Audio systems for cars have steadily advanced to offer more than just entertainment. A number of systems now come as information stations as well as safety measures for drivers. The Blaupunkt Los Angeles 500 is among the breed of new, advanced in-car entertainments systems that synchronize seamlessly with your smartphone and ensure that you do not have to leave your steering wheel to perform a number of functions. It is available at Snapdeal at a great price and a 2-year warrant from the brand.
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Design
The Blaupunkt Los Angeles 500 is great to look at. The attractive display screen takes up most of the space on the rectangular body of the system. The controls are placed on the left side of the screen and are large and convenient use. The black colour makes it more compatible with the interiors of your car. It comes in the double DIN size factor.
Audio Support
The device leverages Blaupunkt’s audio expertise over the years to ensure that you are treated to the best quality audio output. It offers a 3-band equalizer with 8 presets. The 4-channel preamp-out ensures that you can connect all four speakers of your car to the system and enjoy great music. It can conjure a maximum power of 45 Watts on each of the four channels.
Bluetooth
You can now leverage the advantage of Bluetooth 2.0 EDR that is built into the system. You can now stream music wirelessly and also make calls by speaking into the included external microphone. All this, without leaving your steering wheel.
USB
Both audio and video playback is supported via USB. A number of files formats are supported by the USB playback feature. You can directly control the media in your iPhone and iPod.
DVD Player
The Blaupunkt Los Angeles 500 can read your favourite disks. It can read DVDs, CDs as well as rewritable disks.
AUX Support
A single AUX-IN port is available for you to connect your smartphone via the 3.5 mm jack and playback songs, should you not wish to synchronise via Bluetooth.
FM Tuner
You can now playback your favourite radio tunes thanks to the support for FM, AM, MW, LW and RDS receiver included in the Blaupunkt Los Angeles 500.
Display
The display screen is the highlight of the system. The spacious 15.78 cm display screen is a TFT touchscreen that supports resolutions of up to 800 x 480 pixels.
Calling Facility
Make calls hands-free with the Bluetooth feature.
Remote Controller
Those seated on the backseat can toggle their favourite music with the help of an included remote control.
Steering Wheel Control
The steering wheel control ensures that you do not have to take your hands off the wheel or your eyes of the road.
