How to ID premium sound upgrade on a V70?

How to ID premium sound upgrade on a V70?

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CardinalFang

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664 posts

175 months

Friday 9th March 2018
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Afternoon all,

due to a change in circumstances (liquidation of my employer), my company vehicle will be going back soon (shame - 6 month old Ford Ranger 3.2l Wildtrack) so I need some cheap, reliable wheels in the shed/bangernomics category (ish) to keep me mobile for, maybe 6 - 9 months, until I can justify taking on a lease, or making a bigger purchase. Looking around the £2k mark, less if possible.

I need to carry PPE gear for myself & possibly clients & will be doing around 2 - 2.5k miles per month. Mrs Fang & 2 x dogs have to be accommodated at weekends, so I've pretty much settled on a V70 diesel auto estate. Alternative would be a Saab 9-3 estate, but I'm erring towards the Volvo.

Soooo I hear these can come with a "premium sound" upgrade. If it doesn't say in the ad, how can I tell from looking at the interior - dash, door cards etc?

Pointers would be appreciated, along with any other things I should be looking out for on a 100 - 150k mile example.

Many thanks in advance, CF.

Murph7355

38,924 posts

263 months

Saturday 10th March 2018
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Not sure if it's the same, but on our old 2010 XC90, the monochrome/small infotainment panel (radio frequency, source selection etc) used to pop up with a picture of the car and "Volvo Premium Audio" or similar on it when you started the car.

CardinalFang

Original Poster:

664 posts

175 months

Tuesday 13th March 2018
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Thanks Murph,

Anyone else have any advice on this?

Thanks, CF.

warninglight

20 posts

142 months

Wednesday 14th March 2018
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From memory - on that age of V70 the most obvious difference with the upgraded stereo is in the front door cards.

The standard ones have a speaker each low down, in front of the door bin. The upgraded ones have a second speaker each, between the first speaker and the door bin, and angled to the rear of the car. I think the door bins are correspondingly smaller too. Some google pic searches should show what I mean.

CardinalFang

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664 posts

175 months

Wednesday 14th March 2018
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Good info, thanks!