Car Electronics
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Pioneer Expands AppRadio SKUs, Taps Android
By Joseph Palenchar, January 30, 2012LAS VEGAS — Pioneer’s car electronics division expanded AppRadio technology to more head units to turn an iPhone 4 or 4S into an in-dash radio’s main source of content. More
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Alpine Builds More Bridges To Smartphones By Joseph Palenchar, January 30, 2012LAS VEGAS — Alpine is building more bridges between its aftermarket car head units and smartphones, including Android and BlackBerry smartphones. More
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Sirius Plans Next-Gen
Universal Car Tuner By Joseph Palenchar, January 30, 2012NEW YORK — SiriusXM satellite radio plans spring availability of its second-generation universal tuner for connection to aftermarket car audio head units available from multiple aftermarket supplers. More
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Voxx Introduces
Android RSE By Lisa Johnston, January 30, 2012LAS VEGAS — Voxx used International CES to unveil an Android-based custom headrest entertainment system. More
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Escort Launches First
Remote-Start System By Lisa Johnston, January 30, 2012LAS VEGAS — Escort went to International CES to show off its first remote-start system, which doubles as a security system and vehicle-tracking device. More
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Sirius XM Expands Used-Car Effort AgainBy Joseph Palenchar, January 23, 2012New York - SiriusXM continues to expand its efforts to get used-car buyers to activate their factory satellite radio, this time launching a program with Chrysler Group dealers. More
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CES 2012: Alpine Builds More Bridges To SmartphonesBy Joseph Palenchar, January 12, 2012#CES Las Vegas - Alpine is building more bridges between its aftermarket car head units and smartphones, including Android and BlackBerry smartphones. More
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CES 2012: NPR Plays With Ford SyncBy Enid Burns, January 12, 2012#CES Las Vegas - NPR listeners will have a new experience if they drive a Ford car: the ability to listen to on-demand radio through a Sync AppLink-enabled NPR News app. More
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Dual To Offer OE-Fit Car A/V, Nav SystemsBy Joseph Palenchar, January 11, 2012#CES Las Vegas - Dual will join a growing list of aftermarket autosound suppliers offering OE-fit car-A/V and navigation systems that integrate with vehicles' electronics systems. More
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Mercedes Benz's Zetsche Heralds Tipping Point of Post Oil EraBy Peter Suciu, January 10, 2012#CES Las Vegas - Daimler AG chairman Dieter Zetsche proclaimed a new era of the convergence of transportation and communication during his keynote at this week's International CES. More
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Kenwood Makes More In-Car Smartphone Connections By Joseph Palenchar, January 10, 2012LAS VEGAS — Connectivity is the key to Kenwood’s 2012 automotive head-unit lineup. More
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CEA To Offer Mobile Electronics Sell-Through StatsBy Joseph Palenchar, January 10, 2012#CES Las Vegas - The Consumer Electronics Association (CEA) teamed up with Installer Net to develop retail-level sales statistics for the mobile electronics aftermarket. More
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Mobile DTV 'Dyles' Up 2012 DevicesGreg Tarr, January 10, 2012#CES Las Vegas - The ATSC Mobile DTV Standard will transform into a multifaceted platform replete with conditional access security, device authentication and backchannel communication access this week at International CES. More
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Alpine Expands OEM-Look Nav, Adds B'tooth SPP By Joseph Palenchar, January 10, 2012LAS VEGAS — Alpine is launching the industry’s first aftermarket navigation system with 8-inch screen and expanding its selection of Perfect FIT (Factory Integration Technology) installation kits, which deliver an OElook installation for the navigation system. More
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JVC Celebrating 30th By Boosting Connectivity By Joseph Palenchar, January 10, 2012LAS VEGAS — JVC is celebrating its 30th anniversary in the U.S. car audio aftermarket by increasing car audio connectivity to a device that didn’t exist in 1982: the cellphone. More
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Sony Expands Smartphone Connectivity Options By Joseph Palenchar, January 10, 2012LAS VEGAS – Sony is focusing on smartphone connectivity in most of the eight new head units launching here at International CES, where the company is also launching its first amp/speaker series targeted exclusively to 12-volt specialists. More
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Infinity Speakers
Target OE Heads By TWICE Staff, January 10, 2012LAS VEGAS — Infinity’s new Reference X series of 10 car speakers uses a variety of technologies to play loud when adding the speakers to factory head units or to lowpower aftermarket head units. More
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Audiovox, Jensen, Advent Roll Out Products By Joseph Palenchar, January 10, 2012LAS VEGAS — VOXX is coming to International CES with new 12-volt products under the Audiovox, Jensen and Advent brands. More
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Rockford Fosgate Filling New Niches By Joseph Palenchar, January 10, 2012LAS VEGAS — Rockford Fosgate is toting more than two dozen new audio products to International CES, where it is launching coaxial speakers in new sizes to accommodate shallow mounting depths, introducing its first marine amplifiers, and showing its first “pro” speakers designed to be heard outside the car. More
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Clarion Adds Pandora Control, Voice Control By Joseph Palenchar, January 10, 2012LAS VEGAS — Clarion is adding control of Pandora’s Internet radio app on USB-connected iPhones to eight of nine new head units launching here at International CES, where the company is also unveiling its first heads that connect to the SiriusXM universal tuner. More
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