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3￿Series LCI
5.￿Information￿and￿Communication
5.2.￿Telematic￿Communication￿Box￿2
In￿combination￿with￿a￿Head￿Unit￿High￿2￿(HU-H2),￿the￿BMW￿3￿Series￿LCI￿contains￿the￿Telematic
Communication￿Box￿2￿(TCB2).
Vehicles￿with￿a￿Head￿Unit￿Basic￿continue￿to￿be￿fitted￿with￿the￿TCB.
More￿information￿on￿the￿functions￿of￿the￿TCB2￿can￿be￿found￿in￿the￿Training￿Reference￿Manual
"Information￿and￿Communication￿System￿News￿I/15".
5.2.1.￿F31￿LCI
The￿TCB2￿in￿the￿F31￿LCI￿is￿exactly￿the￿same￿size￿as￿the￿TCB,￿which￿is￿why￿the￿TCB2￿is￿installed￿in￿the
luggage￿compartment.
5.2.2.￿F30￿LCI
The￿TCB2￿in￿a￿F30￿LCI￿is￿installed￿near￿the￿roof-mounted￿aerial￿between￿the￿roof￿and￿roofliner,
allowing￿it￿to￿be￿directly￿connected￿to￿the￿roof-mounted￿aerial.￿This￿makes￿it￿possible￿to￿reduce
conduction￿losses￿and￿electrical￿interference.
Installation￿location￿of￿Telematic￿Communication￿Box￿2￿(TCB2)￿in￿F30￿LCI
The￿TCB2￿is￿locked￿onto￿the￿roof-mounted￿aerial.￿In￿doing￿so￿the￿aerial￿contacts￿of￿the￿roof-mounted
aerial￿are￿connected￿to￿the￿connection￿faces￿in￿the￿Telematic￿Communication￿Box￿2￿(TCB2).
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