Similar to Alpine's award-winning CD-ROM-based navigation system, the new NVE-N851A DVD PowerNav System offers the same door-to-door route guidance system that allows drivers to be safer and more efficient on the road. Because of the data capacity on a DVD-ROM, Alpine is able to offer this coverage for the entire continental U.S., as well as the greater Vancouver and Toronto areas, on a single disc.

The biggest advancement of the DVD-ROM platform is the software's operational speed. DVD-based navigation dramatically increases the speed-of-route calculation and off-route recalculations. The system also incorporates an embedded CD Audio technology that delivers enhanced voice guidance, including specific freeway entrance/exit names; 16:9 widescreen aspect ratio graphics; and full integration with Alpine's Mobile Mayday telematics system.

"Alpine's goal is to offer the best and most powerful mobile multimedia products to consumers," explains Stephen Witt, Alpine's vice president of brand marketing. "As the leader in navigation product development and marketing, we are committed to delivering products that are the most technologically advanced, yet are easy to use and safe to operate in a moving vehicle. We're shifting our navigation platform to DVD to ensure we deliver the highest performance value available to consumers. Alpine is aggressively pursuing ways to advance navigation technology and get more drivers to realize the time savings and safety benefits a navigation system can yield."

The DVD-ROM system's GPS receiver, speed sensor, and electro gyro work in unison to provide precise vehicle positioning for accurate announcements of voice instructions. The new system also utilizes a new Alpine DVD mechanism that reads a single-sided, dual-layer DVD-ROM. The dual-layer DVD-ROM stores a maximum of 8.5 Gigabytes in map data and points of Interest information.

Alpine's DVD PowerNav System is available with a choice of three monitor options: the TME-C005AS Control Monitor, a new 4.6-inch LCD monitor with built-in control buttons; the TME-M750, a new 6.5-inch LCD monitor with large 16:9 wide screen display and video inputs for entertainment sources; or the CVA-1005, the flagship 6.5-inch wide screen motorized in-dash Mobile Multimedia Station for integrated audio, video, navigation, and telematics, featuring 16:9 wide screen GUI for Drivers graphics (Alpine's exclusive "Graphic User Interface" for drivers, designed for a safe and simple user interface in a moving vehicle) for all sources.

The DVD PowerNav, model NVE-N851A, is scheduled to ship November 1, 1999 to authorized Alpine retailers and has a suggested retail index of $2000.

Link for more info: www.alpine1.com