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How To Make A Wise Purchase Decision On An Overhead Car DVD Player

Thursday, March 18th, 2010

When it comes to tricking out your car there are many ways to go about it. However, one of the easiest and most enjoyable is to add an overhead car DVD player to your riding pleasure. They are one of the most luxurious accessories for your car. Most of them can now be wired into the car’s sound system and have brackets to permit installing them into the ceiling of your car. What is really cool about this type of player is that when the “On” button is pressed, a monitor drops down from its ceiling housing.

One of the first considerations as to which overhead DVD car player you should purchase is the size of the monitor. They come in a variety of sizes. The determining factor is the size of your vehicle and just what can its unique interior design permit to be installed in the vehicle’s ceiling. (more…)

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Escort Passport 9500i Radar Detector

Friday, December 18th, 2009

I previously owned an Escort Passport X50 Blue radar detector which was good enough for me. But I had to give it to my friend who needed it for his car. So, I purchased and it is really a superb detector. I am really blown at away at how quiet this new detector is. The false alarms in the local areas can be cleaned up pretty usually just by hitting the mute button three times and the product stores the false alarm and you will never get it again. The product is quiet even on newly covered roads. The detector has very sharp detection and was able to spot some speed traps way before I saw them or got near them. The Red LED provided in the Detector is perfect for seeing anytime during the day. The auto brightness adjustment is also superb along with auto sensitivity, auto mute and auto volume. The detector has been designed smartly. Just plugging in power is enough for functioning and we are ready to go. (more…)

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Benefits of a Bluetooth Car Audio System

Tuesday, December 1st, 2009

If you have ever been frustrated by the lack of connection between the electrics in your car or thought that things could be simpler somehow, then getting a Bluetooth car audio system might make you feel better. Bluetooth, as we all know from our phones and wireless headsets, allows short distance communication between electronic items. In terms of car stereos, this means that you can link your mp3 player, phone or even your lap top to your stereo, making things a lot simpler.

Car Audio systems often suffer from the problem that transferring music into them can be difficult or time consuming. Even the traditional CDs and the older cassettes take up a lot of space that could be used for other purposes and it’s often nicer to listen to what you want, when you want to, (more…)

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Bluetooth car kits improve driver & passenger safety

Saturday, November 21st, 2009

Research into the use of hand held devices while driving is we documented. Whether the item be an iPod, stereo, mobile phone or applying make-up you are found to be much more likely to be involved in an accident if you are using or doing one of them while at the wheel of a vehicle. You would think is common sense not to mess around with something for a period of time while in control of a machine with potential of killing or injuring people, however the vast majority of us do it, and do it regularly. Its surprising what people actually think is safe to do while driving, Not long back I passed an older gentleman reading a book while driving down the motorway!!

Unfortunately there isn’t a solution for improving the stupidity of other road users like the old gentleman, (more…)

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Positioning Car Subwoofers for the Perfect Bass

Wednesday, November 18th, 2009

If you’re looking to get subwoofers for your car, then one of the most important decisions you make is where to put them. Commonly when people improve their car audio system by adding subs, they install them into the boot space (or trunk space, if you’re not a Brit). But just what are the pros and cons of this positioning?

Boot space is obviously lost when you install subwoofers. It is important to remember that the enclosure has to fit as well. It is possible to get slim line or smaller subs which would minimise this problem, or custom made bass boxes. If you are already struggling for space back there, then this might mean that you need to look into installing the speakers somewhere else.

It is more difficult to fit the large subwoofers into other parts of your car, however, (more…)

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