Today’s digital consumers demand access to their digital entertainment sources 24/7 – at home, work, play and everywhere in-between. Alpine continues to innovate and expand the in-car digital experience with its newest iPod® and iPhone® Digital Media Receiver, the 1-DIN iDA-X305S.

The new iDA-X305S joins Alpine’s current range of Digital Media Receivers, which includes the 1-DIN iDA-X303, as well as the 2-DIN iXA-W407 and 2-DIN iXA-W404. These Digital Media Receivers are optimized for users who keep their music libraries on an iPod or iPhone and therefore have no disc mechanism…

Blaupunkt, the car electronics division of Robert Bosch Corporation, has introduced a digital-savvy car radio designed to give users uninterrupted access to vast libraries of digital audio files on MP3-CD's and USB flash drives and large-format portable hard-drives. Unlike most car stereos, where MP3 playback is interrupted when searching digital play lists, the Blaupunkt New Orleans MP58 offers no-interrupt browsing capability of file menus and ID3 tag information without interfering with playback of the current track.

The New Orleans MP58 has a fixed 1-meter USB cable for connection and flexible placement of these external digital storage devices…

Clarion today announced their revolutionary Full Digital Sound audio system, the industry's first in-car audio system to maintain a digital audio signal from the source to the speaker voice coils, resulting in pristine sounding audio with zero loss in quality and no added noise from analog connections. Shifting away from the realm of ordinary, Clarion's new Full Digital Sound system was designed to deliver unprecedented purity and uncompromising quality for today's high-resolution audio tracks while improving power efficiency and reducing component count…

Kenwood unveils the NEXEDGE™ brand of conventional and trunked mobiles, portables and repeaters, incorporating new advanced digital narrow band technology designed for public service and enterprise users. NEXEDGE™ systems feature multi-mode operation, including 6.25/12.5 kHz NXDN™ digital mode featuring the NXDN digital air interface plus 25/12.5 kHz analog for easy migration from current communications systems.

The NEXEDGE product line includes the NX-300/300 portables, the NX-700/800 mobiles and the NXR-700/800 base units. Features include digital trunking for faster and more efficient calling capabilities, enhanced capacity and higher levels of security…

Bongiovi Acoustics announced today that it will display and demonstrate its ground-breaking Digital Power Station technology at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas January 7-10, 2008. The patented Digital Power Station technology is a unique digital signal processing method that substantially enhances sound quality in playback devices by compensating for deficiencies in useable frequencies, audio components, environments and room acoustics…

Today’s digital consumer is never far from his or her portable technology, whether at home, at work or in the car. Addressing the need for this technology in the car, Alpine today introduced its third generation of dedicated 1-DIN iPod Digital Media Receivers that give consumers a fully integrated iPod®/iPhone® experience in the car. The iDA-X305 and iDA-X303 receivers offer new and enhanced features for a more robust iPod-listening experience, and meet the specifications for “Made for iPod” and “Works with iPhone” compatibility. Alpine also is continuing its iDA-X200 Digital Media Receiver for 2009, which is “Made for iPod” compatible…

Sony announced Digital Link Sound System, a new product that easily installs and enhances the audio quality of factory head units. Digital Link Sound System will be available in two models, XDP-PK1000, an all-in-one package to optimize sound staging, and the XDP-MU110 model, a condensed version which integrates with existing or other subwoofers and amplifiers…

Kenwood USA announced the introduction of the two new in-dash digital media controller/receivers designed specifically for users of the Apple iPod, iPod Video, iTouch, iPhone, Microsoft’s Zune and Pandora internet radio.

The intended user is a dedicated portable media enthusiast and travels exclusively with digital music and video files instead of conventional CDs and DVDs. This user may have also embraced the discovery of new music via Pandora internet radio. Because of the unique and specialized application of these receivers, the CD transport has been eliminated…

Pioneer Electronics Inc. today launched two mono Class-D amplifiers to join its family of GM-series car stereo amplifiers. These new amplifiers are designed to combine high power output and high efficiency while simultaneously producing the high-fidelity audio Pioneer is known for. The GM-D7400M and GM-D8400M digital mono amplifiers, intended for powering large subwoofers, use digital technology that make them 80-95 percent more efficient than conventional class A/B amplifiers. Due to the increased efficiency, the physical size of the new amplifiers was also reduced by 45 percent, making them more compact and easier to install…

Pioneer today introduces 11 new CD receivers and five digital media receivers to enhance in-vehicle entertainment and connectivity. The DEH-S6010BS, DEH-S6000BS, DEH-S5010BT, DEH-S5000BT, DEH-S4010BT, DEH-S4000BT, DEH-S1000UB single-DIN models, and FH-S701BS, FH-S700BS, FH-S501BT and FH-S500BT double-DIN models, and the MVH-S600BS, MVH-S400BT, MVH-S501BS, MVH-S301BT and MVH-S300BT CD-free digital media models complete Pioneer’s lineup of 2017 in-dash receivers.

Pioneer also introduces six new TS-G speakers designed to improve existing factory speakers with enhanced bass performance…