Car Electronics
TomTom Seeks To Spur PND Market
Las Vegas –TomTom is expanding TomTom HD Traffic service to all of its new portable navigation devices (PNDs) in 2014, making it easier for...
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Kenwood Ships New Car, Marine Audio Products
Long Beach, Calif. – Kenwood has begun shipping three CD-receivers, one new digital media receiver (DMR), a new marine CD-receiver, and a marine CD-receiver/speaker...
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CEA Readies CarTech Demo Days
Arlington, Va. — The Consumer Electronics Association (CEA) scheduled Nov. 9-11 for this year’s CarTech Demo Days, a nationwide campaign that encourages consumers to...
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MirrorLink, Apple To Dominate In OEM Infotainment Systems
London — MirrorLink and Apple’s iOS In The Car will be the dominant smartphone-connectivity technologies used in OEM in-vehicle infotainment (IVI) systems shipped in...
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Escort To Donate $10K To Komen From Pink Detector
West Chester, Ohio — Escort will host a Susan G. Komen formal donation event tomorrow, Oct. 29, raised with the proceeds from its limited-edition...
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SiriusXM Posts Gains, Points To LTE Potential
New York — SiriusXM posted its best-ever quarterly revenues in the third quarter and best third quarter for net new subscribers since the Sirius-XM...
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Minarik Takes Reins Over DEI’s Directed Operation
Vista, Calif. – DEI Holdings CEO Jim Minarik has assumed direct responsibility for the company’s Directed car security and remote-start business following last week’s...
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MESA Adds 14 Gold Members
Arvada, Colo. — The Mobile Electronics Specialists of America (MESA) has added 14 Gold members, bringing the buying group’s total member count to 61. ...
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Voxx Posts Higher Profits, On Lower Sales
Hauppauge, N.Y. — Voxx International reported higher net earnings but slightly lower sales in its fiscal second quarter, ended Aug. 31. Net income for...
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Massive Audio Teams With Shopatron
Los Angeles — Car electronics supplier Massive Audio is enabling its dealers for the first time to fulfill orders placed by consumers through the...
Car Electronics
Voxx Teams With Ford For Remote-Start App, Hardware
Hauppauge, N.Y. — Voxx International announced it is teaming with Ford for Voxx’s Code Systems brand of remote starters. Under the agreement, Code Systems,...
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Whistler Enters Radio Scanners
Bentonville, Ark. — Radar-detector maker Whistler Group announced it is entering the radio scanner market. The company has purchased the intellectual property of GRE...
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Mobileye Adds E-Commerce Site
Jericho, N.Y. — Mobileye, a maker of collision-avoidance systems, is now selling its products directly through its website and has updated the site with...
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Audiovox Enhances 12-Volt Indy Support
Hauppauge, N.Y. — Audiovox Electronics has expanded its sales department to further support independent 12-volt retailers. A new sales team has been added to...
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Spring Break Car Electronics Expo Changes ’14 Date
Daytona Beach, Fla. — Next year’s Spring Break Nationals Mobile Electronics Expo will return to its traditional late-March time frame during the peak of...
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Jensen Readies Low-Cost In-Dash Navigation Receiver
Hauppauge, N.Y. — The second new in-dash multimedia/navigation receiver unveiled by Jensen in recent weeks offers a 6.2-inch touchscreen, iPod/iPhone USB, AM/FM/DVD player, and...
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Pioneer Unveils 8 CD-Receivers in ’14 Line
Long Beach, Calif. – Pioneer unveiled the first eight models of its 2014 lineup of car CD-receivers and added new smartphone-connectivity features. Prices of...
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Sony A/V Head Unit Offers MirrorLink, App Remote
Dallas – Sony came to MERA’s Knowledgefest with its latest MirrorLink-equipped in-dash A/V head unit, which also features the company’s App Remote technology and...
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Pioneer Bows Augmented-Reality Ads
Long Beach, Calif. — Pioneer Electronics said it’s rolling out an augmented-reality ad campaign to support its car electronics category. The “See What You’ve...
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SiriusXM To Buy Nation’s Largest Telematics Provider
New York — Satellite-radio broadcaster SiriusXM will become the nation’s largest telematics provider in the fourth quarter when it expects its acquisition of Agero’s...
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Jensen Ships 6 In-Dash Multimedia Receivers For Cars
Hauppauge, N.Y. –Jensen has begun shipping its line of six single- and double-DIN in-dash multimedia receivers, including a navigation-equipped model and two nav-ready models....
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SmartStart Hits 2M Downloads
Vista, Calif. — Directed Electronics said its Viper remote-starter SmartStart app has hit 2 million downloads. Directed first introduced SmartStart in 2009. Mike Simmons,...
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Cobra Q2 Sales, Income Drop
Chicago – Cobra Electronics blamed the continued poor worldwide economic performance along with legal expenses for its $1.9 million drop in income on sales...
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Magellan Adds To RV PND Lineup
Santa Clara, Calif. — MiTAC Digital plans to ship in early August its latest big-screen PND for RV users. The $349-suggested Magellan RoadMate RV9365T-LMB...
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SiriusXM Posts Double-Digit Gains In Revenue, Net New Subs In Q2
New York – SiriusXM posted a 12.2 percent revenue gain in its second quarter to $940.1 million and net income of $125.5 million on...
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Audiovox Teams With AT&T For Car Telematics
Dallas — AT&T and Audiovox have partnered to provide network connectivity to an Audiovox telematics and location-based vehicle service system. The plug-in OBDII device...
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SiriusXM Posts 15% Gain In Q2 Net New Subscribers
New York – The number of net new SiriusXM subscribers grew 15 percent in the second quarter compared with the year-ago period, prompting the...
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Garmin Adds To Outdoor GPS Line
Olathe, Kan. – Here’s something that Elmer Fudd could have used to catch that wascally wabbit. GPS supplier Garmin is adding to its outdoor-product...
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Escort Adds New Flagship Radar Detector
WEST CHESTER, OHIO — Escort launched its first radar detector with a four-color OLED display. The Passport Max, which is shipping at a suggested...
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Parrot Expands App Selection For Car Systems
Southfield, Mich. — Parrot continues to expand the selection of downloadable apps for its Asteroid-series of installed Android-based car-entertainment systems. All four Asteroid systems...
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GM To Make Remote Start Standard In ’14 Vehicles
Detroit — General Motors announced it will make smartphone-enabled remote start standard for five years using the company’s OnStar RemoteLink app. The RemoteLink Key...
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Audiomobile Shrinks Enclosure Size For Car Subs
Las Vegas — Car audio supplier Audiomobile has begun shipping new subwoofers intended for use in “micro” sealed-box enclosures that are increasingly the norm...
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Cobra Posts Loss, Sales Drop
Chicago — Cobra Electronics cited lower store traffic and higher-than-expected legal expenses for its lower sales and loss for the company’s first quarter. For...
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Alpine Ships Its First MirrorLink Head Unit
TORRANCE, CALIF. — Alpine has begun shipping its first in-dash head unit with MirrorLink, which enables control of a smartphones’ core functions from touchscreenequipped...
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Alpine Launches TuneIt App For Quick Sound-System Tuning
Torrance, Calif. — Apple launched its TuneIt app for iPhones and plans an Android version later this month for use with a currently shipping...
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Panasonic Buys Aupeo Music Service
Secaucus, N.J. — Panasonic Corp. of North America acquired the Aupeo personalized music-streaming service. However, Panasonic told TWICE it will continue to offer the...
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Escort Cuts Ribbon On New Showroom
West Chester, Ohio — Escort held an official ribbon-cutting event for its new factory showroom late last month. The new showroom features video monitors,...
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MTX StreetTeam Showing Connected Commerce
Phoenix — MTX Audio will attend a variety of events this month to showcase its new products and initiatives. The MTX Audio StreetTeam will...
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Verizon Stores Add Vehicle Tracking, Monitoring Device From Delphi
Troy, Mich. – Aftermarket car electronics retailers are getting some competition from cellular carrier stores. A new Delphi Automotive device, available exclusively through Verizon...
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Sonus To Hold SWAT Storm
Clarksville, Tenn. — Sonus Car Audio will host a series of 12-volt training programs April 20-21, put on by members of the newly formed...
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Kenwood Steps Up Promotion, Education Efforts
Long Beach, Calif. – Kenwood is stepping up its promotion and dealer-education programs in 2013. The new effort will include additional vendor participation in...
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Scosche Ships ControlFreq
Oxnard, Calif. — Scosche has begun shipping its ControlFreq car stereo receiver, which uses an app to turn a smartphone or other Bluetooth-equipped device...