Infobox company
|name     = Phonocar
|type     = Share-holding
|foundation       = 1972
|location         =  [[Reggio Emilia]], [[Italy]]
|industry         = Hi-fi car entertainment
|products         = Car hi-fi products & accessories <br /> audio-video equipment <br /> security systems.
|homepage         = [http://www.phonocar.it www.phonocar.it]
}}
'''Phonocar''' is an Italian Company, founded in [[Reggio Emilia]], [[Italy]],  in 1972.<ref>{{Cite web |title=PHONOCAR {{!}} Electronic components. Distributor, online shop – Transfer Multisort Elektronik |url=https://www.tme.eu/en/linecard/p,phonocar_387/ |access-date=2023-09-18 |website=www.tme.eu}}</ref> Phonocar started with the production of wooden car-radio consoles and gradually specialized in car hi-fi [[Loudspeaker|speakers]], [[amplifiers]], audio-video equipment, security systems and related accessories. Phonocar products are distributed under her trademarks Phonocar, Sec, Mlife and Galileo.
== History==
At the time Phonocar started with the production of car hi-fi products, the idea of having good in-car quality music  had not yet grown popular in Italy. As time went by, Phonocar’s initial accessories enterprise started extending over new fields, i.e. the design and production of car speakers and amplifiers which were bound to become part of the Italian and even European milestones of  technological innovations.<ref>[http://www.hificar.it/index.php?pn=viewBrand&cn=detail&brand=54&PHPSESSID=a8 Articolo di Hificar.it]{{dead link|date=March 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
In 1972, Phonocar manufactured the first [[wooden]] car-radio console, complete with speaker and accessories.
In 1976, Phonocar  created her first car hi-fi Speakers;  in 1978,  her first car [[amplifier]], the well-known Power Box.
In 1981, Phonocar introduced a radical change in the car hi-fi concept,  by creating the wooden rear panels allowing for the installation of large speakers for the car rear.
In 1983, Phonocar came with a series of micro-[[tweeter]] of  reduced installation dimensions.
In 1989, it was the turn of a special Amplifier with an integrated ventilation fan providing for constant [[temperature]] conditions. Two years later, Phonocar created two completely new products, i.e. an active electronic crossover   and   an 8-channel amplifier with electronic crossover,  both with setting possibility from the driver’s seat.
The Phonocar-exclusive fixation system, for newly developed tweeters,   fitting uneven installation surfaces and offering the orientation possibility towards the listeners,   date back to 2001.
In 2004,  Phonocar introduced its speaker series PRO-TECH equipped with a new [[glass-fibre]] HCF-membrane (High-Compression-Fibre)  ensuring  low distortion and vast Band-pass figures.
In 2007, Phonocar developed the amplifier series OTTO, offering the possibility of realizing unlimited multi-amplification projects without electronic [[Audio crossover|crossover]]s. Contemporarily came the PHV016, Phonocar’s Tension elevator and stabilizer capable of doubling the amplifier power while the car engine is shut down.
==Products==
*[[Amplifiers]] for  cars and boats
*[[Woofer]]
*[[Subwoofer]]
*[[Midrange]]
*[[Tweeter]]
* Adapters for Speakers and Amplifiers
* Audio/Video Interfaces
*[[CD player]]s
*[[DVD player]]s
*[[Hard disk]]s
*[[LCD Screen]]s / [[Thin Film Transistor]]s
*[[Audio crossover]]
*[[Carpet]]s
*[[Resin]]s for handicrafts
*[[Neon]]
*[[Parking sensors]]
*[[Bluetooth]]
==Models==
=== The OTTO Series===
The Series “OTTO” amplifiers  have an integrated X.O.T electronic crossover system allowing the realization of High-end multi-amplification systems, with no need of additional external electronic crossovers. As a matter of fact, under the X.O.T. concept,   the finals are serially combined   and  the setting of the frequency cut is effected for every single section, directly on the related amplifiers.  Every OTTO amplifier comes with two terminals protecting the connections and links.
{| border=1 cellspacing=0
!
! RMS-power  at 4 OHM
! RMS-power  at 2 OHM
! RMS-power bridge-connection
|-
! PH8200
| 1.000
| 1.300
|
|-
! PH8124
| 120x4
| 200x4
| 400x2
|-
! PH845
| 40x4 + 150x1
| 70x4 + 170x1
| 90x2 + 150x1
|-
! PH8220
| 220x2
| 325x2
| 650x2
|-
! PH8140
| 130x2
| 215x2
| 430x2
|-
! PH880
| 75x2
| 115x2
| 230
|}
''HIFI'' magazine test results reported  that “ Phonocar’s amplifiers series OTTO are equipped  with an X.O.T.-exit –crossover capable of forming complex multi-amplification chains. The mechanical construction is very accurate, with lateral protection-covers for cables and connectors. Remarkable performances reaching up to 1,000 Watt RMS”. RMS”<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20080517111428/http://www.elaborare.com/COMPONENTI/Amplificatori-Phonocar.html Articolo di "Elaborare"]</ref>
===Dream PH2000===
This Amplifier features the possibility of setting the Intensity and Frequency cuts directly from the driver’s seat. It is composed of  8 different channels. Two channel-couples of high power and high current capacity,  facing the modern configurations with subwoofer, one or two door woofers  and another two channel-couples of lower power capacity, facing the midranges and tweeters. Each of these four amplifier-couples  can be governed also individually at full range. The PH2000 can be connected to all kinds of electronic crossovers,   with the remarkable difference that with the Phonocar crossover PH9000 it will be possible to set the hi-fi installation from the driver’s seat.  The “Dream” has been the Winner of the ECAP 2001/2002 prize (European Car Audio Press).
{| border=1 cellspacing=0
!
! RMS-power  at 4 OHM
! RMS-power  at  2 OHM
! RMS-power  bridge-connection
|-
! SUB-W
| 150X2
| 250X2
| 500
|-
! WOOFER
| 150X2
| 250X2
| 500
|-
! MID-RANGE
| 50X2
| 80X2
| 150
|-
! TWEETER
| 50X2
| 80X2
| 150
|}
===PHV16===
The PHV16  is a voltage booster/stabilizer for installation between the car battery and the amplifiers. This way,  the PHV16 will increase the power performance of the amplifiers by up to 100% while the car engine is shut down. This power increase will reach the 35% mark, while the car is moving.
The components are soldered on a double-sided PCB, with a diffused ground basis. The main power-supply filter is constituted of 12 electrolytics of 2,200 microfarad/25 V, similar to the 105° computer-grade. There is a TL-494 providing for the switching frequency necessary for the four transformers with double E-core. The power section shows a row of 16 semi-conductors in TO-220P  and 8 Mosfets in TO-3P packages. The inductive/capacitive section is formed by: 16 electrolytics Elna of 1,000 mF/25V/105°, 2 toroidal inductors and another 8 electrolytics of 4,700 mF/25 V.
The Italian ''Caraudio'' magazine wrote about the PHV-16: “we are in front of a revolutionary product, lacking similar counterparts at the moment…..The laboratory-tests calculated an extraordinarily good performance of nearly 95%.  In other terms, the PHV-16 produces a very limited amount of heat….. A special bit of information for  the SPL-fans:   supported by a 100 A/h-battery,  the PHV-16  is in a position to maintain, at shut-down car-engine,  the maximum exit-Tension  for a period of 210 seconds”.
== References ==
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==See also==
{{Portal|Italy|Companies}}
* [[List of companies of Italy]]
== External links ==
*[http://www.phonocar.it Official Site]
[[Category:Audio equipment manufacturers of Italy]]
[[Category:Display technology companies]]
[[Category:Italian brands]]
[[Category:Electronics companies established in 1972]]
[[Category:Italian companies established in 1972]]
[[Category:Companies based in the Province of Reggio Emilia]]