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Digital Music In Your Car

Car Audio Blogger — Sun, 11 Apr 2010 08:16:05 +0000

There are a few different things that digital music in your car can stand for. Depending on the type of CD player you have in your car will determine what your car can do with digital music. First of all, there are MP3 players that can hook up to your car. These give you a form of digital music that you can play right through your car speaker system. This gives you the upper hand, because you can put more music on a MP3 player than you can on a disc. The other type of digital music would come from digital radio. Both these things are very good in their own ways.

iPod Connector Honda Element

First of all, it’s very important to point out that both forms of digital music are good in their own way. No matter what kind of digital music your car can play, you should just be happy it can play one of these two types. Now that we have the basics out of the way, we need to talk about what the difference is between the two. One form you will have is a digital MP3 player hooked up to your car. The only kind of music you can listen to with this thing is the music that you download onto it. With that being said, you are only going to have music that you like. After all, you are not going to download music that you do not like to have on your MP3 player. Next is the digital radio. This is where you can listen to different stations, and pick what kind of music you want to hear. No matter which one you go with, you are going to have great music that sounds amazing.

First, we will talk a little bit more about the MP3 players. There are different types of CD players that you can get in your car that will hook up with MP3 players. This is great, because then you do not have to carry around so many different CDs. All you have to do is load all your music up to your MP3 player, and then you can listen to all your music off the MP3 player. This will save a lot of room in your car, because you are not going to have to worry about finding a spot to put all your different music CDs. Although, it’s important to remember that you are only suppose to upload music that you own to your MP3 player. It’s a copy right fraction if you do not own the rights to that song. To do that you must of bought the CD first.

iPod in Honda Fit

Next, is the great and powerful digital radio. If you like listening to tons of different music, this is the way to go. After all, with this bad boy you can choose from thousands of stations, and choose the one that is right for you. This means that if you like all types of hip-hop, you can just put it on a hip-hop station and listen to nothing except all kinds of hip-hop. They have tons of stations so you will always be able to find what you are looking for. Although it can cost a lot of money to have one of these radios, you will be happy at how much music and play time you are going to get out of it. This is the perfect top off for any car that you might own.

Component Speakers Installation Guide Made Easy

Car Audio Blogger — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 19:39:07 +0000

Are you looking to get the best possible sound out of your car stereo system? Are you looking to make sure that you get the best quality for your money? If you said yes, then you are more than likely in the market for some of these component speakers. These component speakers are the perfect answer for people that are looking to get the best out of their car. It is important to be able to turn your music up loud, but you have to make sure that you can still understand what is being said, and that is where the component speakers come in.

Before you can talk about how to put in component speakers, you have to know what they are and what they do. The component speaker is a speaker that usually comes in two parts. These parts are usually the bass speaker and the tweeters. The bass speaker is, of course, the speaker that puts out the loud music such as the bass. The tweeters are the part of the speaker that usually puts out the voice sounds.

Now, whenever you are looking at a speaker, most speakers come with a tweeter inside of them. You can usually see it. When you look at your speaker you can usually see a thing sticking up in the middle (on most new speakers), that is your tweeter. Now whenever you have a component speaker, the tweeter still comes with the speaker, but they are not attached like in most speakers. This way you are free to place the tweeter wherever you want to.

So now that you know what it is, it’s going to be easier to understand where to put everything. See, the great thing about component speakers is the fact that the bass is not going to mess with the tweeters, because they are not mounted together. Usually you are still going to put the bass speaker in the same spot that it is suppose to go.

This would be in the same spot that you took the speaker out of to start with. Now with the tweeter, you can place it anywhere you want it. The best place to put it is somewhere close to the head. That way the tweeter does not have to be turned up too loud, and you can clearly hear what the people are saying. The louder the tweeter is up, the funnier the peoples’ voices are going to sound. That is why you try and keep them turned down.

There are no limits to the way that you can place these speakers in your cars. After all, whenever you get them in the location where you want them, you can move them later if you change your mind. There are different ways to mount tweeters, but usually the component speakers will come with some kind of mounting thing; that way you do not have to come up with one yourself. It is very important to a lot of people to have the speakers that they want in a car. Well, no matter who you are, these are speakers that are going to sound great no matter what music you are playing. A lot of people that listen to rap like them, because the bass does not mess with the rapper’s voice, and it is hard to find speakers that can play that.

Blaupunkt Velocity 2Go – Portable Speaker System

Car Audio Blogger — Fri, 16 Nov 2007 20:09:51 +0000

Blaupunkt Debuts World’s First Portable Speaker System that Doubles as a Powered Car Subwoofer

Blaupunkt has introduced Velocity 2Go, the world’s first headphone-jack portable stereo speaker systems that can also be quickly converted into car audio subwoofers. Ideal for active music lovers, Blaupunkt Velocity 2Go powered speakers generate room-filling full-range sound when connected to any device with headphone output jacks. When used in a car, it delivers deep, clean bass to add weight to the sound of a basic four-speaker car stereo system.

Blaupunkt Velocity 2Go is available in two sizes, each with powerful high-efficiency amplifiers, two long-throw polypropylene woofers and two silk-dome tweeters in a sturdy, attractive ported aluminum enclosure. Power for the four bi-amp configured amplifiers and active crossovers is supplied by a car’s 12-volt electrical system, an AC adapter, or rechargeable AA batteries sustained by a built-in charger. A defeatable auto-turn-on function activates whenever an audio signal is detected.

The Blaupunkt Velocity 2Go 5 features dual 5-1/4-inch woofers, and a pair of 3вЃ„4-inch tweeters in an 8 liter enclosure, and is capable of linear frequency response from 50 Hz to 25000 kHz. The larger Velocity 2Go 6 employs 6-1/2-inch woofers and 1-inch tweeters in a 15-liter enclosure, making it capable of higher output, and linear response down to 40 Hz…

In addition to the 3.5mm headphone jack input, there are also rear-panel RCA inputs for use with variable line-level outputs from a home, preamplifier, TV set, or other audio device. The unit’s built-in amplifiers are capable of delivering a combined output up to 160 watts of power (80 watts RMS) when connected to either an AC or 12-volt DC source, and 60 Watts max (30 watts RMS) when powered by eight standard rechargeable AA batteries.

When used as a powered car subwoofer, the Velocity 2Go’s low pass active filter network comes into play, limiting reproduction to frequencies below 120 Hz and removing the tweeters as an audio source. There are a complete range of subwoofer controls, including gain, low-pass frequency, and signal phase adjustments to ensure seamless integration with existing car stereo gear. A rear-panel multi-port input can be used with the included cable to instantly connect the Blaupunkt Velocity 2Go to 12 V DC power, speaker-level or RCA audio inputs, making it remarkably fast and simple to hook up to nearly any car audio system. An optional QuickOut Dock is available to provide instant connection and subwoofer mode activation…

Full press release: gspr.com

Blaupunkt Announces the TravelPilot Lucca 5.3

Car Audio Blogger — Fri, 16 Nov 2007 19:20:20 +0000

Blaupunkt has announced the introduction of its next generation portable satellite navigation device, the TravelPilot Lucca 5.3.

Route guidance in 40 European countries
Full seven digit postcode search
Voice control for quick, easy input of destination address
Driver assistance features including Bluetooth mobile phone operation
Almost two million points of interest included

This high specification unit comes in a slim, space-saving design, incorporating a clear, 4.3 inch display. The colour-coded menus are extremely easy to use, and the Lucca’s ultra-fast route calculation, together with a wide range of sophisticated driver assistance functions, ensure a trouble-free journey вЂ“ whether the user is travelling to a business meeting in London or holidaying across Europe.

TravelPilot Lucca 5.3 features at a glance

Stylish, slim, space-saving design
Hands-free mobile phone operation via Bluetooth connectivity
European safety camera data pre-loaded
Free built-in TMC reception of traffic information to avoid congestion
Reliable route guidance in 40 European countries (integrated)
Full seven digit UK postcode search
Video playback from SD/MMC card
Optional reversing camera ideal for trailers, horse boxes and caravans
Easy to operate, with voice control for fast input of destination address
Ultra-quick route search and calculation
Lane indication feature
Automatic night/day mode
USB 2.0 connectivity
Pedestrian mode for use outside the vehicle
Merian Scout travel guide with approx. two million points of interest
Fast set-up and easy mounting in any vehicle
4.3 inch display (11cm diagonal) in 16:9 format
30 channel GPS satellite receiver for fast location and fixing of position
24 Volt compatible for use in commercial vehicles
Optional Active Cradle for connection to Blaupunkt car audio system

Operating the TravelPilot Lucca 5.3 is incredibly simple, with its intuitive touch-screen menus. Destinations can be found using a full seven digit postcode search or by street name – and for even faster and more convenient input, users can choose to enter the destination address via voice control, rather than entering it manually…

In addition, the ‘text to speech’ feature allows the Lucca to include the actual road name in the spoken instruction, which ensures the driver takes the correct route when there are several turnings close together. For example, ‘turn next left’ becomes ‘turn next left onto Westway’.

In addition to route finding, the TravelPilot Lucca 5.3 also sports a wide range of multimedia entertainment functions.

The unit can play back MP3/WMA music files, digital photos and WMV video files from an SD or MMC card, and also connect to a variety of auxiliary equipment with the optional Active Cradle вЂ“ such as iPods, DVD players, TV tuners, gaming consoles or a reversing camera. Audio can be played back either via the integrated speakers, or connected to the car speakers or through earphones.

For added ease-of-use, Blaupunkt has integrated navigation data for 40 countries in Europe into the system, so there is no need to download this information to the unit. Furthermore, route calculation is now twice as fast as previous TravelPilot Lucca models.

Mote info: Blaupunkt.com