Dual goes beyond iPod
Posted by: Wayne Cunningham
Fri Jan 06 10:14:00 PST 2006
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Dual's iplug adapter integrates car stereos and MP3 players.
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A Dual head unit displaying information from an MP3 player.
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Car stereo manufacturer Dual is one of the first to show off Microsoft PlaysForSure technology in a head unit, giving MP3 players, as well as iPods, full car integration. In the Dual display, an XDMP680 head unit, equipped with Dual's iPlug EAUSB20 adapter, controlled an MP3 player from iRiver. The head unit can navigate through songs, artists, genres, albums, and playlists. To make navigation seamless, the EAUSB20 adapter copies the file structure from the MP3 player, so there is no delay while browsing for music. Many of Dual's new head units are compatible with the EAUSB20 adapter, but only MP3 players that incorporate Microsoft's PlaysForSure platform will work with it.