Articles & Videos: Car Audio, Video & GPS

Large touchscreens, loads of built-in features, and easy viewability are just some of the advantages to building your stereo around a large-screen receiver.

A car stereo is the centerpiece of any car audio system. This introduction explains how to choose the right receiver for your car or truck.

Digital media receivers are becoming a more common aftermarket in-dash receiver option. How do you pick the right one? Shop for them at crutchfield.com

If you ask us, a car stereo system should include much more than a stereo and a pair of speakers. Adding components like satellite radios, subwoofers, amplifiers,

With so many speakers available, it's important to know what to look for, so your car audio system sounds the best.

Factory sound processors take your factory stereo's music signal, clean it up, and send a corrected audio signal to your aftermarket amps and subwoofers.

How much power and how many channels are right for you? This guide will help you choose the right amplifier for your car's sound system.

Our subwoofer shopping guide will help you determine which kind of subwoofer and bass system you need, to get the sound you want.

From in-dash DVD players to easy-add-on portable systems, car video makes your trips a lot more fun, and this article covers the topic from front to back.

This article will help you figure out how to play your iPhone in the car, over the car stereo.

An explanation of iBiquity Digital's HD Radio technology and what it means for AM and FM radio listeners.

Many new vehicles make it difficult to install a new stereo. This article covers some of your options for improving the sound without changing the stereo.

This article will help you figure out how to start building the car stereo system that's right for you, by deciding where the weakness is in your current system.

Alpine puts pro-level audio tuning in the palm of your hand with TuneIt, a smartphone app designed exclusively for select Alpine receivers.

Alpine's BassLine subwoofers will add some serious rumble to your vehicle's sound system, but they won't break your budget.

At Crutchfield, we're proud that so many of our employees stay with us for so long. Here are some of their stories.

Crutchfield advisor Anthony talks about his installation of the Alpine Halo9 iLX-F309 digital media receiver. You'll get his impressions of the receiver and some installation details.

This article contains some basic recipes to help you get the audio right gear to fit your style of boating.

SiriusXM satellite radio is one of the best things to happen to drivers since in-car air conditioning. Here are two ways to add it to your car or truck.

Factory speakers usually sound fine when they're new, but they deteriorate over time. We compared speakers of different ages to see how badly they fared.