http://12vblog.com Your source for the latest and greatest 12v product related news, and reviews. Sat, 19 Jul 2008 15:14:48 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en [caption id="attachment_103" align="aligncenter" width="450" caption="Kenwood's KDC-BT838U"][/caption] Kenwood released sometime back their "premium-level in-dash CD receiver with integrated Bluetooth and enhanced multi-line display capabilities", the KDC-BT838U. Some features include: ...streaming wireless audio from another Bluetooth device through A2DP compatibility...A highly visible, three-line full-dot display provides the ability to view address book names and call ... http://12vblog.com/2008/07/kenwoods-premium-cd-receiver-the-kdc-bt838u/ Alpine's most highly anticipated "Mobile Multimedia Station" has been released.... since April 10th, yea were late.... 7-inch WVGA touch-screen monitor for your fondling pleasures. As well as a few other nifty features, such as: The IVA-W505 is a full-featured DVD/CD/MP3/AAC/WMA/DivX audio/video head unit that boasts a new, intuitive graphical interface and touch-screen ... http://12vblog.com/2008/04/alpines-iva-w505-now-shipping/ Scosche has been busy last few days dolling out the dash kits. The 2006-up Mitsubishi Eclipse, 2008-up Mitsubishi Galant, 2008 Ford Escape, 2008 Mazda Tribute, 2008 Mercury Mariner, 2007-up Hyundai Elantra, and 2001-2006 Lexus IS300 all will be getting the after market dash kit treatment. Prices range from $20 uo ... http://12vblog.com/2008/04/scosche-serves-up-kits-for-ford-lexus-hyundai-and-mitsubishi/ Pioneer seems to love Europe more. This spring, they will be releasing the NavGate version of the previously mentioned AVIC-F900BT. Same unit with most of the same features, just an upgraded navigation component with multilingual support. Navigation capabilities include: the pre-installation of Europe-wide mapping on the 2GB fast-response flash memory, the display of ... http://12vblog.com/2008/04/pioneers-navgate-avic-f900bt/ Pioneer dropped their new AVIC-F Series units, starting with AVIC-F700BT and AVIC-900BT, and ofcourse a Premier AVIC-F90BT. They join the AVIC-F500BT portable unit we covered in January. Some of the main and advanced features shared amongst the units include: Apple iPod® connectivity, Bluetooth®, MSN® Direct, HD® radio, XM® and SIRIUS® Satellite ... http://12vblog.com/2008/04/pioneer-unleashes-their-avic-f-series-avic-f700bt-avic-f900bt-and-premier-avic-f90bt/ Pioneer has released the latest addition to their Amplifier selection, the PRS-A900. What you have here is a 4-channel reference class A/B amplifier feeding 50 x 4 @ 2 and 4 ohms released under the Premier brand. It seems like a lot of time, energy, and money went into producing ... http://12vblog.com/2008/04/pioneer-premiers-state-of-the-art-amp-prs-a900/ Get touch control for your Kenwood CarPortal KOS-V1000 or KOS-V500 systems! The KOS-L432 is 4.3" of touchscreen gooeyness! It's basically an advanced remote to top off your custom install. No word on pricing or availability date as of yet. Hit the jump for the full press release. KENWOOD INTRODUCES SPACE-SAVING TOUCHSCREEN ... http://12vblog.com/2008/03/kenwoods-touchscreen-controller-for-carportal-devices-kos-l432/ Three new amp series offered up by Clarion this year. We Have the DPX (pictured above), APX, and APX Illuminated series (pictured below). You get a total of three mono amplifiers, three two-channel and two four-channel amplifiers The DPX Hybrid series feature Class G/H technology, which is said by Clarions to ... http://12vblog.com/2008/03/clarions-newest-amps-dpx-apx-and-apx-illuminated-series/ Is there anything else that needs to be said??? Oppurtunities like this come once... every few months or so. Right now Pioneer is offering a $200 rebate on the purchase of a Pioneer AVIC-D3 from an Authorized Pioneer or Pioneer Premier Dealer between February 1, 2008 and March 31, ... http://12vblog.com/2008/02/steals-and-deals-200-off-pioneer-avic-d3/ Clarion has introduced three new units that support the XM Mini-Tuner, the first ones to do so. Two double dins, the DUZ385SAT, and MAX685BT (pictured above), as well as a single din, the VRX785BT (pictured after the break). The MAX685BT and VRX785BT both sport a 7" touch panel monitors. Some of ... http://12vblog.com/2008/02/clarions-latest-offers-xm-mini-tuner-loving/