Car Audio Centre News

Kenwood launching world’s first iPhone 3G compatible headunit

20 December, 2008 – 7:25 pm by James

Kenwood just announced world’s first iPod headunit thats compatible with the iPhone 3G and iPod touch 2G. That means this head unit can actually charge an iPhone!!

With the front USB port. This single din deck gets down with iPods, iPhones and practically any device with a USB connector.

The front auxiliary input means you can connect any audio source with a headphone jack. It also supports those antiques that we called “CDs”.

Prices is around ¥23,100 (£172).

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Rolls-Royce CEO hints at electric Phantom

27 October, 2008 – 10:10 pm by James

While we imagine that the vast majority of you would be perfectly content with an all-electric MINI Cooper (or a Porsche, if nothing else), some debutantes and Chuck Bass wannabes just won’t have anything but the best. For those out there who can actually consider putting a Rolls-Royce in the garage, you’ll be thrilled to know that CEO Tom Purves is spending some serious time thinking about a battery-powered Phantom. Reportedly, the bigwig stated that “many of its customers do small mileages exclusively in the city,” and for these customers, “an electric Rolls-Royce would be ideal.” He wouldn’t hand over any prospective time lines or anything, but we did get the impression that he reckoned the engineering wouldn’t be too terribly taxing. And the best part? He suggested that most buyers would opt for an electric Rolls for “urban use” while sporting a gasoline-powered version for longer journeys. Yeah, that’s something we can totally relate to.

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LG HFB-500 solar-powered Bluetooth car kit

7 October, 2008 – 1:56 pm by Anthony

Review If your job involves making a lot of phone calls in cars, or you just like to be available when you’re on the move, a Bluetooth headset or an easy-fit car kit is the best option.

The main problems with these, however, are that the battery tends to run down at crucial moments, and you need to plug it into your cigarette lighter, creating unsightly dangling wires around the driving area.

LG’s HFB-500: minimalist in the extreme Read the rest of this entry »

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Ford ’smart’ driving cuts fuel bill for motorists

6 October, 2008 – 5:44 pm by Anthony

Save up to £325 per year

Figures achieved by 500 drivers in the Ford Focus ECOnetic Smart Driving Challenge show how much money, fuel and CO2 can be saved by using eco driving techniques.

The Energy Saving Trust, which ran the Ford Smart Driving Challenge with low CO2 Ford Focus ECOnetic models, has reported:

• Fuel saved after deploying smart driving tips equated to £325 per year for the average motorist
• Drivers improved their miles per gallon by 33.4 per cent
• Associated CO2 impact improved by 22.5 per cent
• Best fuel consumption recorded for Ford Focus ECOnetic was 78.5mpg (compared with official combined figure of 65.6mpg) Read the rest of this entry »

  

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Mio’s Knight Rider GPS now shipping to the hardcore fans

28 September, 2008 – 8:19 pm by James

Anybody can say they’re going to shell out for a Knight Rider GPS pre-order, but when the house party dies down and everyone peaces out, who actually keeps that order alive? For you, dedicated K.I.T.T. fan, your moment in the sun has arrived, as Mio’s legendary Knight Rider GPS is finally shipping within one to two business days. William Daniels is calling — are you tuned in?

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Chevy Volt’s powertrain and recharging clarified

26 September, 2008 – 8:05 pm by James

Chevy’s taking a moment to clear up some misconceptions about its eagerly anticipated plug-in hybrid, the Volt, which had long been assumed (by most) to use its gasoline-powered engine like a WWII submarine — kicking on and charging the batts to full before switching off again. Alas, that’s close but not completely accurate. The engine does serve only to feed the batteries (it’s not connected to the wheels in any way) and will fire up when they are getting low. However, it will not fully recharge them, serving only to maintain a 30-percent charge as you keep on motoring. In other words, you’ll need to plug that puppy in overnight if you want to to get back to silent running and successfully avoid detection by destroyer battlegroups on your morning commute — or spy cameras.

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Come and visit Car Audio Centre Ilford

25 September, 2008 – 10:32 pm by Imran

Welcome to Car Audio Centre Ilford,

Heres a small prespective of what we do,

Whether it’s online or in our stores, we offer the best deals at competitive pricing, aswel as our professional support and committment. You’ll find customer service to a high standars whether your looking for something as little as a fuse to full in car entertainement system. That’s why there’s always new ideas we believe we can put into action deliver to our customers , new ways of thinking and working.

Here in Ilford we also provide a full fitting service for all your in car entertainment and security needs by some of the most experienced and approves technicians. It’s why attracting talent from outside of the business is as important as encouraging career development within it.

Come In and see our Show Car:

Focus demonstrator, a subtle car, not over styled but with enoughc changes to the 19″ TSW wheels, xenon headlights, flushed boot and discreet body kit all re-sprayed in house of colour silver to stand out from the rest. Whilst displaying the the flush boot to customers the can’t help but notice the 2 of the 5 yellow top optima batteries running just one single 18″ weighing 47kg at almost a foot height.

The problem with such a big sub or many sub’s is how do you make it try and fit and look good withought having to loose your back seats, well come in store and have a look at our custom boot build thats we also offer as a service so stand out from the crowd and pop in and see us.

Packages:

Juice JBL 1200 Watt Pack

Juice JA590 Key Features

• 1200 Watts 2 Channel Amplifier
• Bridgeable
• High level speaker input
• Pulse Width Modulated (PWM) MOSFET Power Supply
• Variable input sensitivity; RCA input 0.2V to 6V
• Thermal, Overload and Short circuit protection
• Excellent muting circuitry prevents turn on/off ‘pops’
• Built-in High Pass / Full Range / Low Pass Filter switch
• Silver plated power connectors for optimum power distribution
• Silver plated speaker connectors for optimum signal output

JBL CS12 Features:

• The new CS subwoofers use polypropylene cones, hi roll rubber surrounds for long throw linearity, and progressive spiders. Moderate Q design for optimum box design.
• 12″ subwoofer
• Peak Power Handling- 500W
• Frequency Response- 38Hz – 800Hz
• Sensitivity (2.83V/1m)- 92dB
• Impedance- 4 ohms
• Cutout Diameter- 277mm
• Mounting Depth- 127mm Thiele and Small Parameters

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Custom Toyota MR2 carputer presents the ultimate distraction for drivers

25 September, 2008 – 10:28 pm by James

This insanely kitted out Toyota MR2 is being put up for sale by its owner somewhere in Germany — he’s a highly motivated seller, provided you have the prerequisite electronics and programming (especially Visual Basic) skills. The standard gauges and indicators in the car have been removed, replaced with touch screens and a console mounted iDrive knob, offering the pilot of this machine control over almost every aspect of its operation: climate control, GPS, fuel consumption, mirrors, radar/laser, wireless transfer of music from a home computer, lights, fog lights… and the all-important VCD playback. Also listed on the original posting is something called the “police button” which “virtually controls the police.” This might have been something that Google mistranslated, but we prefer to think otherwise.

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Check out the Juice A12, its just got better.

8 September, 2008 – 3:30 pm by Anthony

This year’s most popular car audio product the juice A12 has recently got better!!! The product designed by Juice UK has been the most popular product in the car audio world, with over 10,000 units sold in just over 8 months. The new Improved version is now 1200watts, made from a higher grade of Marine grade MDF, has internal amplifier now provided from In Phase who are one of the UK leading amplifier manufacturers. The product is guaranteed to be a bigger success, as it is rated to be the best Active Sub ever produced, it has a combined power of 1200 watts and is fully active so you don’t even need a amp.

• 12″ active enclosure
• 1200 watts
• Built-in amplifier
• Frequency response: 35 - 150 Hz
• Impedance: 4 ohm
• Sensitivity: 88 dB
• Dimension: 514 x 514 x 438 (mm)

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InPhase Release the long Awaited Professional Line up of Amplifiers

8 September, 2008 – 11:40 am by Blain

In Phase have been now established in the car audio industry for 8 years and have grown from strength to strength with growing market share on all products categories to the product being available world wide.

In Phase have always been regarded as a high end manufacturers but their prices are very reasonable. After consumer demand over the past 2 years and after the massive success of their current amplifier line up customers, dealers and leading industry experts have asked In phase to develop a high end series, to offer sublime quality, amazing performance, impeccable build quality all for a reasonable price.

With over 2 years development In Phase have released their line-up of the professional range of amplifiers consisting of two 4 channel amps, three 2 channel amps and two class D mono blocks with power ratings from 2000-4000 WRMS.

The professional range consist of all the cutting edge technology, some of the features include, the slave and master allowing 2 or more amplifiers to be linked together and run 1 woofer with no difference in power and delivery, other features include Bipolar transistor (High power handling, fast switching, and high quality output), Tri Mode, Variable Subsonic Filter 20Hz- 50Hz on all models, Military grade circuitry produces less heat, RCA output for amplifier linking

You really need to take a peek inside to see the performance hidden within.

The MOSFET power supplies used by In Phase amplifiers are designed to be oversized by 20% giving greater head room resulting in huge improvements on power output, lower distortion and less heat, giving improved sound quality. The power supply utilizes controlled rail voltage for more control over output voltage which produces tighter bass. This design also allows the amplifiers to maintain dynamic headroom within 11v-16volts without affecting the performance.

You really need to take a peek inside to see the performance hidden within.

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