Tag: car radio
What’s the Best Selling Deck in the Pandemic
The pandemic shifted sales patterns in car audio in many ways and those shifts are now showing up...
Old Familiar Brand Jumps in Car Radio Market
Accele will enter the car radio market in August with two unique radios in response to the shortages...
CarPlay Radio Prices Rise on Ebay, Amazon
Consumers can expect to pay more online for some of the more popular aftermarket CarPlay/Android Auto decks, due...
Sony Introduces 3 New Receivers
Sony Electronics announced three new car audio receivers, including a new entry level model at $299 plus two...
When Will Radio Shortages End?
Now that a Tier 1 CarPlay radio is a rare commodity, we asked top retailers and distributors when...
This Guy Repairs Old Car Radios
Some car radios never die; especially when Brad Owens of Vintage Alpine Repair get his hands on them....
Pioneer Intros New Modular Radio
Pioneer announced at virtual CES, that it is bringing its modular radio concept down to the 6.8 inch...
Corrected: Alpine Reports Impact of Chip Shortages
Corrected: Joining Pioneer and JVCKenwood, Alpine told dealers that it too is impacted by current chip shortages. In...
Shortage Update on Head Units
Two head unit suppliers say the car audio industry has lost about a full calendar quarter’s worth of...
Kenwood, JVC 10-Inch Radios Due Next Week With Surprise Feature
KENWOOD and JVC expect to ship their highly anticipated 10.1-inch floating screen radios next week with a surprise...
Nakamichi Air Ships New CarPlay Deck
Nakamichi Car Audio announced it is air shipping to the US, a thousand units of a new 2021...
New Audi TT Dash Kit From Metra
Press Release: Holly Hill, FL – Metra Electronics is now shipping a new dashboard kit for 2008-2015 Audi...
Boss Adds Two CarPlay/Android Auto Decks
Press Release: OXNARD, CA - BOSS Audio Systems announced two new double-DIN head units with Apple CarPlay and...
JVC Ships Low Cost CarPlay With DVD
After shipping new $299 CarPlay decks earlier this summer that lack a DVD player, JVC Mobile Entertainment announced...
Sony Adds New Single DIN CarPlay/Android Auto Deck
Sony Electronics announced a new single DIN deck with CarPlay and Android Auto, the XAV-AX5500 car AV receiver....
Kenwood Ships Low Cost CarPlay/Android Auto Decks
Kenwood and JVC Mobile are now each shipping two CarPlay/Android Auto decks at a $299 street price. The...
Another Low Priced CarPlay Deck
Sound Storm Laboratories announced a new head unit with both Apple CarPlay and Android Auto at a suggested...
Power Acoustik Ships Low Priced CarPlay/Android Auto Deck
Power Acoustik is adding Android Auto to its decks for the first time with the new low priced...
Pioneer, Boss Get an Alexa First
Have you noticed that nearly all the car radios with Alexa voice control are single DIN? At CES,...
JVC Intros Two Advanced AV Receivers
JVC Mobile Entertainment is introducing two all wireless AV receivers that, like new Kenwood eXcelon Reference decks, allow...