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KnowledgeFest Opens With High Pre-Registrations
KnowledgeFest, the show for car audio specialists, opened today in Dallas with about 50 exhibitors and pre-registration at...
First Store Within a Store Displays for Car Audio
Avidworx is partnering with several car audio brands to offer “store-within-a-store” displays to demo car audio products specific...
Samsung Intros New Jumbo Phones
Samsung unveiled two new mega sized smartphones Thursday including a new S6 Edge Plus and Galaxy Note 5,...
12V Aftermarket Responds to Hacks in OEM Devices
It's now been shown you can hack into a radio with a laptop, an OBD2 device with a...
Cool Product Works With Car KeyFob
Here’s an aftermarket product you may have not yet encountered. It gives you remote control over your convertible...
JBL “Trip” Portable Debuts for the Car
Harman will introduce at KnowledgeFest its first handsfree Bluetooth speaker for the car. Called the JBL Trip, it’s...
First Digital Radar Detector From Cobra
Cobra Electronics Corporation is shipping its first digital radar detector, which is able to weed out most of...
New President at Car Audio Startup
CT Sounds announced the appointment of industry veteran, Heath Lunsford, as President. Lunsford most recently served as National...
Audison Intros Passive Mixer; HD Amp
Audison will ship a new car audio passive mixer and a new HD amplifier this fall, it said....
VOXX Ships Combo Backup Camera/Sensor
VOXX Electronics Corporation announced a new combination backup camera/sensor to deliver both visual and audible backup camera alerts....
Smallest Upscale 12V Mini Amp Debuts
Mosconi is now shipping what it calls the world's smallest high quality car audio amplifier. The 2-channel PICO...
Pioneer Widens Loss in Recent Quarter
Despite higher consumer sales of its car audio products in North America, Pioneer Corporation's net income continued to...
12V Best of Innovation Radio Pulled From Aftermarket
It won the Best of Innovation 2015 Award for in-vehicle Audio/Video at CES in January, but the ultra-advanced...
30 Percent of Aftermarket Radios Have This Feature
Close to a third of aftermarket car radios this year include Internet radio capability, such as control over...
First 12V Distributor Group Changes Ownership; Name
The first car stereo distributor buying group announced that it is now owned by its distributor members and...
Harman Radios Under Investigation by Fed
Updated! Harman radios are being examined by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), in the wake of...
JVCKenwood Posts Lackluster Q1 Results
JVCKenwood reported a small increase in overall sales, while net income remained in the red. Total sales for...
Now OnStar is Hacked
A hacker has created a $100 device that lets him track a vehicle equipped with OnStar, as well...
This Car Stereo Guy Went Totally Upscale
Back in the 1990’s Matthew Figliola stopped working at local car audio shops and opened a restyle store...
Volkswagen Rolls Out CarPlay, Android Auto This Week
Volkswagen of America announced Wednesday a new infotainment system to be available starting this week offering Apple CarPlay,...