Thursday, May 29, 2014

Kenwood brings full Android experience to your car – Android World

About phone or tablet wants to come fully into its own in the car with Kenwood and JVC correctly. They make it possible not only to flip to the car radio, the image of your Android phone, you can completely control your phone using the large touch screen of the audio system.



True mirroring

Headunits who somehow have a link with Android there are of course some time. Consider the line of Parrot Asteroid which is running on Android, or the popular Pioneer AppRadio of providing access to specific apps on your phone.

The new generation of car audio systems Kenwood and JVC is now going one step further, however: a fully controlled copy of your Android phone or tablet on the touchscreen of your car radio. In this German film shows how this True mirroring technology works.



MHL or Slim Port Required

In order to use the system make a phone or tablet requires that supports MHL or Slim Port. Along that road can be created using the HDMI connector on the back of the device, after which you can plug in a phone. Or tablet (including adapter) a connection The HDMI cable that leaves the car radio is typically routed to the center console or the glove box, so everything is hidden from view, easily accessible, and the battery of your phone immediately recharged.

Then to select on the touch screen of the audio system, the HDMI / MHL input is sufficient and let it serve as himself on the phone itself. This offers an almost endless stream of possibilities for in-car entertainment, such as navigation or cheap calls, streaming music or movies and so on.

Entertainment Center

The new systems not only to Android-related activities. limited natural All so they play CD / DVD discs out (with support for many video and audio codecs including FLAC), they have a three-band radio tuner on board and support them both hands-free calling and music streaming via Bluetooth.

On the back is also a USB connection and the necessary analog audio and video connections. This makes it possible to display to connect. Parkeermanoevres with additional amplifiers or the image of a rear camera automatically The car audio systems themselves are each equipped with a 6.1 -. Or 7-inch wide screen with a WVGA resolution of 800 by 480 pixels

From 449 euro

Kenwood and JVC (two separate brands, but part of the same holding) each offer different variants with support for True Mirroring. Prices start at 449 euros at Kenwood for DDX5025BT, and go up to 1,299 euros for the DNN9250DAB with Wi-Fi. Here you find an overview of the range of JVC.

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