Double-D Navigation Pioneer's AVIC-D1 is a double-DIN navigation solution with triple-X features. It's related to Pioneer's AVIC-N2, but it offers much more. A 6-1/2-inch monitor pops out from the head unit and gives touchscreen access to the AVIC's features. And check out these features: AM/FM radio tuner, CD, MP3, and WMA playback, XM Satellite-ready, and more. Two disc slots accommodate a music CD, for example, and the map DVD for the navigation system. With more than 11 million points of interest, route guidance, and street-level maps for the entire United States and Canada, the AVIC-D1 intends to guide travelers where they want to go. It's one thing to know where you're going; it's quite another to actually make it there through rough-and-tumble rush-hour traffic. That's why AVIC-D1 is ready for XM's NavTraffic service that provides real-time notification of traffic flow. For more information, contact: Pioneer, Dept TR, 2265 E. 220th St., Long Beach, CA 90810, (800) PIONEER, www.pioneerelectronics.com
Midrange Speaks With A Wicked Bahstan Accent Boston Acoustics' SX Series of midrange speakers come in six varieties: two component sets and four coaxials. This series replaces the company's NX Series. VariMount adapter rings that come with the SX60 component and SX65 coaxial models are designed to make installation almost drop-in easy. Type-S2 3/4-inch tweeters can be flush/angle or surface/angle mounted. The SX60 and SX50 components feature separable and dockable crossovers. The coaxial models use system-specific internal crossovers. For more information, contact: Boston Acoustics, Dept. TR, 300 Jubilee Dr., Peabody, MA 01960, (978) 538-5000, www.bostonacoustics.com
Bumpin' F-250s Super Duty drivers can now have the low freqs to go with their high-perf pickups. MTX's ThunderForms is cut to fit under the backseats of the '00-and-later Ford F-250 SuperCab and is textured and colormatched to the cab's interior. It comes loaded with a pair of Thunder4500 subwoofers and a Class-D, 200-watt amplifier. For more information, contact: MTX, Dept. TR, 4545 E. Baseline Rd., Phoenix, AZ 85042, (800) 225 5689, www.mtx.com.
Headrest DVD To Go
Sony's MV-700HR DVD player sports a 7-inch screen and either rests on a desk or hangs on a mounting bracket from your truck's headrests. A Memory Stick slot allows users to display photos from a camera or those stored on a computer that accepts Memory Stick. Built-in speakers and a headphone jack let users listen to a movie, music stored as MP3s or other digital formats, or radio programming from an FM tuner. For more information, contact: Sony, Dept. TR, 550 Madison Ave., New York, NY 10022, (877) 865-SONY, www.sony.com
Power Distribution
Mobile audio isn't always about the sexy stuff. Amplifiers, head units, and the like need power, and Scosche's EFX distribution blocks deliver it. Designed to match the cosmetics of the company's EFX Hyperdrive Pro amplifiers, these blocks will work with any system. They are available in four models. For more information, contact: Scosche Industries, Dept. TR, P.O. Box 2901, Oxnard, CA 93034, (800) 363-4490, www.scosche.com.