Get a Bug in Your Ear
Portable music devices like the iPod are a great way to catch your favorite tunes while walking to work each day, if you live in Manhattan. But if your morning commute means a long drive through rush-hour traffic, it would be nice to listen to the music stored in your portable player over your car stereo. The AudioBug from Mito lets you do just that. It plugs into almost any playback device - MP3 player, PDA, laptop computer - and broadcasts the signal to any radio receiver within a 15-foot radius. Then, you simply tune to 88.1, 88.3, 88.5, or 88.7 on your radio dial and prepare for thumpin' enjoyment. If no audio is detected after 80 seconds, the AudioBug shuts off to save battery life. For more information, contact: Mito, Dept. TR, 54905 C.R. 17, Elkhart, IN 46516, (800) 433-6486, www.mitocorp.com.

Olympic Performance
Well known for its gold-medal lineup, MB quart offers an entry-level subwoofer for those not yet ready to trade up to the company's big time. The Discus subwoofer shares with MB quart's top-line offerings a cast basket that uses strategically placed legs at the woofer's pressure points, allowing a lighter weight design. Other shared elements include a hard plastic screw concealing ring, inverted surround, cone strengthening parabolic dust cap, and the I Term wiring terminal. Three models comprise this product line, ranging in sizes of 10, 12, and 15 inches. For more information, contact: MB Quart Electronics, Dept. TR, 2055 E. 5th St., Ste. R6, Tempe, AZ 85281, (800) 962-4412, www.mbquart.com.

Flip-Down Window to the World
In the compact world of in-car video, watching a movie such as Black Hawk Down on a tiny, head-rest-mounted monitor can sometimes resemble squinting at a battlefield through the periscope sight of tank. To get a bird's-eye view of the battlefield, bigger is always better. The OV151F 15-inch widescreen TFT flip-down monitor from Optiview uses a 16:9 format and has a viewing angle of 140x110 degrees so that viewers can catch all the action on screen. Two built-in stereo speakers operate independently of your truck's sound system. Video inputs include AV and S-Video, and are compatible with NTSC, PAL, and SECAM. Plug in a DVD, VCP, TV tuner, or video game console, and your kids might even forget that they need to go to the bathroom during those long hauls on summer vacation. For more information, contact: Optiview, Dept. TR, 18601 S. Susana Rd., Rancho Dominguez, CA 90221, (310) 223-0400, www.optiviewmobilevideo.com

Sputnik's Legacy
Who knew that the launch of the Soviet's spunky little space ball would lead to the creation of today's low-tech/high-tech hybrid known as satellite radio? Panasonic teamed up with another artificial star in the sky, Sirius Satellite Radio, to bring extraterrestrial programming to the automotive environment. The CR-SRF100 satellite system channels satellite signals into your car audio system's head unit via a receiver and a controller/FM modulator. Features include - but are not limited to - a 16-character, two-line, scrolling-character display that shows channel, music category, song title, and artist name; a rotary knob; channel seek; channel presets; preset seek; category search; VFD status display; and RCA and auxiliary audio outputs. For more information, contact: Panasonic, Dept. TR, Panazip 2F-3, One Panasonic Way, Secaucus, NJ 07094, (800) 211-7262, www.panasonic.com.

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