Pioneer Apple CarPlay Available for Installation - by Monney Redwood City - 650-299-9991

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The AVIC-8000NEX features Apple CarPlay (firmware update required). CarPlay is the smarter, safer and more fun way to use your iPhone^® in the car. CarPlay gives iPhone users an incredibly intuitive way to make calls, use Maps, listen to music and access messages with just a word or a touch

ENHANCED USER INTERFACEMore advanced than ever before, NEX features a responsive, powerful and intuitive touchscreen user interface that is easy to use and highly customizable. iPhone 4s or newer users can even control NEX and their smartphones using Siri Eyes Free mode. Clearly, NEX is designed specifically for today’s smartphone and tablet-driven lifestyle.

PINCH-AND-ZOOM NAVIGATIONThe flagship AVIC-8000NEX features the world’s first capacitive touchscreen in an aftermarket in-dash navigation system. Multi-touch gestures like pinch to zoom, plus simple swipe and scroll controls put everything NEX has to offer at your fingertips.

FUTURE OF NAVIGATIONNEX provides nationwide mapping and turn-by-turn directions with 7.9 million points-of-interest (POIs) for destination such as restaurants, gas stations and ATMs.

STAY CONNECTEDSync your compatible iOS, Android or MirrorLink smartphone with NEX for a truly connected experience, bringing many of your favorite apps right into the dashboard and letting you communicate using advanced high quality Bluetooth connectivity. NEX is compatible with iOS, Android™ or MirrorLink® smartphones for a truly connected experience. In addition to playing numerous sources and file formats, Pioneer’s AppRadio® Mode allows you to bring many of your favorite apps right into the dashboard.  All NEX models feature built-in Bluetooth® that enables both hands-free calling and wireless audio streaming. Including the latest Hands-Free Profile (HFP 1.6) with wideband speech capability, NEX provides more natural sound quality and details during wireless calls. When streaming music, NEX even let’s you browse and select the media stored on your smartphone using the AVRCP 1.4 profile, a first for a Pioneer in-dash receiver.

POWER OF SIRI® Eyes FreeUsers of an iPhone 4s or newer device can take advantage of Siri Eyes Free functionality. With a simple touch of the NEX touchscreen, Siri starts listening through the NEX unit’s external microphone and answers your questions and requests over the vehicle’s speakers, helping you keep your eyes on the road and your hands on the wheel.

SOUND QUALITY FOR ALLYour car and your music are as unique as you are. With a Pioneer NEX in-dash receiver, sound quality features like built-in Auto EQ and Time Alignment, 13-Band Graphic Equalizer with touch panel swipe settings and built-in high/low pass crossover with adjustable points and slopes provide you with the controls to tailor the listening experience to your vehicle and listening preferences. Your love of high-res audio does not need to stop at the front door.  Now for the first time in an aftermarket car stereo, you can enjoy FLAC files in your vehicle without the need to convert.  Pioneer’s NEX in-dash receivers are the first in the industry to offer playback of files encoded as high-res FLAC up to 192kHz/24 bit and provide playback output at CD quality.  With Pioneer, your high-res FLAC is no longer confined to your home hi-fi system – put your music on the move.

Expanding on Pioneer’s philosophy to enable consumers stay connected, MirrorLink opens the door to more smartphones that feature MirrorLink technology. MirrorLink gives you a custom interface so you can access your music, map services and your phone to make calls on-the-go, hands-free of course.

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Keep the party going with MIXTRAX^®, an innovative Pioneer technology that creates a non-stop mix of your music library complete with a range of DJ-inspired effects. Drawing from Pioneer’s rich DJ heritage and our passion for music, MIXTRAX delivers a unique DJ infused listening experience to those in the car. MIXTRAX takes the music from an iPhone, iPod, USB device, or certain Android devices and plays it back with added transitions and effects, creating a virtual DJ inside the Pioneer receiver.

MIXTRAX makes automatic remixing of tracks extra-quick and easy. Simply connect your USB compatible device and listen as tracks are joined by various random sound effects in non-stop-mix play to keep the groove going in full swing. 

MIXTRAX also features club-style illumination that enhances the mood with a dynamic dance club-like lighting effect. As MIXTRAX begins, lights start pulsing to the beat of the music, adding an extra level of entertainment. Choose among multiple patterns of lighting variations from sound pressure level or low-pass synchronization modes.

For more information, visit pioneerelectronics.com/mixtrax

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Aha^™ Radio provides you with up to the minute content made available from the convenience of Pioneer’s touchscreen interface. Listen to the latest Facebook^® updates or Tweets from your friends. Listen to thousands of stations that include internet radio, podcasts and audiobooks. Receive traffic information, restaurants and coffee locations personalized to you instantly, safely and easily.

Compatible with Apple iOS, as well as Android devices that support the Bluetooth Serial Port Profile (SPP). Simply download the free Aha Radio app to your iPhone or Android device and connect to the AVIC-8000NEX to control your own personalized entertainment experience. 

For more information, visit aharadio.com.

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Stay safe and obey local hands-free laws with built-in Bluetooth (HFP). Easily pair a Bluetooth enabled phone to the AVIC-8000NEX without having to go through complicated settings. When a registered Bluetooth device is in close proximity to the receiver, the auto connection function automatically pairs the two units.

If you have a compatible audio player device that also features built-in Bluetooth, you have the ability to wirelessly stream (A2DP) and control audio (AVRCP) to the receiver.

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The AVIC-8000NEX features a built-in HD Radio^™ tuner allows you to enjoy your radio in an all-new way. With HD Radio, you can listen to the radio in the same unmatched fidelity as your digital music. Your FM stations now with CD-quality sound, AM stations now with FM-quality sound, and crystal-clear reception with no audio distortion. It offers new extra local FM channels so you can enjoy more music, news, and sports – All 100% subscription FREE! 

For a complete list of HD Radio stations currently broadcasting in the United States or to learn more about HD Radio Technology, visit hdradio.com.

   

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The AVIC-8000NEX is SiriusXM-Ready^™ so you can listen to commercial-free music, all your favorite sports, exclusive talk and entertainment, comedy, news, traffic, weather, and more!. Simply connect the SiriusXM Connect Vehicle Tuner (SXV200) to the dedicated port on the rear of the receiver and control and enjoy satellite radio without additional translators or cables. Features like Tune Start, Tune Scan, Replay, and iTunes^® Tagging will be available on the receiver. The SiriusXM Connect Vehicle Tuner (SXV200) is sold separately. Also, a subscription to SiriusXM Radio is required. 

To learn more or to purchase the tuner, visit SiriusXM

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With AppRadio Mode, Pioneer has taken the technology from our revolutionary, game-changing AppRadio and placed it in the AVIC-8000NEX so you can experience control of compatible apps directly on your dash! When connected to an iPhone 5 or newer, or compatible Android smartphone with the correct interface cable (sold separately) and loaded with Pioneer's free AppRadio application, you can enjoy full on-screen access and control of your contacts, calendar, maps, and more! The intuitive interface is formatted and designed specifically for safer in-vehicle operation. Pioneer has teamed up with app providers to offer compatibility with many of today’s most popular in-vehicle apps, while also developing an expanding catalog of compatible apps for future features and functions that can be easily and seamlessly added.

Note: iPhone 5 or newer compatibility requires the purchase of the CD-IH202 interface cable kit (sold separately), Apple® Lightning Digital AV adapter (sold separately), and Apple Lightning to USB cable (sold separately).

To learn more, visit pioneerelectronics.com/appradiomode.

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AppRadioLIVE simplifies your drive by combining the information you need during your commute into a single, simple to use interface. It’s YOUR digital lifestyle connected. It was specifically designed based on feedback from our current AppRadio customers and offers quick and easy access to personalized information needed in the in-vehicle environment including: Maps, Media, News and Calendar. AppRadioLIVE pulls content from many different sources and services which you likely already have an account with. All you have to do is download the FREE AppRadioLIVE app and sync your services. All you information saved on those accounts will be pulled into the AppRadioLIVE interface.

For more information, visit pioneerappradiolive.com.

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Pandora is personalized internet radio that is designed to help you discover new music that you'll love mixed in with music that you already know. With the AVIC-8000NEX, you can enjoy superior sound quality and full control of the Pandora experience in your car directly from the touchscreen display of the receiver. You are able to give tracks "thumbs up" or "thumbs down," bookmark a song so you can purchase it later, easily switch between your personalized radio stations, and view full track data and album art.

Compatible with Apple iOS, as well as Android devices that support the Bluetooth Serial Port Profile (SPP). Simply download the free Pandora Radio app to your iPhone or Android device and connect to the AVIC-8000NEX and take your music to the next level. 

For more information and to sign up for a free account, visit pandora.com.

      

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Pioneer's AVIC-8000NEX is ready to roll with direct connectivity to your iPod or iPhone for music and video via an optional USB interface cable (sold separately) depending on your iOS device. Song, artist, time and album information are beautifully displayed on the 7" touchscreen. Powerful searching tools such as Link Play and Alphabet Search to help you find content faster. The system's wired USB connection provides direct digital signal transfer from the device for clean, clear sound while providing 1 amp of current to keep your iPod/iPhone charged.

     

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Keep your factory features and expand your level of in-vehicle connectivity with Pioneer NEX and iDatalink Maestro RR. When your AVIC-8000NEX receiver is installed into a compatible vehicle using the iDatalink Maestro RR (sold separately), you’ll be able to enjoy the performance and features of the AVIC-8000NEX receiver plus touchscreen control over key factory audio features. The AVIC-8000NEX supports factory functions via the iDatalink Maestro RR including: Steering Wheel Controls, Media Player (including the factory AUX-in and USB ports), Hands-Free Telephone, Voice Commands, Satellite Radio, and Secondary Display Support.

For more information, visit maestro.idatalink.com

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The AVIC-8000NEX offers a comprehensive map database from HERE^® covering the entire United States (including Alaska and Hawaii), Canada, and Puerto Rico, enabling users to route to millions of destinations including 7.9 million points-of-interest (POIs).

As a component of the Naviextras^* feature, the AVIC-8000NEX ensures that you have the most recent map database available for this receiver at the time of purchase. Customers who purchase Pioneer NEX products from authorized Pioneer dealers are eligible to update to the latest available map database free of charge during the first 45 days of operation (from the unit’s first receipt of an active GPS signal).  To update the map database, visit Naviextras' website to download the Naviextras Toolbox.

^*The Naviextras feature is only compatible after you install firmware update version 1.06 or later.

Partnering with Clear Channel Broadcasting Inc, the built-in traffic tuner provides real-time traffic data for over 90 major cities in North America, including Canada. Check your commute route in advance or re-route to your destination to avoid traffic congestion. There is no subscription cost and no annoying on-screen advertisements. With our traffic tuner, now you are ready to navigate stress-free!

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The AVIC-8000NEX allows rear seat passenger to enjoy audio or video content on additional rear seat monitors and headphones, even while the front passenger and driver listen to audio from other sources or operate navigation functions simultaneously.

 source: http://www.pioneerelectronics.com/PUSA/Car/GPS-Navigation/AVIC-8000NEX

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Back up Camera Installation Redwood City - Preventing driveway tragedies: Rear cameras help drivers see behind them - by Monney Redwood City - 650-299-9991

Rear cameras are more effective than parking sensors at helping drivers avoid objects while traveling in reverse, but they don't help in every situation, a new IIHS study shows.

The study, conducted with volunteer drivers in an empty parking lot in the Los Angeles area, indicates that cameras would help prevent more backover crashes into pedestrians in the vehicle's blind zone than parking sensors. Surprisingly, cameras by themselves worked better than sensors and cameras combined.

Rearview camera display in a 2014 Audi A6

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"Right now cameras appear to be the most promising technology for addressing this particularly tragic type of crash, which frequently claims the lives of young children in the driveways of their own homes," says David Zuby, the Institute's executive vice president and chief research officer.

An estimated 292 people are killed and 18,000 injured each year by drivers who back into them, usually in driveways or parking lots. Young children and elderly people are most likely to be killed in such crashes. Backover risk is increased by the large blind zones of many vehicles, which prevent drivers from seeing objects behind the rear bumper, especially objects that are low to the ground. SUVs and pickup trucks typically have the biggest blind zones, and they are involved in more backover crashes than cars.

Measuring blind zones

The research with volunteer drivers was the second of two IIHS studies that looked at how parking sensors and backup cameras increase visibility and help drivers avoid backovers. The first one measured the visibility of children to an average-size male driver in 21 vehicles, all 2010-13 models, and the degree to which each kind of technology improved visibility and detection.

In the visibility study, researchers used a pole painted with different bands to represent the average height and head size of a 12-15 month-old, a 2½-3 year-old and a 5-6 year-old. The pole was placed at various points behind each vehicle to see which portions of it were visible. The band representing the 12-15 month-old was much harder to see than the bands representing older children. On average, if it was anywhere within about 27 feet of the rear bumper, it couldn't be seen using glances and mirrors alone.

Without added technology, large SUVs were found to have the worst rear visibility, while small cars had the best. In general, the larger the vehicle, the worse the visibility.

However, the Hyundai Sonata, a midsize car, was an exception. At 263 square feet, its blind zone for a 12-15 month-old was 42 percent larger than that of the F-150 pickup truck. The Sonata's large blind zone is due in part to an extremely sloped rear window and tall rear trunk lid, while the F-150 benefited from large side mirrors designed to help with towing.

Backup cameras reduced the blind zone by about 90 percent on average. Parking sensors, which use ultrasonic sound waves or radar to detect objects around the vehicle, also reduced blind zones, but not as much. In the eight vehicles that had both technologies, the parking sensors had a small added benefit of 2-3 percentage points beyond the reductions provided by the cameras alone.

Rear visibility in a typical SUV: 2013 Chevrolet Equinox LTZ

This diagram shows how a rearview camera improves a driver's field of view in a typical SUV. It depicts the visibility of an average 12-15-month-old child (30 inches tall) behind the Chevrolet Equinox LTZ, using the camera, as well as mirrors, an over-the-shoulder glance and rear parking sensors. On its own, the camera would provide visibility in most of the space measured, but would leave areas near the bumper where a child couldn't be seen. When the camera is used in combination with the side mirrors and parking sensors, the blind zone — represented by the area that remains white when all buttons are clicked — is greatly reduced but doesn't disappear entirely. Relying on a right shoulder glance alone, the child would be visible only off to the right of the SUV and starting 35 feet from the rear bumper. Little if any of the area being measured would be covered by a left shoulder glance, and for that reason it isn't included in the diagram.

How drivers use technology

The study with volunteer drivers built on this work by allowing researchers to see how drivers use the technologies and whether they prevent crashes.

The analysis was based on the experience of 111 volunteers using a 2013 Chevrolet Equinox LTZ. The Equinox was chosen because it was a high-volume midsize SUV, and in the earlier visibility measurements it had neither the smallest nor the largest blind zone. The purpose of the study was disguised from the volunteers, who were told they were there to evaluate the SUV's entertainment and information systems. After completing some parking maneuvers and tasks such as tuning the radio and reading from a navigation display, they were then told to back out of a spot and return to where they had left their personal vehicles. As they backed out, a foam cutout of a child-size crash test dummy was put in the vehicle's backing path.

In some cases, the foam dummy was stationary behind the vehicle, while in other cases it moved into the vehicle's path from the driver's side. Few of the volunteer drivers hit the object if it was moving, and neither the backup camera nor the parking sensors provided a statistically significant benefit in those cases. The proportion of drivers who collided with the stationary object was 4 times as large as the proportion that collided with the moving object. Drivers with the rearview camera alone had the fewest collisions with the stationary object; 56 percent of them hit it. In contrast, all the drivers who had no technology hit the stationary object, while parking sensors alone helped just 1 out of 16 drivers avoid a crash.

For drivers who had both the camera and the sensors, the benefit wasn't as great as with the camera alone. Three-quarters of these drivers hit the stationary object. It may be that the sensors, which detect objects up to 8 feet behind the vehicle at speeds less than 5 mph, gave drivers a false sense of security, so they paid less attention to the camera display. Slightly fewer drivers who had both cameras and sensors looked at the camera display at least once than drivers who had only cameras, and they spent a smaller proportion of time looking at the camera display while backing, but these differences weren't statistically significant.

"The sensors might be more useful if they had a larger range and could provide an earlier warning," says David Kidd, an IIHS research scientist and the lead author of both studies. "Even when drivers braked in response to the sensor, few collisions were prevented."

Rearview cameras didn't prevent all collisions, even when properly used. When the stationary object was in the shade, for example, nearly every driver who looked at the display still hit it. In the real world, weather and lighting conditions would likely affect the usefulness of cameras. These issues may help explain why HLDI didn't find consistent reductions in insurance claims when it studied camera systems offered by Mazda and Mercedes-Benz (see Status Report special issue: crash avoidance, July 3, 2012).

The research into backing technologies comes as the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) is considering whether to require cameras on passenger vehicles. Congress directed the agency in 2008 to expand the required field of view behind a vehicle. NHTSA hasn't yet finalized the regulation but previously indicated that cameras are the only technology available that could meet the congressional mandate. The agency announced in September 2013 that it would be adding rearview cameras to the list of recommended features in its vehicle safety ratings.

In comments to NHTSA, the Institute has said it supports efforts to encourage rearview cameras. At the same time, it has urged the agency to require that a certain minimum amount of space around a vehicle be directly visible using backward glances and mirrors.

"Having an available rearview video system on a vehicle model should not justify design choices that restrict direct visibility around the vehicle," the Institute wrote in a July comment.

Manufacturers also may be able to improve the technological options. Both cameras and sensors likely would be more effective if they were combined with automatic rear braking technology. Autobrake for front crash prevention has been found to be more effective at preventing or mitigating frontal crashes than warning systems alone.

source: http://www.iihs.org/iihs/news/desktopnews/preventing-driveway-tragedies-rear-cameras-help-drivers-see-behind-them

by Russ Rader

“My number one goal, whether you spend $1 or $10,000 is to ensure you have the best soluton for your budget, with the best service and a great experience.”

-Leo Monney

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