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Difference between sc-815 and sc-816 factory stereo 850 1996

posted by  kraken on  Mon Apr 28 06:24 CST 2003
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Can anyone help me out with describing the differences between the SC-815 and the SC-816 Premium Audio Systems? My 96 850 turbo sedan has the sc-815 and I'm curious about the differences. Thanks for any help!!








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    Difference between sc-815 and sc-816 factory stereo 850 1995

    posted by  steve s on  Mon Apr 28 14:20 CST 2003
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    in 1996, the sc-815 is pre-wired for Volvo Compact CD Changer (i'm assuming it's the same alpine cd-changer).
    in 1997, the sc-815 became availabe with in-dash cd changer.
    they were standard on turbo/t5/r models (altho r models had 200 watts instead of 100 watts)

    in 1998, the sc-816 has an in-dash cd changer and were also standard on s/v70t5. the v70 r awd happened to get SC-900 Premium Sound System, in-dash 3-CD, eight speakers, 200 watts


    the really good stuff came in the c70...SC-900 Premium Sound System, in-dash 3 disc CD, 10 DynaudioŽ speakers, 400 watt amplifier, Diversity antenna, RDS (Radio Data System technology)








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    Difference between sc-815 and sc-816 factory stereo 850 1996

    posted by  someone claiming to be billy dee on  Mon Apr 28 10:13 CST 2003 [RELATED]

    COLOR- thats the most obvious difference. The 816s came in V/S 70s which had a gray/light gray dash area. So the 816 face-plate is gray. The 815 I had was black faced. Maybe some internal diff.(like power output). I think my 815 had 150W built in amp.








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    Difference between sc-815 and sc-816 factory stereo 850 1996

    posted by  jrothe on  Mon Apr 28 09:55 CST 2003
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    "Dual Diversity Antenna System" comes to mind.

    The later model can accomodate a secondary antenna -- built into the rear bumper (?) on my S70 -- to aid in multipath reception conditions.

    --
    Jim Rothe, '99 S70 T5M,
    http://www.jimrothe.com/volvo/index.html







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