Use & Enjoy Your A/V Gear : GPS

Father's Day Gift Ideas-- Part 3: Travel Accessories

Chad — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 13:00:00 GMT

As a Crutchfield advisor, I'm often asked for gift ideas. In part 1 , I offered up some gift suggestions for the dad thinking about an iPod (or who already has one). I listed a few things that might go well with his new flat-panel HDTV in part 2 . But...(read more)

GPS Locators and Wildlife Preservation

Gabrielle — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 13:34:00 GMT

We've talked at length about the Zoombak Personal Locator , a GPS system designed to help you track and find your pets. But what if you're dealing with an elephant? In Kenya, communities near wildlife preserves suffer when elephants raid their crops,...(read more)

The Zoombak GPS Locator: It Found Me

Gabrielle — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 13:10:00 GMT

In my last post , I talked about the Zoombak GPS Locator — a small device designed to help you keep track of your stuff. It sounded like a very cool, sci-fi idea, tailor-made for People Who Lose Things (like me), so I convinced my comrades here at Crutchfield...(read more)

Zoombak To Me, Baby

Gabrielle — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 20:59:00 GMT

I lose things. A lot. I have elaborate rituals to help me keep up with my employee ID, my keys, and the fact that I've held onto my most recent pair of glasses for 4 months is a major victory. Most mornings, the only way I can find my cell phone is by...(read more)

Discovering the joys of navigation

MLS — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 13:56:00 GMT

Like many other Crutchfield employees, I’m a musician in a parallel life . Recently, I took a couple of days off to make a music-related sojourn to my north. My musical partner and I were going to be working in two recording studios in two different cities...(read more)

The NAVIGON 7100 delivers accurate guidance with photo-realistic views

Dominic — Fri, 16 Nov 2007 13:31:00 GMT

Need a user-friendly GPS navigation device for your holiday travels? Looking for a mind-blowing gift? The NAVIGON® 7100 includes a unique RealityView™ feature that displays photo-realistic images of complicated intersections. When RealityView™ kicks in...(read more)

A (Garmin) Forerunner is a Runner Girl’s Best Friend

Deb G — Fri, 05 Oct 2007 17:16:00 GMT

I have a friend we call 6 point 2. She earned that nickname because the first time she ran with a GPS personal trainer, she was so excited to track her actual mileage, she would enthusiastically call it out. “6.2 miles! 6.2!” Thus began the love affair...(read more)

Don't let your mobile electronics distract you from your driving

Dominic — Thu, 12 Jul 2007 21:15:00 GMT

Did you know that driver distraction is a contributing cause of 20 to 30 percent of all motor vehicle crashes - about 1.2 million accidents per year? digitaldriver.org , a site published by the Consumer Electronics Association . >Distracted driving...(read more)

What makes the biggest difference when the GPS meets the road?

Jim R — Thu, 14 Jun 2007 17:48:00 GMT

If you surf online forums with threads devoted to GPS, you see a lot of back-and-forth about the relative merits of NAVTEQ vs. TeleAtlas map software. Since both companies are constantly updating their products, these discussions, while interesting, strike...(read more)

Do you play "stump the GPS"?

Jim R — Tue, 22 May 2007 18:40:00 GMT

Point of interest. While looking over the customer reviews for one of our best-selling portable navigation units, I stumbled across this amusing submission: "My husband got a kick out of taking wrong turns to see if the GPS caught his 'mistakes.' Each...(read more)