Blaupunkt Takes it on the Road with TravelPilot MP3 Portable Navigation and MP3 Player

Blaupunkt TravelPilot MP3 Edition.
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LAS VEGAS (1/08/07) -- Blaupunkt is now shipping its Travel Pilot MP3 Edition, a portable GPS navigation system that tells you where you are, how to get where you want to go, and entertains you along the way.

The Blaupunkt Travel Pilot MP3 is a self-contained GPS navigation system that can be used in the car or as a portable system for hiking and other outdoor activities. It also has a powerful set of entertainment features, including JPEG image display and MP3 and WMA playback. The package includes a sophisticated Smart Cradle for integration with car audio equipment, charging the unit's six-hour LiON internal battery, and enabling additional capabilities such as GPS Dead-reckoning and turn-by-turn voice prompting through your car audio system. The unit can be easily removed for security or handheld use when the car is parked.

The Blaupunkt Travel Pilot MP3 Edition features a high quality 3.5-inch TFT touch screen monitor for clear and intuitive display and interaction with all functions. It provides both visual and audio directions to target destinations, with either traditional "birds-eye" 2-D or logical 3-D map displays. Additional functions include current speed limit, time and distance to a destination, destination targeting by address, street name, intersection, town, and zip code. It is also preprogrammed with thousands of points of interest (POI) such as hotels, gas stations, restaurants, airports, hospitals, parks, and more. It is capable of storing as many as 100 user entered addresses and remembers 30 previous destinations in its flash memory.

The TravelPilot MP3 Edition includes a powerful microprocessor and a full 2 GB of flash memory, including map data for the entire US and Canada already installed. The unit includes an SD card slot for accessing additional map data as well as MP3, WMA, or JPEG files for entertainment. When installed in the in-car Smart Cradle, MP3 and WMA Audio are played over the radio's auxiliary input, while the navigation voice is handled by the telephone line-in, so music playback is automatically muted when the navigation voice is engaged for properly equipped radios.

The Blaupunkt TravelPilot MP3 is currently available at a suggested retail price of $699.

Blaupunkt, the mobile electronics division of The Robert Bosch Corporation, designs and manufactures high quality and high performance car audio, video and navigation products for sale worldwide. For Blaupunkt dealer locations and product information, call 1(800) 950-BLAU [2528] or visit the company's web site at <www.blaupunktusa.com>.

In North America, the Bosch Group manufactures and markets automotive original equipment and aftermarket products, industrial automation and mobile products, power tools and accessories, security technology, packaging equipment and household appliances. Bosch employs more than 23,300 associates in more than 80 facilities throughout North America and reported sales of $6.6 billion in 2003. For more information, visit www.boschusa.com.

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