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Suddenly, This Dashcam Sweeps High End

There are dashcams and then there are 'Ring Video Doorbell' type dashcams that let you peer in and...

Lucas Lighting
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New 12 Volt Lighting Company

Lucas Lighting, a three-year old company launched by 12 volt industry members, says its lights offer higher quality...

iPhone 11 Pro colors
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Apple Surprises With Strong iPhone Sales

Apple’s recent quarter saw double digit growth in iPhone 11 sales in the US and other regions over...

Pioneer enters blind spot detectors
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Pioneer to Offer Blind Spot Detectors

Pioneer Electronics showed at CES this month two blind spot monitoring systems due for release in March. The...

Uconnect 5 infotainment
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Meet the Uconnect 5

Fiat Chrysler announced today a new Uconnect infotainment system that is so fast it is "instantaneous," it claimed. ...

Precision Power vertical tower amps
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Precision Power Goes Dealer Direct

Epsilon, maker of Precision Power, Soundstream and Power Acoustik, is pulling Precision Power from the Internet and converting...

JBL ARENA
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JBL Intros ‘Cost is No Object’ System

Harman's JBL and Infinity car audio brands will offer new ultra high end audiophile systems this year, said...

Pioneer DMH-WT8600NEX
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Pioneer Now Adds ESCORT as Well as K40 Radar

It turns out that Pioneer's newest NEX radios due in March, will not only work with K40 radar...

Alpine introduces modular Halo subwoofer enclosures
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Alpine Intros Halo Sub Enclosures

Alpine Electronics is offering for the first time a full line of pre-loaded subwoofer enclosures.  The Halo enclosures...

Alpine-PXE-09-DSP
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Alpine Intros Wireless Hi-Res DSP

Alpine Electronics is launching a new wireless digital signal processor (DSP) that processes in Hi-Res Audio, up to...

Metra HVAC interfaces for Pioneer radios
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Pioneer and Metra in New Collaboration

Metra Electronics showed at CES a new line of HVAC and other interfaces, specifically for Pioneer radios. The...

JBL DSP/amp for cars
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Harman Returns to DSP Market

Following its ground-breaking MS-8 digital signal processor/amplifier, off the market for six or seven years now, Harman is...

US China trade deal tariffs
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Are Tariffs Hurting 12 Volt?

On Wednesday, President Trump signed a partial truce in the trade war with China leading to changes in...

Bose will purchase McIntosh.
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Bose To Close All Retail Stores

Bose will close all of its retail stores in North America as well as Europe, Japan and Australia,...

Pioneer-DMH-W4660NEX
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Pioneer Decks to Work with K40 Radar

Five new Pioneer Electronics NEX decks  will work with two K40 radar detectors, when used with an optional...

Top car audio products CES 2020
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Top 12 Volt Products of CES

The top car radios and 12 volt products at CES last week, based on clicks on CEoutlook stories,...

Viper Smartkey eliminates car key
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Directed to Ship SMARTKEY This Summer

Directed will ship this summer a SMARTKEY system that eliminates the need to carry a car key. Its...

Klipsch enters car market with Panasonic
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Panasonic and Klipsch to Create Car Audiophile Systems

Klipsch is entering the OEM car audio market in a collaboration with Panasonic Automotive. At CES, Klipsch, a...

Alpine's first dashcams
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One of Alpine’s First Dashcams Works With its Radios

Alpine Electronics announced its first dashcams at CES,  including one model that can work with Alpine radios. The...

Pioneer Alexa radios
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Pioneer, Boss Get an Alexa First

Have you noticed that nearly all the car radios with Alexa voice control are single DIN?  At CES,...