Camaro Stereos & Electronic Systems:
The pure race vehicle will not be equipped with items found on this page as driver and passenger comforts and accessories will be viewed as useless extra weight. For those who spend most of their time on the road; stereos, speaker systems, radar detectors and a GPS will be considered as essential as a performance cam or nitrous to a racer.
Stereos:
Money and battery power are the only the real limits. These manufacturers are capable of building enough sound to power a private concert in your car.- Crutchfield: What fits?
- Alpine
- Audiovox
- Blaupunkt
- Clarion
- Fujitsu 10: Eclipse: In dash stereo and GPS
- Jensen
- Kenwood
- Kicker - speakers and amps
- JVC
- Panasonic
- Pioneer
- Sony
- Bose: Speakers
- Infinity: Speakers
- JBL: Speakers
- MTX: Speakers and enclosures
- Polk Audio: Speakers
- PowerAcoustik: Speakers, Auto-video displays.
- Rockford Fosgate: Amps and speakers
| Kicker | 
Powered subwoofer for the Gen 5 Camaro |
Satellite radio:
Accessories:
- Scosche: Stereo connectors and installation kits
- Dynamat: Sound insulation
- DakotaDigital: Electronic antennas
- Silent Coat: Silent Coat (acoustic dampening)
- SubZone: Speaker enclosures
| Silent Coat | 
Acoustic dampening: the purpose of applying this material to metal panels is so that they do not resonate and produce a poor quality sound of their own. When applied to exterior panels it will help reduce exterior road noise. A positive side effect is that it can also provide thermal insulation. |
Kenwood "Stealth":
The "stealth" line of Kenwood stereos seeks to hide the stereo faceplate thus hiding the brand and model from thieves. It is also indistinguishable from a removable face-plate which when missing renders the stereo inoperable. The sole purpose is to make your stereo less tempting to thieves.
| Closed and Stealthy |  |
| In transition |  |
| Open and operational |  |
GPS:
Ubiquitous and indispensable even when you think you know your big city.
CB:
While popular in the 70's with both truckers and motorists CBs are no longer very popular leaving the CB airwaves almost silent. It does save you from mobile roaming fees when traveling with a convoy of friends. It is more popular in the 4x4 community.
Police Radar and Laser detectors/jammers:
New features like red light camera alerts (based on an internal GPS), auto muting, X band muting and laser jammers give an advantage to the newer product lines of radar detectors. Essential on very rural interstate highways.
- BlinderXtreme: lidar jammers
- Escort: radar and lidar detectors
- Valentine: radar and lidar detectors
- Bell Electronics: radar and lidar detectors
- K40: radar and lidar detectors
- Radenso: radar and lidar detectors, lidar jamming. Machine learning applied to threat analysis. Hidden and dash units.
| Escort | 
Escort 9500 ci: Police radar and laser detector with two laser jammers. Employs remote mounted, forward facing radar and laser detectors. Interior display unit is very small and unobtrusive. |
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MIRT:
MIRT, or Mobil Infra-Red Transmitter, is an infrastructure and protocol to turn red lights to green for emergency vehicles who don't want delays. It's based on an infrared strobe which pulses at 14 hz for emergency vehicles and 10 hz for other low priority city vehicles like public transportation. Note that most signal lights are not MIRT equipped and thus the system is not universal. MIRT systems are only authorized and legal for government approved vehicles and the penalty for illegal use is six months in prison.
- TheMIRT.com - vendor of MIRT systems for vehicles
- MIRT preemption devices - flashlight too
Description of MIRT
Electronic Vision Systems:
- Mito - Gentex electronic rear-view mirrors, dash cams, ..
- Stonkam - 360 vision systems, blind spot detection, fatigue monitoring, collision warning, pedestrian detection, electronic mirrors, ...
| Mito: Gentex | 
High resolution, digital rear-view mirrors |
| Stonkam | 
360 vision systems, blind spot detection, fatigue monitoring, collision warning, pedestrian detection, electronic mirrors, ... |
Dash Screen Systems:
- Linkswell - Android tablet based systems. Vehicle entertainment.
- Mito - Gentex electronic rear-view mirrors, dash cams, ..
| Linkswell | 
Android tablet based systems. Vehicle entertainment. |
Communications:
- Diversified Electronics - race radios, headsets, etc
Race Electronics:
- Light Speed Automotive Technology: Heads Up Display (HUD) for RPM, shift points and engine warning lights. Also GPS HUD.
Cellular Tech:
- GSM world: Worldwide GSM roaming and coverage.
- GSM SIM cards: Cell network access
- GSM SIM unlocking: Changing SIMs
Dealers:
Misc:
- Rostra Precision Controls Inc: Obstacle Sensing systems.
- Obserview: Rear observation video systems
- Donnelly Electronics: Mirror with compass and thermometer, exterior vision systems, rain and motion sensors.
- Parrot: tablet based automotive entertainment systems, cellular blue tooth hands free systems, etc
- Movon: Driver assistance systems.
- LDW: Lane departure warning system. Alarm alert. Activates at 60 km/hr. Usescomputer vision algorithms to provide lane detection.
- DTG: Digital Tachograph (log driver speed, RPM, brake status (on/off)
- 2Ch DVR: Two channel Digital Video Recorder w/ GPS and G sensor
- Rear camera
- HBA: High Beam Assist. switch headlights between high-beam and low-beam automatic control under night conditions
- FCW: Forward Collision Warning System. Uses machine vision camera to recognize the vehicle in front. Uses Time to Collision (TTC)
- MOD: Moving Object Detection around the vehicle. Alerts driver of the possibility of collision.
