2 Clarion Radios Work with iPhone 5 Video

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Clarion will provide a full HDMI slot in two new car radios for 2013, which will allow them to receive video from an iPhone 5 (but not control the video from the radio.  That still must be done from the phone itself).

But along with Pioneer, it's one of the first car radio makers to offer car radios that work with video from an iPhone 5.

Also, with HDMI, the new Clarion radios can mirror an image from Android apps on the radio screen. From there it uses Bluetooth to control the Android phone so that in theory, it could display and control just about any Android app.

For safety reasons, Clarion will limit the Android functions it mirrors to about 11 apps that you can use while driving.  But when the car is parked, any Android app can show up on the car radio screen.

The full-sized HDMI slot can be found on the back of the new top-of-the-line NX603 navigation/DVD player that ships in Q2 at $999 suggested retail price and a flagship AV unit, model FX503, also shipping in Q2 at $649.

For more, see CEoutlook: http://www.ceoutlook.com/2013/01/08/clarion-offers-hdmi-in-head-units/