Let’s face it, not all of us are experts at everything. Maybe you’re an electrician or engineer and love to work on projects around the house. You might even be savvy when it comes to cars. You change your own oil and do your own brake jobs. Hey, if you can, why not, right? So, […]
Google’s Waze offers the Best in Navigation
It’s not often that a piece of software creates a significant impact on our daily lives. Milestone social media apps like Facebook and Twitter most certainly remain in the limelight, but when it comes to actually being productive, Waze is a major step forward in navigation apps for our smartphones. In the summer of 2017, […]
Toyota Tacoma Remote Starter And More For Keizer Client
A client from Keizer, Oregon, contacted Kingpin Car & Marine Audio about doing some work to his 2015 Toyota Tacoma. He had a list of items that he wanted: a remote car starter, heated seats, window tint, paint protection and, if possible, navigation. We met with the client and reviewed the options for his truck. […]
Modern Navigation Systems for Today’s Vehicles
Paper maps used to be the only way of planning route navigation. Before you, or perhaps your parents, set out on vacation, you would pick up maps for each state or province you planned to drive through, lay them out on the kitchen or dining room table, and highlight the route to take. The problem […]
Adding Navigation to the Factory Color Screen in Your Vehicle
Let’s say you purchased a brand-new Dodge Journey, Chevy Silverado or Ford F-150. The vehicle has a big color display for the audio system, and it may even show the heating and air conditioning controls on the same screen. But alas, it would have cost several thousand dollars to add the factory navigation system because […]