KOBE, Japan -- ECLIPSE by Fujitsu Ten Casts Excitement Over 2005 CES Show With Introduction of Second Generation "Must-Have" Automotive Audio Video Navigation Control Units

ECLIPSE unveils second-generation AVN products that integrate advanced navigation and multi-entertainment at the 2005 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas (booth LVCC North 1413). Maintaining sleek, compact double-DIN configurations to grace center consoles, the top-of-the-line AVN5495 and AVN5435 significantly enhance the total driving experience by incorporating refinements and advances both in navigation as well as entertainment, demonstrating ECLIPSE's leading position in automobile electronics. ECLIPSE was first in introducing the AVN concept of integrating audio, video and navigation capabilities into a single unit and continues to lead development in this sector, which addresses all the requirements of a vehicle's driver and passengers.

The AVN5495 incorporates a 30GB hard disk to store a comprehensive navigation database to efficiently access the navigation tasks. Together with the powerful CPU and dedicated graphics processing in the AVN5495, all navigation responses and mapping are accelerated. The HDD-navigation database is 10GB, with coverage extended to Hawaii and most of Canada.

AVN5435 navigation is DVD-based and incorporates a 64-bit bus RISC CPU to manage the unit's responsive navigation and mapping tasks, delivering impressive performance as well as accelerated graphics-processing power. The AVN5435 incorporates two optical disc mechanisms so that navigation can be accessed during entertainment without any interruptions. The DVD-navigation database is 8.5GB with coverage similar to the AVN5495.

Both the AVN5495 and AVN5435's fulltime visual map referencing continues the AVN legacy of exemplary performance, with the vehicle's position smoothly moving on the display, providing a highly accurate visual positional fix that aids in navigation.

Searching has been refined with numerous search modes offered for users to select from, including address with street name and number, points of interest, map searching, emergency, memory search including assignable sound tags and directivity to locations, previous location, intersection search by inputting two cross streets, freeway search with name and entrance/exit, searching by telephone number (AVN5495 only) and map coordinates.

Routing options are plentiful, including multiple recommendable routes; route previewing; detour inputs, to avoid problem areas; points of interest; and "must-travel" routing for all routes to include two most favored roads.

ECLIPSE makes use of its accumulated expertise in navigation by offering versatile assistance through voice announcements and guidance, with most major intersections announced; as are curves, turns and driving lanes, all with ample time for reaction and repeats. Lane directions are provided as the vehicle approaches a freeway exit with the recommended lane also displayed. The voice announcements are multi-directional, using eight compass directions that simplify complex intersections.

The highly responsive touch control display is ideal for navigational assistance, with the screen splitting to show zoom in and out displays to help orient the position. Maps of different scales can be shown for any selected combination of modes and zooming flexibility ranges from 150 feet to 250 miles. The split screen feature can also be switched off.

Multi-format entertainment features

The AVN5495 and AVN 5435 are designed to extract the best performance from popular program formats -- CD, CD-R/RW, DVD-Video and MP3. Both units utilize a low glare, high-quality, high-resolution 6.5" LCD display with a 16:9 viewing aspect ratio (selectable) ideal for movies. The AVN5495 has one DVD mechanism and the AVN5435 has two. Both units also incorporate the latest version of the popular ECLIPSE FM/AM tuner section. To maintain signals in the digital domain, the tuner section analog output is fed into a dedicated A/D converter before entering the DSP section.

The AVN5495's 30GB HDD has enough capacity to accommodate the navigation database as well as Music Juke, ECLIPSE's automated music library. Music Juke automatically "rips" tracks from a CD that is inserted into the AVN5495. Music Juke records track after track (employing ATRAC3(a) compression) from CDs until the maximum storage limit of approximately 3,000(a) tracks -- roughly equal to 250 CDs. Music Juke also supports play lists to allow music files to be easily grouped and instantly retrieved. CDDB is also present for CD title and track information. The popular Gracenote CDDB database (compiled November 2004) is used.