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Alpine: 9 Inches Is Not Enough For In-Dash Navigation
Alpine has begun shipping in-dash A/V-navigations system with the industry’s first 10-inch display. The new $4,000 A/V-nav system, available in two variants, is part...
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Ford Extends Apple’s Siri Eyes Free To 2011-2016 Vehicles
Ford is bringing Apple’s Siri Eyes Free capability to Sync-equipped Ford vehicles dating back to the 2011 model year via a software update. Sync,...
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Kenwood Gets Flac Kenwood brought new features to a pair of entry-level in-dash CD-receivers, including 44.1kHz/16- bit FLAC playback and switching among USB drives...
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Safety, Security, Telematics Lead Fall Aftermarket Launches
New safety and convenience products loomed large among the latest round of aftermarket car electronics products hitting the market in time for the holiday...
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Alpine’s Restyle X110-SLV In-Dash A/V-Navigation System Will Be Industry’s First With 10-Inch Display
Alpine plans to launch the industry’s first 10-inch in-dash A/V-navigation system. The product, which won a 2016 CES Innovation Award, will be part of...
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Dual Bringing High-Resolution Audio To The Car
Aftermarket car-audio brand Dual will bring high-resolution audio (HRA) playback to the dash with a $499-suggested CD-receiver that streams high-resolution files via Wi-Fi from...
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Voxx Goes Long With Code-Alarm, Prestige
Voxx Electronics is extending the range of Code-Alarm and Prestige two-way remote-start keyless-entry systems to 2,500 feet from 1,500 feet with the launch of...
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Kenwood In-Dash CDs Add FLAC Playback
Kenwood is bringing new features to a pair of entry-level in-dash CD receivers — models KDC-125U and $110 KDC-165U —including 44.1kHz/16-bit FLAC playback and...
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Escort, Cobra Making Plans To Expand Radar-Detector Market
Cedar Electronics, formed by the June merger of Escort and Cobra Electronics, is making big plans. The merged companies will “collaborate to build a...
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Pioneer’s AVH In-Dash Multimedia Receivers Are Industry’s First With Pandora Presets
Pioneer Electronics is bringing new music-playback options to its 2016 AVH series of multimedia DVD receivers, adding 48kHz/24-bit FLAC playback, Spotify, Pandora presets and...
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Nissan’s Teatro for Dayz Concept Car Is Pretty Terrifying
Nissan doesn’t appear excessively concerned about distracted driving with its new concept car. The car, known as Teatro for Dayz, features giant displays built...
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Escort Finds Direction In Radar Detector Market With Max 360
Escort is going further upmarket in windshield-mount radar/laser detectors with a $649 model that is its first with front and rear antennas to show...
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Sony Brings High-Resolution Audio To The Dash
Sony will bring high-resolution audio to the car with the December availability of the first in-dash aftermarket head unit announced to date with high-resolution...
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Kenwood Expanding Apple CarPlay Options
Aftermarket CarPlay options will grow when Kenwood later this month ships two multimedia in-dash head units at suggested retails of $800 and $850. The...
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Why DTS Is Buying iBiquity Digital
DTS, the supplier of audio-processing and surround-decoding technology, entered into a definitive agreement to buy iBiquity Digital, the developer of digital HD Radio broadcasting...
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Verizon Launches Aftermarket Telematics Service
Verizon’s telematics unit rolled out Verizon’s first aftermarket telematics service, which offers such capabilities as GPS-based emergency assistance and stolen-vehicle tracking. The service, called...
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MB Quart Revs Up Power Sports Marketing
Lake Zurich, Ill. – MB Quartexpanded its selection of mobile-audio products for the power-sports market with the launch of speakers designed specifically for Polaris-brand all-terrain...
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TomTom: North American PND Units Slip 19% Industrywide In Q2
Amsterdam, The Netherlands – North American retail-level sales of portable navigation devices (PNDs) fell 19 percent in the second quarter to 700,000, but TomTom’s...
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Namsung Buys Jensen Car Audio From Voxx
Update! Heathrow, Fla. – The car audio aftermarket continues to consolidate with the announcement that Namsung America will purchase Voxx Electronics’ Jensen-brand aftermarket car...
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Voxx Expands CarLink Telematics Services
Hauppauge, N.Y. – Voxx Electronics expanded the range of telematics services available for its CarLink telematics device, which is available through car electronics retailers....
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Alpine Readies First TV Commercial In 15 Years
Torrance, Calif. – Alpine will air its first TV commercial in more than 15 years in mid-July when it airs a 30-second spot promoting...
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Car OEM, Aftermarket Get Two-Faced
NEW YORK – The OEM and aftermarket industries are two-faced, and they’re quite happy to be that way. Stuffing Apple CarPlay and Android Auto...
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Klipsch Brand Debuts In Factory Car Entertainment System
Hauppauge, N.Y. — The Klipsch brand will debut in a factory-installed OEM entertainment system for the first time when VoxxHirschmann begins supplying automotive rear-seat...
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Rosen Adds HDMI To Headrest DVD System
Corona, Calif. – Aftermarket car electronics supplier Rosen Electronics added an HDMI port to a headrest entertainment system to display smartphone content on multiple...
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Garmin Expands RV Line Of PNDs
Olathe, Kansas – Garmin is expanding its recreation vehicle line of PNDs with the 6-inch $329-suggested RV 660LMT, expected to be available this month...
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Pioneer Launches Car Audio Rebates
Long Beach, Calif. – Pioneer launched a rebate program offering consumers who purchase an AppRadio 4 head unit or NEX head units up to...
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AAMP Makes Another Acquisition
Clearwater, Fla. – Consolidation continues in the car electronics aftermarket with AAMP of America’s acquisition of Rosen Electronics. The acquisition is AAMP’s seventh since...
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HD Radio Sees ‘Artist Experience’ Expansion
Columbia, Md. — All major aftermarket autosound suppliers have adopted HD Radio’s Artist Experience feature in all of their HD Radio-equipped multimedia and navigation...
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TomTom: North American PND Units Slip 17% In Q1
Amsterdam, Netherlands – North American retail-level sales of portable navigation devices (PNDs) fell 17 percent in the first quarter to 700,000 units following a...
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Sony Brings Home-Audio Technologies To Ford Explorer
New York – Sony is bringing audio technologies available only in its high-end home audio products to the 2016 Ford Explore Platinum edition as...
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AT&T, SiriusXM Expand Telematics Offerings
New York – Satellite-radio provide Sirius XM and AT&T announced separate initiatives that expand their telematics offerings. SiriusXM announced that a telematics platform developed...
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Harman Adding B&O Brand To OEM Sound Systems
Stamford, Conn. – Harman will buy Bang & Olufsen’s OEM automotive audio business and get the exclusive right to use the B&O and B&O...
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More Lincolns To Get Harman Revel Sound Systems
New York — Lincoln is going to the New York International Auto Show with a concept version of a full-size Continental sedan that will...
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Bose Readies Its Highest Performance Car Sound System
Framingham, Mass. – Cadillac’s first CT6 full-size luxury sedan will feature the first OEM Bose sound system incorporating 34 drivers, articulated-array tweeters, and line-array...
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VOXX Sees Iris-Scan Technology In Vehicles
Hauppauge, N.Y. — Voxx Electronics rolled out the Myris iris-scanning identity-authentication device to retail last November, but it also wants to bring the technology...
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Pioneer’s NEX Multimedia Receivers Hits Shelves
Long Beach, Calif. — Pioneer’s second-generation Networked Entertainment eXperience (NEX) in-dash multimedia receivers became available at retail and include the aftermarket’s first three head...
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Pioneer Car Takes To Road In March
Long Beach, Calif. – Pioneer’s car electronics division is going to technology and automotive events this month to demonstrate car audio systems incorporating head...
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Alpine Expands Restyle Kit Selection
Torrance, Calif. — Alpine continues to expand its selection of vehicle-specific Restyle kits, which bundle a 9-inch car-navigation/multimedia receiver with dash kits and harnesses...
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NextRadio, HD Radio Debut Platform For Connected Cars
The companies behind NextRadio and HD Radio say there’s lots of automaker interest in their prototype of a combined platform, one that demonstrates the...
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Acura, Hyundai Expand HD Radio To More Vehicles
Chicago — iBiquity Digital expanded the selection of vehicles offering factory-installed HD Radio with the Chicago Auto Show announcements that Acura and Hyundai are...
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More Audi Vehicles To Get AT&T 4G LTE
Barcelona, Spain — AT&T will expand 4G LTE and 3G service to all 2016 model-year Audi vehicles equipped with Audi connect service in North...
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North American PND Unit Sales Off 23% In 2014
Amsterdam, Netherlands – North American retail-level sales of portable navigation devices (PNDs) fell 23 percent to 4 million units in 2014, slightly less than...