CAR+SOUND with Highlights for Eyes and Ears

208 exhibitors from 20 countries presented a fireworks display of new products and innovations at CAR+SOUND in Sinsheim. The exhibitors’
expectations were fulfilled.

Entertainment, information, navigation – there’s nothing more that drivers could wish for. 208 exhibitors from 20 countries offered everything which is currently available in the field of car entertainment at the 14th
CAR+SOUND in Sinsheim from the 19th through the 22nd of April. Car
entertainment, the central topic of CAR+SOUND, provides passengers with world class movie viewing in the automobile in addition to music playback.
Multimedia is the future, and unlimited availability of music and films is now possible on the road – anywhere. The car radio is being transformed into a multimedia server which can be used for navigation as well. The industry is profiting from this boom and presented new CD tuners with USB interface and navigation equipment at CAR + SOUND, the leading international trade fair for mobile electronics. As a control centre, the car radio is user-friendly and convenient with its ergonomic menus.


Very Good Event Kick-Off with Two Expert Visitor Days

3.5% more domestic and foreign expert visitors attended the event on the two expert visitor days, underscoring the significance of CAR+SOUND as an ordering trade fair and a platform for innovations for the international market. The upward trend with regard to the number of expert visitors was not matched by end user numbers, and last year’s total number of visitors was thus not reached. “We’re satisfied with the more than 30,000 visitors, even though we were unable to achieve last year’s level of 35,000. We surely lost visitors to the opening of the DTM season (German touring car
masters) in nearby Hockenheim and the good weather”, sums up Andreas Wittur, authorised signatory at Messe Sinsheim, regarding the event’s results.

The exhibitors were very satisfied with the visitors’ interest in their products. The who’s who of the mobile electronics industry exhibited in Sinsheim, and expressed full satisfaction with feedback regarding their products from specialised dealers and purchasing agents from inside and outside of Germany. More visitors from specialised dealerships registered for the expert visitor days at CAR+SOUND in 2007 than has been the case in previous years, and placed orders for wholesale and retail sales outlets.
Uwe Keuchel from Alpine Electronics experienced “extremely good ordering performance”. Rene Pintilie from Harman Becker reported a significant increase in the number of received orders.

The general public listened to new products on the weekend to their heart’s desire. Great interest was expressed above all in car audio, navigation and telematics. Shows and demonstrations at the booths and radio broadcasters bigFM and sunshine live provided outstanding entertainment. The visitors demonstrated equal interest for the show programme offered by EMMA (European Mobile Media Association) including the EMMA Sound OFF, EMMA ESPL and EMMA Racing, the Racing Girl 2007 beauty contest and the dB-Drag Racing European Springbreak.

The 15th CAR+SOUND will take place in Sinsheim from the 10th through the 13th of April, 2008.

Car Stereo IPod Transmitter

You have just found out that you need to go cross country, and you most definitely aren't flying there. This means that you will need to be taking a very long drive, which if you plan it just right, could become your vacation from work. The only things that you will need to make this an enjoyable trip will be your iPod, and your car stereo iPod FM transmitter.

With one of these, you will find that you have no need of taking along your iPod car kit with you. Everything that you need will be in this one little gadget. That is of course, if you buy the car stereo iPod transmitter which also functions as an iPod charger. Otherwise you might also want to think about taking along your iPod charger as well!

You will only need to take along a separate iPod charger if you have the wireless car stereo iPod FM transmitter. If you get one of the car stereo iPod transmitters complete with wires and therefore with a charger as well, you will find that life has became a whole lot easier.

Now, instead of having to take along your iPod, your speakers, your entire iPod car accessory kit, as well as your iPod charger, you have the luxury of taking with you only your iPod, the car stereo iPod transmitting device, and the iPod car holder as well to keep the iPod in one place. No extra cables are needed other than the one which come attached to your transmitter and which goes into the slot of your car's cigarette lighter socket.

With this you will now be able to listen to your personal brand of taste in songs without having to listen to an impersonal and disembodied voice coming across the airwaves to keep you company on your long drive cross country.

Your car stereo iPod transmitter will also be able to get you through the long hours of the night when you might be unable to sleep. This is because your car stereo iPod transmitter can also be used with other FM receiving devices such as normal FM radios. This means that you can while away the long hours of the night, or lull yourself to sleep with the familiar sounds of your favorite music, using this device.

Although a car stereo iPod FM transmitting device isn't expensive, it isn't exactly cheap either so you might want to look around to see what you can get for your money's worth. And since you will also have to buy an iPod car holder at the same time as well, you might even be able to get a bargain when you buy these two items at the same time!

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Becker Vision Pro

The mobile multimedia system Becker Vision Pro, which had its debut at the CeBIT, unites all entertainment media into one handy enclosure. It is well-suited to be an entertainer in the car, at home, and, thanks to its integrated rechargeable battery, anywhere you happen to be.

The Vision Pro is equipped with a high-contrast and quick-reacting 7” touch screen in 16:9 widescreen format. The screen is used to play back films in the various compatible formats and also serves as the control panel. Using the clearly set-up control panel that appears on the touch screen if desired, the film and picture as well as the music playback can be managed.

The integrated DVD drive with its side slot plays the current DVD and CD formats. For movies, the formats MPEG1 through MPEG4, DIV-X, XVID, and AVI formats are viewable; and pictures in JPEG, Kodak-Picture-CD, TIFF, RAW, and BMP formats can be viewed.

The Vision Pro is not just suited to play movies, but is also a music star! Aside from the possibilities to play CDs and DVDs, the Vision Pro also offers a USB port for MP3 files and an SD/MMC card reader. With these, it is a fully-fledged MP3 player that can deal with all prevalent media.

There are four high-quality integrated harman/kardon speakers supporting the music playback. Alternately, up to two headsets can be connected using the headset output and the A/V-Out.

A TV tuner for compact TV enjoyment is optionally available. The tuner enables the Vision Pro to receive the freely available TV programme digitally or analogue at home, thus making it ideal as a second television at home.

A special installation set is available for vehicles head rests.

Facts
- 7“ TFT touch screen in 16:9 format
- resolution: 800x480 pixels
- integrated DVD drive
- USB 2.0 connector for stick, player, camera
- SD-/MMC card reader
- video formats: MPEG-1 to MPEG-4, DIV-X, XVID, AVI
- picture formats: JPEG, Kodak Picture CD, TIFF, RAW, BMP
- music formats: stereo, MP3, WMA, WAV
- 4 integrated harman/kardon speakers
- integrated Lithium Polymer batteries for up to four hours operating time
- TV tuner (analog/DVB-T) FM receiver optionally available
- Dimensions (WxHxD): 226x160x36 mm

Vision Pro: approx. 550.00 Euro
opt. TV-Tuner: approx. 150.00 Euro