It is very cool to see how the latest revolution of car industry and technology influence our daily life. Something we often see in the dash can not be simply called car radio due to its various functions and features.
Let’s start from the very beginning of the car era, like the era when home radio was built into the car. In that time, it is really the only option for all of us. You could of course go with the DIY home radio installation process, which is not that difficult at all. Now it is not that easy for you to find that special car coming with a factory home made radio in the car market nowadays.
Later in the 60s the development of reel-to-reel players into 8-track cartridges can be seen, while by the late 70s the 8-track cartridges evolved into the cassette tapes. In the year of 1985, you could see the first modern car CD player throughout the world.
With the development of high technology, you can feel that digital and the path of the computer system is the trend of evolution of the car electronics, which have been widely applied in most of the same technologies. The data has the trend to shrink down to the smallest physical units.
Hey, a question. Do you still remember the look of the car phone? Actually it is a real, true car phone of the first generation. In order to make use of the phone, you need to wire it to the car. What a hard nut to crack it is! It is easy for you to make the comparison between the car audio equipment nowadays and the ones of generation past. The one of older generation looks quite retro while the modern one seems prehistoric. Sometimes it is hard for you to imagine at what kind of rate the car technology is developing.
Nowadays a number of high technologies are integrated into one unit which controls movies, Bluetooth, music, radio, communication, and others that we have never thought or dreamed about. MP3 has become a fundamental part of car audio for almost two decades. Due to the modern Bluetooth technology, you can experience the perfect integration of cell phones. And more and more we are seeing these control units incorporating features and abilities of our computers and smart phones.
Have you ever noticed the latest controllers created which is designated for car travel? – For example, controllers Sony's MirrorLink or the Clarion Next GATE – they all include the popular apps everyone uses today: Streaming radio, Facebook, Twitter, GPS, and the ability to add more, too. It is quite amazing to have so many functions at your fingertips.
