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Audiovox Corporate Profile:
Audiovox Corporation is a publicly traded company (Nasdaq: VOXX) located in Hauppauge, New York. Our company was founded in 1965 in the car radio business and went public in 1987. We have always been one of the premier brands in mobile electronics and over the years, expanded into other mobile as well as consumer electronics categories and most recently, consumer electronic accessories.

Today, Audiovox is a recognized leader in the marketing of mobile electronics, consumer electronics products and accessories having grown both organically and through acquisition. The Company holds number one market share in mobile video and mobiles multi-media and places in the top ten of almost every category that it sells. Among the lines marketed by Audiovox are its mobile electronics products which include mobile video systems, auto sound systems, satellite radio, vehicle security, remote start and remote tracking systems and more. It's consumer electronics products include portable DVD players, Flat Panel LCD TVs, digital camcorders, MP3 players, digital voice recorders, digital picture frames, clock radios, wireless home speaker systems, two-way (GMRS) radios and more. Through acquisitions, the Company has amassed an impressive portfolio of accessories products, marketing indoor/outdoor antennas, connectivity products, headphones, speakers, wireless solutions, remote controls, power & surge protectors, media cleaning and storage devices, satellite accessories and more.

The Company markets its products through an extensive distribution network that includes national and regional retailers, 12-volt specialists, mass merchandisers and a growing OE sales group. This network and our long standing industry relationships have allowed us to benefit from growing market opportunities and to exploit niches in the mobile and consumer electronics businesses, both domestically and internationally.

Among the powerful domestic brands now owned by Audiovox include Acoustic Research, Advent, Ambico, Code Alarm, Discwasher, Energizer, Jensen, Prestige, RCA, Roadgear, Spikemaster and Terk. International brands include Heco, Incaar, Oehlbach, Mac Audio and Magnate, among others. With its strong brand recognition, impressive blue-chip customer base and distribution capabilities, Audiovox is poised to expand its market presence and remains committed to generating long-term sustainable value for its shareholders.

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Audiovox is a company with a proud tradition and an exciting future. The Audiovox Brand is more than a little silver nameplate on a product. It's a rich history. It's a story of one man's dream becoming reality thanks to a small army of people who believe. It's a story of how we 'live' that brand, because whether we are in sales or IT or product development or customer service or assembly, all the work we do reflects the image that our brand has in the consumer marketplace. All stories need to start at the beginning and our beginning was a fortunate accident.

Flash back to 1965...a young John Shalam, Wharton School graduate, has shucked his job at Continental Grain Company in New York and is in the fourth year in his own small business called Custom Imports. He'll sell anything and everything and as the original 'outsourcer' gets all of his products from Asia. No manufacturing overhead for him...in fact no overhead at all, as he is president, sales manager and secretary all rolled into one. An ordering mix up leaves him the owner of an overstock order of 2,000 car radios, no customers and the loan to pay for them coming due soon.

With the yellow pages as his only salesman he calls around to a dozen companies listed under the category of 'car radios'. Twelve get a letter and a sample radio and much to his surprise eleven companies actually place orders. The 2,000 radios disappear quickly. It's a few days before Christmas and John closes up the tiny office and heads out for a holiday weekend skiing. Young and single, car radios are the farthest thing from his mind.

When John returns to work after the New Year he's surprised by messages from a number of his new customers. "Philadelphia sold out - they want more radios." "Detroit wants 200 more radios". Harold Freedman in Miami called, he needs 300 more. At first John says, "There are no more radios" but the calls don't stop. It does not take long for the merchant in him to take over and "There are no more radios" becomes "How many do you need?"

John soon realizes that selling 'everything and anything' is going to be a thing of the past as he concentrates his efforts on car radios and Audiovox is born. Not his original choice for a name-he wanted Autovox but that was already taken. So Audiovox it became and has been since. Let's take a look at some of the important dates in our history. As we all know our humble beginnings were in 1965 as a car sound company that soon became the aftermarket car sound company. In those days many cars came without a radio or with a cheap factory installed system. We offered high power radios, 8 tracks, cassettes and CD's and now we include satellite radio in the mix. Although we have added much, we have never forgotten the roots. We kept our focus exclusively on the car sound market until 1981 when we entered the vehicle security arena. We were confident that we could expand our 'sound' customer relationships into this new and growing area.and we did. Today Prestige and Pursuit security are among the most respected vehicle security brands.and just for good measure we added Code Alarm through an acquisition. In 1984 we made one of the most significant decisions in our company's history, which was to enter the cellular telephone market. We quickly rose to one of the top positions in this market and almost overnight the company's sales just exploded.

In 1987, realizing that we would need significant capital to continue to grow; we took the company public and listed on the American Stock Exchange as VOX. The following year saw the change from car phones to portable phones and we introduced our first 'portable' cellular phone. By comparisons to today's phones it resembled a brick, but it was portable. In 1991, the company separated into two marketing groups- wireless and electronics. This move was made so that each sales group could more tightly focus on their specific industry. In 1995, the then electronics division launched into consumer electronics products, a move that has proven to be very significant as our presence in that marketplace has exposed the Audiovox brand to millions of consumers. Our first consumer electronics line was portable and home stereos, which debuted in a license agreement and were sold exclusively at Target stores. Today those products are still among the number one selling brands in Target. On the heels of that product launch we introduced two-way radios and were able to capitalize on that fast growing market. Then came DVD's and in one short year our portable DVD's were the number three selling brand. That success led the way for us to enter the exciting LCD Flat-Panel TV market. In 1997, we shipped our first mobile video product and quickly became recognized as the leader in that category as well. Today we STILL enjoy a number one market position in this category and the reputation of that our video products are simply second to none. In fact our mobile video team has even partnered with Disney in a video and DVD promotion and Disney only partners with the best! 1999 was indeed a milestone for our company as we reached the $1 billion dollar sales mark. Hard to imagine that it was only 1975 when we reached the $100 Million mark for the first time! That paved the way for a move to the NASDAQ in 2000 so that we could be recognized with the tech stocks that drive that exchange. Also in 2000, the company floated a secondary stock offering that raised over $100 million, which solidified our balance sheets and paved the way for additional growth.

Audiovox has not only survived but also thrived. We're just shy of 40 years old; a public company traded on Nasdaq, with sales of just over $1 billion...a far cry from the one man show that started it all in 1965. John Shalam is still at the helm as Chairman and CEO but Audiovox has grown too big for even a man with great vision to control alone.

Even with our two sales groups totally focused on their markets, it was necessary to split them even further. Two wholly-owned operating subsidiaries are formed and they rack up sales in communications, consumer and mobile electronics guided by Philip Christopher, President and CEO of ACC and Pat Lavelle, President and CEO of AEC - men who share John's passion and vision for the Audiovox brand. Behind Philip and Pat stands a small Audiovox army, all dedicated to making sure that anyone who comes in contact with our product recognizes immediately that it is made with pride and meets the highest standards. In 2003, Toshiba bought 25% of ACC and, for the first time in the company's history, we had a first class technology partner with the depth to help us develop wireless products for the future. At the same time on the AEC side, we entered the acquisition arena and purchased the assets of the well- known Code Alarm vehicle security company. This purchase gave AEC an even greater share of the vehicle security market. 2003 was equally exciting with more acquisitions that included the addition of the Jensen, AR and Advent brands that resulted from the purchase the assets of Recoton. These new brands had a synergy with both our distribution chain and our other product lines. In addition we expanded to Europe with this deal that included the acquisition of Audiovox Germany, which was part of the deal. And that brings us to 2004 when the company took its boldest step and sold the cellular subsidiary. The time had come to exit the cellular business and the money generated by the sale of the cellular company would allow us to grow the Electronics Company both organically and through acquisition. Thirty days after the close of the cellular sale, we made good on our commitment to grow through acquisition and bought Terk Technologies, a well-known, high-end accessory company and with that purchase entered the electronic accessory market. 2005 brought us to another important milestone, John Shalam, who had been our president and CEO since 1965 turned the reins of the company over to Patrick Lavelle. John remains chairman today and is quite active in the company's important growth decision. In 2006, we made what we believe will be one of the most important acquisitions of our company's history when we acquired the RCA brand for consumer electronics accessories as well as the Jensen and Acoustic Research brands among others for accessories, which complements our previous acquisition of those brands for electronics. In '07 we added Oehlbach, a well-known accessory company in Europe to our Audiovox Germany holdings. This combined with the Terk and RCA acquisitions domestically have made us a significant player in the high margin accessory business. Although we have no crystal ball, we do believe that the company is positioned to continue to grow.and we believe that the best is yet to come.

Over the years, car radios gave way to 8-track tape players to cassette players to CD players. Then from car security to cellular phones to FRS radios to Mobile Video to MP 3 players to DVD players to Satellite Radio to GPS to Flat Panel TV....and we've only just begun. As we said before, the Audiovox Brand- and the ever-growing Audiovox family of brand names are more than little silver nameplates on products. It's a rich history. It's a story of one man's dream becoming reality thanks to those of us who believe. It's a story of how we 'live' that brand, because whether we are in sales or IT or product development or customer service or assembly, all the work we do here reflects the image that our brand has in the consumer marketplace. It's a good story and we are all ready to write next year's chapter.

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Audiovox is a company that cut it's teeth behind the wheel of a car and is still a premier supplier to the automotive aftermarket. Everyone knows how we became a mobile electronics company but it is a story worth repeating.

It is 1965...and a young John Shalam, Wharton School graduate, has shucked his job at Continental Grain Company in New York and is in the fourth year in his own small business called Custom Imports. He'll sell anything and everything and as the original 'outsourcer' gets all of his products from Asia. No manufacturing overhead for him...in fact no overhead at all, as he is president, sales manager and secretary all rolled into one. An ordering mix up leaves him the owner of an overstock order of 2,000 car radios, no customers and the loan to pay for them coming due soon.

With the yellow pages as his only salesman he calls around to a dozen companies listed under the category of 'car radios'. Twelve get a letter and a sample radio and much to his surprise eleven companies actually place orders. The 2,000 radios disappear quickly. It's a few days before Christmas and John closes up the tiny office and heads out for a holiday weekend skiing. Young and single, car radios are the farthest thing from his mind.

When John returns to work after the New Year he's surprised by messages from a number of his new customers. "Philadelphia sold out - they want more radios." "Detroit wants 200 more radios". Harold Freedman in Miami called, he needs 300 more. At first John says, "There are no more radios" but the calls don't stop. It does not take long for the merchant in him to take over and "There are no more radios" becomes "How many do you need?"

John soon realizes that selling 'everything and anything' is going to be a thing of the past as he concentrates his efforts on car radios and Audiovox is born. Not his original choice for a name-he wanted Autovox but that was already taken. So Audiovox it became and has been since.

That's how we started back in 1965 as a car sound company that soon became the aftermarket car sound company. In those days many cars came without a radio or with a cheap factory installed system. We offered high power radios, 8 tracks, cassettes and CD's and now we include satellite radios and in dash pop out screen systems that are the latest in entertainment and information convergence. Although we have added much, we have never forgotten that mobile is our "roots".

We kept our focus exclusively on the car sound market until 1981 when we entered the vehicle security arena. We were confident that we could expand our 'sound' customer relationships into this new and growing area...and we did. Today Prestige and Pursuit security are among the most respected vehicle security brands...and just for good measure we added Code Alarm one of the premier names in vehicle security through an acquisition.

Today, Vehicle Tracking is among our hottest products, along with specialized mobile products like collision avoidance. In 1987, realizing that we would need significant capital to continue to grow; we took the company public and listed on the American Stock Exchange as VOX. Eventually, we would move that listing to NASDAQ under the trading symbol, VOXX.

In 1991, the company separated into two marketing groups- wireless and electronics. This move was made so that each sales group could more tightly focus on their specific industry.

In 1997, we took the step that solidified Audiovox in the mobile electronics industry when we shipped our first mobile video product and quickly became recognized as the leader in that brand new category. Today we STILL enjoy a number one market position in this category and the reputation of that our video products are simply second to none. In fact our mobile video team has even partnered with Disney in a video and DVD promotion...and Disney only partners with the best!

It was around 2000 that we got serious in the acquisition mode...first came the assets of the well-known Code Alarm vehicle security company. This purchase gave AEC an even greater share of the vehicle security market.

Then came a big one...when we acquired the Jensen, Phase Linear, AR and Advent brands that resulted from the purchase the assets of Recoton. These new brands had a synergy with both our distribution chain and our other product lines. In addition we expanded to Europe with this deal that included the acquisition of Audiovox Germany, which was part of the deal. In the three years since, Jensen has become our premier in dash entertainment line with 5 of the top 10 market models all bearing the Jensen brand.

And that brings us to 2004 when the company took its boldest step and sold the cellular subsidiary. The time had come to exit the cellular business and the money generated by the sale of the cellular company would allow us to grow the Electronics Company both organically and through acquisition. Thirty days after the close of the cellular sale, we made good on our commitment to grow through acquisition and bought Terk Technologies, a well-known, high-end accessory company and with that purchase entered the electronic accessory market with mobile products focused on the XM satellite radio format.

2005 brought us to another important milestone, John Shalam, who had been our president and CEO since 1965 turned the reins of the company over to Patrick Lavelle. John remains chairman today and is quite active in the company's important growth decision. To further realign our management teams, Tom Malone became president of Audiovox Electronics Corp this year.

Tom now holds the reigns of the electronics side of our company, and mobile is very close to his heart. We have no doubt that Audiovox will be at the forefront of the exciting and ever changing mobile electronics industry for many years to come. Over the years, car radios gave way to 8-track tape players to cassette players to CD players. Then from car security to cellular phones to Mobile Video to in car MP 3 players to Satellite Radio to GPS Navigation....and we've only just begun.

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Today, Audiovox is force in the consumer, mobile and accessory businesses but it was not always that way. We planted our stake in the ground as a mobile company back in 1965 when a young John Shalam, Wharton School graduate, shucked his job at Continental Grain Company in New York and is in the fourth year in his own small business called Custom Imports. He'll sell anything and everything and as the original 'outsourcer' gets all of his products from Asia. An overstock purchase of some car radios from a Japanese manufacturer sets him up as a mobile electronics company and as they say the rest is history.

And what a history....we might have started as a car sound company but we soon became the aftermarket car sound company. In those days many cars came without a radio or with a cheap factory installed system. We offered high power radios, 8 tracks, cassettes and CD's and now we include satellite radio in the mix. Although we have added much, we have never forgotten the roots.

We kept our focus exclusively on the car sound market until 1981 when we entered the vehicle security arena. We were confident that we could expand our 'sound' customer relationships into this new and growing area....and we did. Then in 1984 we made the leap into the fledgling cellular telephone market and quickly rose to one of the top positions in this market and almost overnight the company's sales just exploded.

In 1987, realizing that we would need significant capital to continue to grow; we took the company public and listed on the American Stock Exchange as VOX. In 1991, the company separated into two marketing groups- wireless and electronics. This move was made so that each sales group could more tightly focus on their specific industry and the new focus included the addition of consumer electronics to our mobile electronics group.

The new direction meant all new focus for the electronics team. We cut our teeth in the electronics market selling products to new car dealers and 12 Volt specialists. Our only involvement with the 'big box' retailers was in DIY car stereos designed for the mass market. The move to consumer exposed the Audiovox brand to millions of consumers.

Our first consumer electronics line was portable and home stereos, which debuted in a license agreement and were sold exclusively at Target stores. That license agreement is still going strong and today those products are still among the number one selling brands in Target. On the heels of that product launch we introduced two-way radios and were able to capitalize on that fast growing market. Then came portable DVD's and in one short year our portable DVD's were the number three selling brand. That success led the way for us to enter the exciting LCD Flat-Panel TV market. We practically invented the under cabinet TV market, developing kitchen TVs that folded flat under cabinets when not in use.

Our appetite to expand in the consumer arena drove us to enter the acquisition market in 2003 when we purchased some of the most famous brands in consumer electronics- -Jensen, AR and Advent. These new brands had a synergy with both our distribution chain and our other product lines. In addition we went International for the first time in our history as we expanded to Europe as the Jensen purchase included the acquisition of their German company and Audiovox Germany was born.

And that brings us to 2004 when the company took its boldest step and sold the cellular subsidiary. The time had come to exit the cellular business and the money generated by the sale of the cellular company would allow us to grow the Electronics Company both organically and through acquisition. Thirty days after the close of the cellular sale, we made good on our commitment to grow through acquisition and bought Terk Technologies, a well-known, high-end accessory company and with that purchase entered the electronic accessory market.

In 2006, we made what we believe will be one of the most important acquisitions of our company's history when we acquired the RCA brand for consumer electronics accessories as well as the Jensen and Acoustic Research brands among others for accessories, which complements our previous acquisition of those brands for electronics. In '07 we added Oehlbach, a well-known accessory company in Europe to our Audiovox Germany holdings.

We completed the RCA acquisition when in 2008 we purchased their audio/video group. Now we have the coveted RCA brand for accessories, digital voice recorders, camcorders, clock radios, Internet radios and MP3 players.

Our portfolio of consumer brands rivals any in the industry and we are now able to handle channel conflict by simply switching brands all the while offering our distribution partners and the consumers unparalleled product assortment over a wide variety of respected brands.

Although we have no crystal ball, we do believe that the company is positioned to continue to grow....and we believe that the best is yet to come.

Over the years, car radios gave way to 8-track tape players to cassette players to CD players. Then from car security to cellular phones to FRS radios to Mobile Video to MP 3 players to DVD players to Satellite Radio to GPS to Flat Panel TV....and we've only just begun.

As we said before, the Audiovox Brand-and the ever-growing Audiovox family of brand names are more than little silver nameplates on products. It's a rich history. It's a story of one man's dream becoming reality thanks to those of us who believe. It's a story of how we 'live' that brand, because whether we are in sales or IT or product development or customer service or assembly, all the work we do here reflects the image that our brand has in the consumer marketplace. It's a good story and we are all ready to write next year's chapter.

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The Acoustic Research Brand (AR) has been synonymous with quality sound for over 50 Years. Founded in 1952 by audio pioneer, writer, inventor researcher and audio-electronics teacher Edgar Villchur and his student Henry Kloss, the company soon grew into a major force in the sound industry. In 1956, the company was granted it's first patent for the air suspension woofer that solved the problem that affected all loudspeakers at that time... bass distortion. That development led the way to a host of other scientific and engineering breakthroughs that highlight the brand even today. By the late '50's AR had set the acoustic world on fire again with the introduction of the first speakers to include "dome" high frequency tweeters; the first long throw woofer that produces more bass by pushing more air...a standard in the industry today. So confident were we in our quality that in 1956 AR introduced the first 5-Year Warranty that is the standard today. For more than 10 years after those introductions, the AR speaker line dominated the industry thanks to their life-like reproduction of sound. Other technological breakthroughs highlighted the 70's and 80's, like the first high current amplifier, the first belt drive turntable and the first multi-driver vertical loudspeaker another standard configuration that still holds today. In September of 1993, as testimony to the breakthroughs of speaker technology, and AR 3 speaker was placed on permanent display at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington D.C. The Acoustic Research brand continued to make technology breakthroughs in the speaker industry with a variety of industry firsts that included the first environmental controls that allowed a speaker to be placed in different room areas, the Acoustic Blanket that minimized defraction and interference in speaker baffles and the first speaker line designed to compliment home theater and the digital technologies of the 90's. In 2004, the AR brand was sold to Audiovox Corporation who reinforced the brand's commitment to quality by retaining the services of many of the AR engineers who had helped make the brand famous. The result is just two short years after that acquisition, Acoustic Research has once again made speaker history with the first acoustically transparent speaker cover system...Home Decor.

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For more than 50 years, Acoustic Research has shaped the modern home entertainment industry. The AR brand's history of innovation, advanced technologies and unique design for the consumer includes the introduction in 1959 of the dome tweeter (still used in today's speakers) and the world's first universal remote control in 1983.

Through its line of accessory products, Acoustic Research has also proactively addressed the requirements of current and anticipated audio/video equipment standards to achieve the optimum level of performance.

In 1996, Acoustic Research launched its first line of premium interconnect accessories, under Pro Home Theater line which targeted demanding customers who expect audiophile performance in their cables & A/V connections without the audiophile price.

AR expanded its accessory business in 2001 with the Master and Performance Series of premium interconnects. Master Series was developed to achieve the highest level of performance in the home entertainment industry, with product construction that exceeds audiophile and videophile standards. Performance Series was designed to deliver clear, full, richly detailed video and sound reproduction at a great value for the consumer. AR also introduced home entertainment surge protection products that meet the same exacting standards set by their interconnects.

In 2004, Acoustic Research unveiled its line of HDMI certified accessories, providing superior performance from today's digital products and digital products to come. AR's Pro II HDMI interconnects received stringent "Simplay" verification to ensure "plug and play" HDMI compatibility in 2006.

Acoustic Research has recently expanded its line of accessories into advanced wireless products, offering unique wireless and portable audio solutions that take advantage of cutting-edge technologies. From digital wireless headphones that provide true 5.1 surround sound, to the next generation of iPod accessory products offering enhanced performance and seamless integration into home entertainment systems, to a Bluetooth® stereo mini-bridge that uses the revolutionary mirasol™ display, viewable in any light, Acoustic Research accessory products bring breakthrough technologies to home entertainment.

iPod is a registered trademark of Apple Inc. Bluetooth is a registered trademark of Bluetooth SIG, Inc. mirasol is a trademark of Qualcomm MEMS Technologies, Inc.

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In 1915 a young Peter Jensen and his associate Edwin Pridham invented the loudspeaker and as they say, "the rest is history." They named it the "Magnavox" and this pioneering product enjoyed modest success until 1919 when they provided the loudspeakers for a speech by President Woodrow Wilson in San Diego. That event launched the speakers into the mainstream and as the products began to gain national recognition so did their inventors. In 1925, Peter Jensen left the company to found Jensen Radio Manufacturing. He died in 1961 leaving behind a legacy of quality products that bear his name.

Over the years the Jensen family of brands grew to include JENSEN, ADVENT, AR/ACOUSTIC RESEARCH, PHASE LINEAR and NHT (NOW HEAR THIS) in the United States and MAGNAT and MACAUDIO in Germany. In 2004, Audiovox Corporation added the Jensen portfolio of brands to their already world recognized mobile and consumer electronics lines. Audiovox shares the Jensen commitment to quality and engineering and the company expects that Jensen will remain one of its premier brands for years to come. Already, new products have been introduced that build on Jensen's history.

Innovation has been a hallmark from the very first days of Peter Jensen and it remains true to this day with high tech convergence products for both the home and vehicle. After Jensen developed that first high-efficiency, direct-radiator loudspeaker with high power rating many more pioneering innovations would follow, including the first high-quality, low-distortion loudspeaker to span the frequency range of the human ear. Jensen is one of those brands that is unequivocally a household name.

If that were not enough, Jensen is also credited for inventing the first car stereo speaker. From there it was a fairly short leap to Jensen Mobile Audio. Starting with the legendary Sigma and Delta Series Triax® and FLEXAIR® speakers of the vintage 60s & 70s - products that sealed the company's heritage as America's dominant speaker manufacturer-both in home and in-car.

Soon thereafter, line after line of high performance power amps joined the speaker lines. The expansion continued as those lines joined by sophisticated car stereos that morphed into CD players that have brought us to the current top of the line in-vehicle entertainment...the mobile multimedia solution. Pop out screens from in dash systems that employ twin core processors, Bluetooth capability, iPods, and a host of other high tech innovations.

In fact, Jensen remains #1 in mobile multimedia market share, and has been for the past 2 years. Jensen has now entered the portable GPS navigation market with one of the most exciting systems available...one that doubles as an XM Satellite Radio receiver. And we are on the cutting edge of convergence technology that is driving increasing connectivity in the vehicle.

Today, our obsession for achieving unparalleled acoustical integrity persists, as Jensen is committed to transforming our vehicle interiors into personal concert halls and movie theaters - taking our hearts and minds away on waves of exquisite sound and vibrant visuals.

With a legacy like this, it's apparent from the start that Jensen remains unyieldingly devoted to R&D, advanced engineering, and emerging technologies.

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Audiovox Accessory Corporation (AAC) is a global leader and innovator for connecting the digital home and accessorizing the new entertainment platforms. The company delivers innovative solutions for music distribution, broadcast and satellite reception, digital TV evolution, wireless, home control, energy management, home networking, and cleaning & care for today's electronic devices.

AAC is committed to promoting a powerful, diverse and growing brand portfolio. The portfolio offers distinctive products in Acoustic Research, RCA, TERK, Energizer(R), Jensen and Surface(TM) brands. In addition, provides advanced marketing services and efficient supply chain tools that shape future sales in the consumer, mobile professional and custom installation businesses.

Headquartered in Carmel Indiana, Audiovox Accessory Corporation employs approximately 120 employees. It is a subsidiary to the Audiovox Corporation (NASDAQ: VOXX) Hauppauge, NY. Acquisition of the Consumer Electronic Accessory division from Thomson America occurred in January 2007.

Audiovox Accessory Corporation delivering solutions that simplify how consumers can use, share, control and enjoy their entertainment devices.

AR,RCA,TERK,ENERGIZER(R),JENSEN, and SURFACE(TM) accessory products are sold through select retail, internet, and distributor channels throughout the USA, Canada, and Latin America.

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The RCA brand is one of the oldest and well known brands in the consumer electronics industry. The brand was derived from an acronym for the company Radio Corporation of America, which was a major electronics company in existence from 1919 to 1986. Today Audiovox owns the RCA brand for its accessory and several audio video product lines. This brief history will take you from the origins of RCA to today's high tech product which carries on the brand tradition of quality.

This is the original RCA logo, which has not changed all that much over the years. The company's roots are in the broad cast industry with early product focus on the marketing of GE and Westinghouse's radio equipment.

In 1929 the company made its first moves into consumer electronics products when RCA purchased the Victor Talking Machine Company, then the world's largest manufacturer of phonographs (including the famous "Victrola") and phonograph records. This included a majority ownership of the Japan Victor Company (JVC). The new subsidiary then became RCA-Victor. With Victor, RCA acquired New World rights to the Nipper trademark. RCA Victor produced many radio-phonographs and also created RCA Photophone, a sound-on-film system for sound films that competed with William Fox's sound-on-film Movietone and Warner Bros. sound-on-disc Vitaphone.

RCA began selling the first electronic turntable in 1930 and in 1931; RCA Victor developed and released the first 33^1/3 rpm records to the public. The format initially was a commercial failure because the records and playback equipment were expensive, and partially because the audio performance was poor. With the improvement of stylus for playback the product would be re released and become the standard for music playback for decades.

In 1939, RCA demonstrated an all-electronic television system at the New York World's Fair and developed the USA's first-ever television test pattern. With the introduction of the NTSC standard, the Federal Communications Commission authorized the start of commercial television transmission on July 1, 1941. World War II slowed the deployment of television in the US, but RCA began selling television sets almost immediately after the war was over.

In the years that followed, RCA was responsible for the development of a myriad of innovations and key technology such as color television, the electron microscope, CMOS based technology, heterojunction physics, optoelectronic emitting devices, Liquid Crystal Displays (LCDs), video cassette recorders, direct broadcast television, direct broadcast satellite systems and high-definition television would be invented and developed during ensuing years. In 1949, RCA-Victor developed and released the first 45 rpm record to the public, answering CBS/Columbia's 33^1/3 rpm "LP".

In 1953, RCA's all electronic color-TV technology was adopted as the standard for American color TV; it is now known as NTSC (after the "National Television System Committee" that approved it). RCA cameras and studio gear, particularly of the TK-40/41 series, became standard equipment at many American television network affiliates, as RCA CT-100^[10] ("RCA Merrill" to dealers) television sets introduced color television to the public.

RCA was a major proponent of the eight-track tape cartridge, which it launched in 1965. The eight-track cartridge initially had a huge and profitable impact on the consumer marketplace.

Business and financial conditions led to RCA's takeover by GE in 1986 and its subsequent break-up. GE then sold the rights to make RCA and GE brand consumer electronics products, notably television sets, to the French Thomson Consumer Electronics. Thomson sold the rights to the brand to Audiovox Corporation, first for consumer accessory products and then two years later for consumer audio and video products excluding televisions.

Audiovox purchased the brand as an extension of its already formidable consumer and accessory businesses. The company believes that the strength of the RCA brand lives on and it has plans to continue to develop high tech products for these key consumer lines.

Because of their popularity during the golden age of radio, their manufacturing quality, their engineering innovations, their styling and their name, RCA antique radios are one of the more sought-after brands of collectible radios.and Audiovox is committed to that legacy.

Today's RCA products, marketed by Audiovox include some of the most technologically advanced digital products in the market place. Small Wonder camcorders with their wide variety of software 'firsts' lead the way....Digital Audio MP3 players feature exclusive EZ Rip software that make them simple to use....the RCA clock radio line remains the number one brand in clock radios and the list goes on and on.

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Home Décor features the first 5.1 speaker system designed to marry the high quality performance that AR is famous for to the need for today's discerning consumer to accent their living environment with the highest style possible. Home Décor speakers fit into any fashion mode whether it is contemporary or modern, traditional or classical. We offer a wide variety of speaker cover designs including free standing, ideal for rear channel speakers and trunks that hide your sub woofers. The Home Décor line mates to our 5.1 speaker system exclusively. Additional satellite speakers can be added to expand the system to a 6.1, 7.1 or higher, and can be used for different zones throughout your home, such as patios, bedrooms, kitchens etc. For Performance and Style nothing beats Home Décor.