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Best Buy Holiday Sales Fall, Stock Tumbles
Despite its efforts to match any price, Best Buy’s U.S. same store sales fell 0.9 percent over the...
Directed Sees 100 Percent Jump on Remote Start Devices
Directed said it has seen a 100 percent increase in sales of DBALL and other remote start installation...
In 2 Years Aftermarket Car Hot Spots Will Heat Up
In two years, in-car hot spots will become an important aftermarket product, said VOXX Electronics President Tom Malone...
Dual Electronics Shows its First Headrest Monitors (With HDMI)
Dual Electronics is entering the car video headrest monitor category with two models with HDMI and USB inputs....
Your Top CES Products in Car Audio
We combed the show floor of CES last week to find the hottest products in car audio at...
JVC Kenwood Shows Blind Spot Camera Prototype at CES
JVC Kenwood showed at CES last week a prototype blind spot system using cameras instead of side mirrors....
MERA’s Ambitious 12 Volt eBay Program to Launch Q1
The Mobile Electronics Retailers Association (MERA) will tap into the millions of cars sold on eBay Motors through...
Memphis Car Audio Allies with Encore
Car audio supplier Memphis announced at CES it will distribute remote start and security products from Encore Automotive...
Best Automotive Product of CES
Engadget voted the Corvette Performance Data Recorder as the Best Automotive Electronics Product of 2014. Chevrolet is bringing...
Harman Launches Signal Doctor for Car and Home
Harman is launching new, real time, audio analyzing software that returns a truer audio signal to compressed music....
Alpine, Others Jump on Car-Specific Audio Bandwagon
Alpine will offer its first vehicle-specific speaker/amp system, it said at CES, as several suppliers at the show...
Directed Can Troubleshoot Your Install Remotely
Directed is officially introducing at CES an OBD2 device for car audio dealers that can automatically trouble shoot...
Monster Creates Audio System for Lamborghini
Monster founder Noel Lee has created an audio system for the $4.5 million Lamborhini Veneno Roadster. He personally...
Alpine Intros 9-Inch Radio
Alpine introduced at CES the largest double DIN radio we know of, with a screen size of 9...
Dual Electronics Intros Gesture Control
Part of Dual Electronics’ broad 14 in-dash radio lineup for 2014 includes 5 CD receivers, two with gesture...
iSimple Intros TranzIt PORT for Universal USB Connection to Radios
iSimple is introducing at CES the TranzIt PORT, which adds a USB port for audio and smartphone charging...
Dual Intros 14 New Decks, Some With HDMI/MHL
Dual is offering an aggressive line replacement this year with 14 new in-dash radios that include advanced technology...
CES Clarion Intros Linux Marine Radios
Clarion is showing at CES two new CD-less (mechless) marine radios that are some of the first to...
Clarion Offers MirrorLink and More
Clarion introduced at CES its first MirrorLink radios and it expanded HDMI inputs to more models. Its new...
JVC Announces Details on HDMI Receivers
JVC announced details on two new car AV receivers it previewed in November with HDMI inputs and MHL...