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HomeLink won the Automotive News PACE Award in 1997, for supplying automotive technology to improve consumer interaction between the car and the home. [2] By 2003, it had been installed on over 20,000,000 automobiles. [3] Originally supplied by Johnson Controls, the HomeLink product line was sold to Gentex in 2013. [4]
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General Motors OnStar: provides subscription-based telecommunication, in-vehicle security, hands free calling, navigation, and remote diagnostics. BMW Assist telematic roadside assistance service. Mercedes-Benz mbrace which connects a car from a smartphone or computer. Cadillac CUE, a built-in mobile hotspot combined with a data subscription. [2]
Microsoft developed Windows Embedded Automotive and used it with the AutoPC, a brand of carputer jointly developed with Clarion. [5] The system was released in 1998, and referred to the operating system itself as "Auto PC". [6] It was based on Windows CE 2.0. [7] It evolved into "Windows CE for Automotive". [8]
A remote control for a keyless entry system built into an ignition key: pressing a button on the key unlocks the car doors, while another button locks the car and activates its alarm system. A remote keyless system (RKS), also known as remote keyless entry (RKE) or remote central locking, is an electronic lock that controls access to a building ...
Ford Sync (stylized Ford SYNC) is a factory-installed, integrated in-vehicle communications and entertainment system that allows users to make hands-free telephone calls, control music and perform other functions with the use of voice commands.
Most of these were connected to the set being controlled by wires, but the Philco Mystery Control (1939) was a battery-operated low-frequency radio transmitter, [14] thus making it the first wireless remote control for a consumer electronics device. Using pulse-count modulation, this also was the first digital wireless remote control.
Logitech Unifying receiver (older) Logitech Unifying receiver (newer) Unifying logo The Logitech Unifying Receiver is a small dedicated USB wireless receiver, based on the nRF24L-family of RF devices, [1] that allows up to six compatible Logitech human interface devices (such as mice, trackballs, touchpads, and keyboards; headphones are not compatible) to be linked to the same computer using 2 ...