Life Without a GPS Navigation system in your car.

GPS Navigation has been around as long as time itself. Even the Mayan’s utilized a very primitive form of navigation by way of looking up at the stars to determine their position. Granted, now a days we have technology looking up at the satellites in the sky instead, but the principles are actually similar. The first commercially available electronic navigation system was released in the early 1980′s, although originally they didn’t rely on GPS (Global Positioning System) technologies until the early 1990′s.

Most people reading this will have never even HELD a paper map in their hand.

Gone are the days where you are holding a paper map and trying to figure out where you are and how to get where you are going. Forget about stopping for directions. No need to worry about ‘mapping’ directions to where you are going before you leave the house. Now is the time for modern day GPS Navigation systems.

There are quite a few reasons for getting a GPS navigation system in your car. Chances are you spend a lot of time driving in your car, getting to work and back, running errands and having a little bit of fun. (It’s estimated the average american spends over 26 hours in their vehicle each week). All of that time puts wear and tear on your vehicle, and filling up can drain your wallet and the less amount of time you can spend in your vehicle, the more time you can spend LIVING OUR LIFE.

GPS Navigations systems can help you get to where your going FASTER, by showing you a step by step guide to where you are going. GPS Navigation systems select the optimal route (meaning best overall driving conditions; speed, length, ETC). GPS Because you get to where you are going quicker and driving less miles you are spending less time in your car meaning you can spend more time living your life. Plus, less mileage/time equals less gas consumed and where in tear put on your vehicle. Literally in cash / time savings alone GPS Navigations will often pay for themselves 10x in under a year.

Even the most expensive factory GPS system is often 3 years behind a new aftermarket system.

GPS Navigation system has become so popular that most vehicle manufacturers offer it as an option on all new vehicles. However, factory GPS navigation systems will always be behind aftermarket systems in the form or performance and information. This isn’t an issue of them being behind, its simply a supply chain issue. Most vehicles are released 1 year before their model year. Most vehicles are designed, engineered and assembled almost 3 years before they are released, this is because of the sheer number of vehicles they make and how long it takes to manufacturer all the parts that go into modern vehicles as well as assemble them. Keep this in mind when opting for the factory GPS navigation system. It’s bad enough your vehicle depreciates the moment you drive it off the lot, but your factory GPS Navigation system is already 3 years old the day you buy it.

Aftermarket GPS Navigation systems, by makes like Kenwood, Alpine, Pioneer and more, offer so many more features than factory GPS Navigation systems. The majority of the GPS Navigation systems we sell feature the ability to play DVD videos, IPOD / SMARTPHONE INTEGRATION, Bluetooth hands free calling, AM/FM/CD and alot of newer units have the ability to do internet streaming audio.

Kenwood Excelon Garmin based GPS Navigation system

Some of our GPS Navigation systems feature turn by turn directions, local Road speeds, upcoming traffic conditions, estimated arrival times, address lookup, over 10 million points of interest and thousands of other features. Our state of the art in dash GPS Navigation solutions aren’t just GPS systems  like most portable navigations. They instead are small in dash computers driven by a windows platform allowing you access to MORE INFORMATION, QUICKER, than an inferior portable navigation will.

Most portable navigation systems don’t have the computing or memory capacity to be able to offer the same amount of information we can in an in dash GPS navigation system. Plus now with nav-traffic features giving you updated traffic and weather information, you can ensure that you and your family will get to and from as quickly and safely as possible.

We can add GPS Navigation to nearly any vehicle or screen.

Already have a mobile video screen in your dash? No problem, we can integrate into your existing mobile video system and do a GPS Navigation add-on. However, for best functionality a nice KENWOOD ALL-IN-ONE GPS Navigation system will certainly hit the spot. Don’t think navigation is in your budget? No worries, allow one of our sales / install technicians work you out the best package possible and take advantage of our Layaway and financing programs. No matter what your budget and needs are, Alarms, ETC has a solution in stock and available today just for you!