Blogs
Audio: Looking Back, Ahead As Year Ends
It’s the traditional time of year to reflect on the events of the past 12 months and look ahead to what’s coming next year....
Pioneer
Financial
Pioneer, Onkyo Move Ahead In Home A/V Merger
Kawasaki City, Japan — Pioneer Corp. and Onkyo finalized an agreement on merging their home A/V businesses, but new details emerged showing the integration...
Audio/Video
Alpine: Two Can Play At CarPlay
Torrance, Calif. — Alpine shipped its first in-dash receiver equipped with Apple CarPlay, joining select aftermarket CarPlay-enabled head units from Pioneer. The $800-suggested iLX-007,...
Car Electronics
Pioneer Adds In-Dash CD, DVD Receivers
Long Beach, Calif. — Pioneer began shipping its 2015 line of in-dash multimedia DVD-receivers and plans October availability of the final three CD-receivers in...
Audio/Video
Pioneer Launches Aftermarket CarPlay
Long Beach, Calif. — Pioneer has begun offering aftermarket CarPlay. Free firmware updates are available to bring Apple’s CarPlay to five currently available NEX...
Accessories
iOS 8 Creates Connectivity Issues With Some Aftermarket Car Stereos
New York — Apple’s iOS 8 operating system has been out only a few days, and at least two aftermarket car audio suppliers –...
Audio
Pioneer Readies First Elite-Series Soundbar
Denver — Pioneer plans to offer its first Elite-series soundbar, targeted to ship in January to complement the company’s single $399 Pioneer-series soundbar, the...
Audio
Pioneer Selling Home A/V Business To Onkyo
Kawasaki City, Japan — Pioneer announced today that it would sell its home A/V, phone and headphone-related businesses to Onkyo, and in turn take...
Audio/Video
Pioneer Steps Up Smartphone Connections In CD Receivers
Long Beach, Calif. — Pioneer shipped nine CD receivers and a digital media receiver (DMR) in its 2015 line, adding new Bluetooth connectivity features...
Financial
Pioneer Posts Q1 Net Loss But Forecasts Full-Year Profit
Kawasaki, Japan – Pioneer Electronics posted a single-digit percentage gain in sales and dramatically reduced its net loss in its fiscal 2015 first quarter...
Audio
Pioneer Readies First Under-TV Speaker Base
Long Beach, Calif. — Pioneer reentered the soundbar market last year and will launch its first under-TV speaker base this year. The under-TV speaker...
Industry
Pioneer Reaches Agreement To Sell Home CE Business
Kawasaki City, Japan – Pioneer Corp. has reached a basic agreement to sell off the majority of its home electronics business to a Hong...
Audio
Pioneer Readies Dolby Atmos AVRs, Speakers
Long Beach, Calif. — Pioneer plans Wednesday to unveil its first A/V receivers that support Dolby Atmos surround decoding and its first speakers that...
Blogs
Will Pioneer Sell Off Its AV Business?
Pioneer hopes to strike a deal by July to divest itself of its A/V business but remain in the car electronics business, which generates...
Financial
Pioneer Reports Net Profit, Higher Sales
Tokyo — Pioneer Electronics reported increased sales and turned a profit in its fiscal year, ended March 31. Consolidated net sales grew 10.2 percent...
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