Choosing for an ideal car stereo system can be a difficult decision for us. There are so many options you can add choose from in deciding what would best fit your needs. Likewise, you have to consider the quality of the product so that it will suffice you and most of all will purposely meet your need for it.

Nowadays, entertainment has been a sought after especially by kids. And some car manufacturers provide it through embedding a car stereo system inside the car during a purchase. But, it is not a good idea if you settle to what you only have if the system you had is really not enough. Many car owners are also starting to have their car upgraded, likewise, upgrading the car system commonly starts inside. Car stereo system is one of the most in common that is being upgraded and customized.

There are so many ways you can do and have when deciding for some car stereo installation. Equipping with some special features are one of the newest crazes that is common when speaking of pimping cars. And when you are planning for some better audio, you have to look for car dealers regarding it.

Most common car lovers prefer to have bigger ones for a much louder and extensive audio. Likewise, regardless of the size of your system keep in mind of the quality of product should be considered. There are so many features you can decide to put inside your car. This includes mainly that Bluetooth wireless for hands free use of the cell phone, navigation system, satellite radio for a real time traffic, etc. This feature provides many convenient ways while inside your beloved car.

It is never a bad idea to have your car upgraded. But, it is recommended to start pimping your car with the car stereo. In addition, always keep in mind that it is not necessary to spend more for it, only choose those that would serve its purpose for your needs.

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Navigation system is a GPS electronic device or a system that is adjusted in cars and trucks to determine the time map of the vehicle location. This also helps to give step by step direction to required destination. So, navigation system locates and determines the right direction.

Currently, many mobile phones especially those with high models are also widely available with these navigation systems. This will help you to locate the right and accurate position. Moreover, there are number of software also available in this regard. These can be downloaded easily on your hand set. Such software will further assist you in mapping services to locate various destinations. Moreover, routes can be calculated easily with the help of these systems. Sometimes it also happens that many high models of mobile phones come with such software. The systems are pre installed in these mobiles. However, they cost more due to this pre-installation offer.

Some mobile sets offer these advanced navigation systems. Many vendors have been offering mapping solutions for the users. However, with the passage of time this basic mapping solution was excluded and voice navigation system was introduced. This system is more useful and comfortable especially while you drive. Moreover, many of such mobile phones are entitled to download the latest and the current versions of different maps plus free voice navigation application. You can find this voice in different languages. It is up to your selection and preference of language. Moreover both male and female voices are offered to the users. Usually maps of up to seventy countries are also included for the users.

If we talk about internet and the systems, we will see that Google also offers different mapping services to its users. Moreover, you can also download free software from Google in your mobiles and computers.

Dension have announced the latest product in a long line of iPod car kit adapters. The Dension Lite is the newest kit that will be replacing the Gateway 100 and Gateway 300 for vehicles with CAN systems.

Dension have simplified the Lite kit, which some people may find a bit odd? A new kit with fewer navigation options than its predecessor. However due to the majority of vehicles stereo’s unable to support text display the previous Dension kits were often difficult to navigate and use. Resulting in users becoming a little frustrated in the products. Due to the complex menu structure the gateway 100 and 300 were only really suitable when text display is present.

The Dension Gateway Lite Negates the need for Text to be displayed on the stereo by utilising a much simpler operating method. Once the device is connected press the CD button on your vehicles stereo and you will start to receive audio from the iPod. The iPods click wheel controls the music selection while the steering wheel controls allows the user to skip forward and backward through tracks, providing a far superior system over the gateway 100 and 300.

Updating the controls isn’t all that Dension have modified on the Gateway Lite, It comes as standard with USB integration. So you can connect up to 8Gb of additional music to browse through. The method of navigation for the USB is different as there is no click wheel to operate from. However the operations are still simple. Just press CD button 6 to select the USB, and buttons 1-5 to select which albums / Playlists are played.

The Dension Gateway Lite is great value for money, as its much cheaper than its real equivalent the Dension gateway 300. In fact its nearly half price if you only require USB connectivity.

Dension Will be discontinuing the non Text compatible Gateway 100 and 300 units soon and rolling out the Newer Lite Kits is already underway.

Once you’ve decided to purchase an iPod car kit, inevitably you’ve chosen the Gateway Lite produced by Dension. You only have one further obstacle to hurdle, the installation. There are two options available to you for installing the kit. The first option, Pay a professional engineer to install the kit, either travelling to them or they can travel to you. The second option, is to install the iPod car kit yourself. Which is by far the more cost effective option and probably most convenient too. See below an installation guide to judge whether your capable of the installation, should you choose to go ahead.

The installation of the Gateway lite is fairly simple and pain free. Although this is a generic installation guide, it will suit 99% of vehicles.

Before you begin the installation, please remove the keys from the ignition and check that any radio codes are recorded for future reference.

Step one is to remove your car stereo, this will usually involve radio removal tools which will vary depending on what vehicle you have. Radio removal keys are readily available and the majority of online shops or traditional vehicle based retail outlets stock them. Radio removal tools are extremely convenient and can save you a lot of time and energy. This should take between 1-5 minutes

Step two is to remove the harnesses from the back of the stereo, Most vehicles have a Quadlock connection, this is a fairly large connection block that houses the wires to and from the stereo. If the Harness is a Quadlock connection the Dension harness will usually replicate the original harness exactly. The Dension Lite harness simply fits into the vehicle harness and then back to the stereo, basically a link between the vehicle and the stereo.

If the vehicle doesn’t have a Quadlock connection, the gateway lite harness fits into the CD changer port on the the back of the stereo. Usually located in the top right of the stereo as your looking at the back of it. Most of the time the harness simply connects straight into place, however occasionally the harness may have to be connected into the original harness then re-connected. This stage should take 2 minutes.

Step three is to connect the Gateway Lite PCB (the little black box) to the Dension harness, its the most straight forward step of the installation. This will take 30 seconds.

Step Four is to connect the iPod dock and USB extension cable to the PCB, again very straight forward. Once this stage is done its usually a good idea to turn ignition on to check the system works. (Follow the user manual to perform the operations for iPod/USB track selection) Again this will take 1-2 minutes.

Step five, Route the cables through into position within the vehicle, this is usually the most time consuming part of the installation. Depending on the vehicle this can be a complex job and may require the removal of some of the fascia / Dashboard. This part of the installation may take up to 30 minutes depending on difficulty, especially if you want a professionally installed look.

Step Six, replace the stereo into its fittings. Read the operational instructions from Dension and enjoy the use of your iPod and all of your music while you’re driving.

So you are thinking of installing some Infinity car speakers. It’s not the easiest thing to do, especially if you haven’t tried it before, so how can you guarantee you will get the best out of them? Here are a few things to think about before you start the job.

The first thing to do is to make sure you are using the right Infinity car amplifier otherwise you may find you continuously blow your speakers. This is not a problem with the manufacturer but rather you the user.

Car audio speakers will blow for two reasons. The first most people understand i.e. you have pumped too much power into them. So if yours are rated at 200 watts and you are pumping 500 watts into them, what do you expect to happen?

The second reason they could be blowing is down to your amplifier not being strong enough. Let’s use an extreme example. Say you were using a 100 watt amp with 1000 watt speakers. You like listening to your CDs at 500 watts. Your amp will work to provide you with the music but it will be distorted. By the time your human ear has picked up on this distortion the damage will have been done and your speakers will blow out.

This is quite a common problem. As people can hear the music playing they don’t think it is an issue to use a car amplifier with less wattage than their speakers. When the latter keep blowing they blame the technology. If this is happening to you, upgrade your amp and at the same time get your alternator checked to make sure it is strong enough to support the amplifier. If your lights dim when you play your stereo, that is your alternators way of telling you there is an issue!

Your car battery wasn’t designed to run your in-car stereo system so if you have parked up you still need to have the engine on while using your new Infinity car speakers.