CEA announces connection standard for portable media players

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Calgoldenbear @ May 15th 2007 3:02PM

My guess is this is aimed squarely at the auto market. Car manufacturer's are claiming iPod docks which are noithing more than Auxillary inputs on the stock stereo. Aftermarket stereos have iPod compatability and some have USB, but they want something that can control all of these and sit in a sturdy cradle. I wouldn't be surprised if there were some kind of pressure to get drivers to use their stereo controls instead of looking down at their PMP while driving.

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Ian @ May 15th 2007 3:09PM

This is soley the reason I have an iPod. I can control it from my Kenwood head unit. If I could control a Zune or Zen from my head unit, I'd do it. My head unit also has a USB plug that works pretty well with a generic thumb drive too. I only use this for audio books though since I don't like having audio books on my iPod cuz it muddies iTunes cuz theres 65 files with the same name.

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