Pioneer’s revolutionary AppRadio™ is the first car stereo to revolutionize the driver’s experience by bringing compatible phone apps to the dash for the ultimate in-vehicle smartphone experience. With AppRadio you can access your Phone’s Calendar, Maps, Photos and other compatible apps directly on the Pioneer touchscreen right in your dashboard. I understand that smartphones are a common source of entertainment, information and...

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A Custom Car Stereo Center is a full service shop providing Sales, Service, and Installation of Car Audio, Alarms, Remote Starters and Window Tinting.  From a basic sound system to a customized system.  We have performed services on most vehicles under the Sun today, including, Boats, Golf Carts, All Terrain Vehicles, Motorcycles, Hot Rods and of course Monster Trucks. Located at 1174 Atwood Avenue, Johnston, RI, for the past 28 years, I...

There’s nothing quite like the sweet sound of your favorite music coming clearly through your cars audio system.  Unfortunately, the stock Speakers in most older or inexpensive cars really are nothing quite like that.  Unless you happen to get a new car with expensive factory audio, you are forced to listen to tinny, crackling distortions that drive any music lover nuts! To get a complete stereo upgrade worth paying for, you normally need...

Before I talk about the benefits of tinting your vehicles windows, I would like to explain what Tint is and how window Film Works. Tint is created when tinting film is bonded onto a piece of glass.  Tinting film is usually made out of a piece of clear polyester film with a very thin and even layer of tinting agents such as dyes and/or metals deposited onto the film. Once tinting film is applied to a window, the characteristics of how...

On a regular basis I am asked by Customers what can be done to their existing audio system to give it greater power.  Amplifiers will give any system greater abilities without having to revamp your entire system. The purpose of a car audio amplifier is to take low level signal from the source unit (The Radio) and change it into a high level signal for driving the loudspeakers.  Amplifiers range in power from about twenty watts per channel...

Last month, I discussed Remote Starters and the benefits of having a Starter in your vehicle.  What most Customers do not know when shopping around or in Ads they may see is that a Bypass Module is needed in most vehicles at an additional price to the advertised Remote Starter price. Sometime around 1996, some cars began coming with anti-theft systems which prevented the car from starting unless the right key was in the ignition. In the...