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This is where it gets a bit crazy. The 10.25” infotainment UI design of the Adrenox is very nice. Looks subtle. No eye hurting colours. The touch response is the best we have seen on any Mahindra cars. There was no lag while operating it. Mahindra has tied up with Amazon’s Alexa for taking care of the voice commands. There’s Android Auto and Apple Car Play along with Navigation app. There are built in apps like Zomato and access to 60+ connected apps as well. Reverse camera, 360 Degree camera can be seen on the infotainment screen. There is a very important feature, which wasn’t really highlighted during the presentation. The four cameras viz front, back and two on each mirror can record your drive time. The 32GB card can record upto 11 hours of drive time, and this footage can be transferred to you computer as well. In an unfortunate event of a crash, this footage gets stored and cannot be erased, sort of how a BlackBox works in an airplane. This is also helpful in a controversial accident cases. The infotainment can be controlled via 4-way joystick control placed near the gear lever.
The XUV 7OO will come with a Sony 12-Speakers system that includes a subwoofer and an amplifier. And it sounds fantastic! 12 speakers consist of 2 tweeters in the door, 5 surround speakers out of which 4 are placed on the roof and one near the windscreen. Four full range speakers in the traditional slot in door pads. The subwoofer and amplifier are placed below the third row seats. These placements help Sony create a 3D surround sound and 5.1-channel sound. We tried all sorts of songs from Bollywood, Rock, Hip Hop, Jazz, vocal stressed songs and all of them were a treat to hear. We even tried old Bollywood songs where the recording quality isn’t great or they are compressed. Thanks to Digital Sound Enhancement Engine (DSEE) it enhances and tries to match with best quality audio. The results were note worthy. Since it’s a 3D system, it offers 5 modes of presets – Immersive 3D, Stage, Party and Breezy and Non-3D. Immersive 3D gives an experience of you sitting in middle of a concert hall where as Stage makes you feel as if you on the front row of that same concert. Party Mode gives out sound from all around the car. The third row person and front passenger gets the same experience. Breezy gives out flat tone and the sound travels sideways and not directional like previous modes. Incase you are not that type who prefers directional music, no modes, just sound then Non-3D is the your type. Non-3D is a standard sound mode. Remember we mentioned 5.1-channel up somewhere? You can watch videos on screen with 5.1-surround sound effect. We watched few Amazon Prime Videos and it was a thrilling experience. This sound system packs enough punch to take care of your stressful city commutes, evening with friends and long drives with family.
