Tag: car stereo

Alpine Launches Shopatron Program

Alpine has joined up with Shopatron to let consumers buy products directly from its Web site, but the...

New Mono Amp from Phoenix Gold

Phoenix Gold (Aamp of America) is adding a new car amplifier to its SD-Series of digital amps. The...

New Scosche Toyota Kits

Scosche is delivering radio kits for the Toyota 4-Runner and 2011 Sienna. The kits allow both single and...

Pandora: Aftermarket Yes; OEM, Not so Much

Pandora in the car may prove to be a bigger hit in the aftermarket than in new cars...

Car & Driver Says MyFord Touch “Stinks”

By Bill Damsky The MyFord Touch got beat up again in the media, this time by Car and...

Ford Sync: 94% Take Rate in Explorer

We stumbled on an Edmunds blog from last month that mentioned that 94 percent of buyers of the...

Car Audio up Jan/Feb: NPD

Here's more positive news in car electronics for 2011. The NPD Group provided us data on car electronics...

Kenwood Ships 2 Pandora Nav/Radios

Kenwood is now shipping two of its 2011 navigation/radios with Pandora control under its Excelon line. The DNX9980HD...

Car Audio Shortages Expected July/August

Although the situation in Japan still changes hourly, a clearer picture is emerging on the disaster’s impact on...

DICE DUO Kit Ships for Many Car Makes

DICE’s Silverline Duo kit that lets you add both Sirius satellite radio and an iPod/iPhone to a factory...

Car-Gadget Standard Gets Boost

We may be getting closer to tightly linking phones and gadgets to the car’s audio system and steering...

JVC’s Earthquake Update

Bill Turner vice president of JVC Mobile was travelling at the time we asked suppliers how they fared...

Japan Tragedy May Impact Car Audio

Car audio supplies may see some disruption down the line due to the earthquake tragedy now racking Japan....

Hawaii Anti-Car Alarm Bill Deferred

The Hawaii legislature missed a deadline to vote on the car alarm-killer bill HB 64 on Thursday night,...

iPad 2: FaceTime in the Dash (WiFi Only)

Updated! The Apple iPad 2, which went on sale Friday, is now even more in-car friendly due to...

Kenwood, Advent Start ’11 Delivery

Kenwood is delivering 5 Excelon head units including its first Pandora car radio--the flagship KDC-X995 ($380 SRP). Advent...

Update on Rockford’s Panasonic Radios

Here's a follow up on last week's story about Rockford Fosgate selling Panasonic branded radios. While the first...

Ford Ads Launch on Electronics

By Bill Damsky If you’ve got 15 seconds it might be worth it to watch one of the...

Rockford To Sell Panasonic Car Radios

Rockford will become a reseller of Panasonic car radios starting with two models that ship March 7. Panasonic...

12V Watching Gas Prices

Gas prices are rising, but there’s little impact presently on car stereo spending say retailers. Some buyers are...