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In our Crutchfield JVC KW-NT1 navigation receiver video , Zak puts the unit through its paces. He points out that its a double-sized stereo receiver with a generous 6.1" touchscreen. In the video Zak demonstrates how easy the touchscreen is to use with three key features: GPS navigation, Bluetooth®...
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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 what's about the dad who's on the go? Here's what...
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Our new ClarionMIND video features Tara and Zak out and about with this innovative GPS device. As they point out, the ClarionMIND Mobile Internet Navigation Device is actually a small computer with GPS functionality. Tara shows how you can plan a route using the GPS feature, and lets you hear the turn...
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Ken talks about the TomTom GO 930T and GO 730T portable GPS navigators in a Crutchfield.com Learning Center video we've just posted. Sitting in his truck, Ken explains the various features of the units, including Bluetooth® capability, the various maps available, and free one year subscription for FM...
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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, often wiping out months of work in a single night...
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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 to give this product a thorough test. We...
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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 getting one of my kids to call it. I couldn't tell...
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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 and meeting a master instrument maker in a third...
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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, you see a highly detailed rendition of the intersection...
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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 with the perfect accessory, the Garmin Forerunner...
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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, loosely defined as any activity which preoccupies...
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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 me as potentially misleading. If you talk to...
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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 time it did within seconds. I got sick of it myself...