Mazda’s legendary MX-5 is evolving. First, it borrowed the pronounced fenders and angry, slanted headlights from its RX-8 big brother, and this year it’s traded in its old cloth roof for a sleek, retractable hardtop. The 2007 MX-5 Miata PRHT (the acronym stands for “power retractable hard top”) is a stylish roadster that looks equally […]

Mobile Electronics Magazine, the industry’s top trade publication, awarded Car Tunes Mobile Electronics of Allen Park, MI as the top mobile electronics “Retailer of the Year” in the nation.
With headlines of budget deficits, plant closings and job layoffs filling news reports coming out of Detroit, the mobile electronics “Retailer of the Year” award stems the […]

Highway stripes are 10 feet long and 30 feet apart. That means one stripe every 40 feet. No one really knows how this fundamental increment of civil engineering came to be. Well, I’m sure somebody knows, but that person works in the historical division of the federal Department of Transportation.

This is a person to avoid […]

Highway stripes are 10 feet long and 30 feet apart. That means one stripe every 40 feet. No one really knows how this fundamental increment of civil engineering came to be. Well, I’m sure somebody knows, but that person works in the historical division of the federal Department of Transportation.
This is a person to avoid […]

The popular add-on feature in car central locking systems is the use of remote controls. Via remote controls, makers can provide multifunctional security systems that combine central locking system, keyless entry, remote starter, car alarm and immobilizer functions.
Tesor in Taiwan is one of the few companies that are investing in product development of car central […]

A car central locking system includes actuators, wire and harness, and control unit. In form factor, actuators are either in gun- or box-shape. Regarding trigger mechanisms, wheel, clutch and direct-clutch triggers are the most common. Car central locking systems using direct-clutch trigger are more popular in the market.
Most car central locking systems from mainland China […]

SVOX, a global supplier of text-to-speech output solutions for the automotive and mobile industries, teamed with Audi and the Fraunhofer Institute for Integrated Circuits IIS to demonstrate during CeBIT a real-time transmission chain of the first live in-car reception of NewsService Journaline(R) service over Digital Radio DAB (Digital Audio Broadcasting) according to SVOX CEO Volker […]

Lear Corporation and Dirac Research AB today announced that they will display their latest innovations in premium sound systems for the automotive market in Booth 1635 at the 2007 Audio Engineering Society’s (AES) Pro Audio Expo and Convention in Vienna, Austria from May 5 - 8, 2007.
The Premium Sound System of Lear’s in-show display vehicle […]

Directed Electronics, Inc., , holds number one market share positions in premium home theater loudspeakers, consumer branded vehicle security and remote start systems, and aftermarket satellite radio receivers. Directed is also a major supplier of mobile audio and video whose portfolio of well-known brands includes Polk Audio, Viper, Definitive Technology, Python, Clifford, Orion, Precision Power, […]

Rohm Co. Ltd has developed what it says is the industry’s first LSI that combines USB memory/SD card host functionality, an MP3 audio decoder, and system controller on a single chip. The device is said to reduce costs and parts count, resulting in increased board space.

In addition, the system controller is equipped with a command […]