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A TRADITION OF TECHNICAL INNOVATIONS

The Becker company was established in the late forties in the small town of Karlsbad, in Germany's Black Forest area. What originated as a traditional family enterprise, has grown over the past 60 years to become a leading supplier of car audio systems to major European manufacturers.

Today, HARMAN/BECKER Automotive Systems is a subsidiary of Harman International Industries Inc. based in the United States.

BECKER HISTORY

// 1949	Becker develops Autophone – the first car radio.
// 1953	Becker Mexico – the first car radio with fully automatic station search.
// 1963	Becker Monte Carlo – the first solid-state car radio.
// 1969	Becker Europa Stereo – introduction of two-channel reception. Becker Mexico Olympia – with integrated Compact Cassette.
// 1975	Becker Mexico – the first car cassette radio with auto-reverse.
// 1979	Becker Mexico Electronic – the first microprocessor-controlled car radio.
// 1985	Becker Mexico Compact Disc – the first car radio with integrated CD player.
// 1987	Becker Mexico Diversity – the first car radio with dual tuners.
// 1990	Becker develops 2-RDS Diversity Tuner.
// 1995	Becker Avus and Becker Grand Prix CD receivers – the first car radios with digital audio signal processing.
// 1996	D2B Optical – the world‘s first optical waveguide-based in-car data transmission system.
// 1997	Becker Traffic Star – the first combination car radio/CD player/navigation system.
// 1998	MOST – the optical waveguide, multimedia data highway of the future.
// 1999	Becker Traffic Pro – with navigation in 17 European countries.
// 2000	Traffic Message Channel (TMC) with software update for Becker Traffic Pro: continuous transmission of silent traffic information integrated into route planning.
// 2001	Becker Online Pro – combines e-mail, WAP, SMS, navigation, telephone, MP3, CD and 2-RDS Tuner in a single system.
// 2003	Becker Vision Pro – the in-car rear seat entertainment system for videos, DVDs, VCDs, MP3 files, CDs and video games. Becker Monza – the first MP3/CD player with 2-RDS Tuner.
// 2004	Becker Traffic Pro 7949 – the first unit with speech dialogue system for navigation, MP3/CD player/CF card and 2-RDS Tuner. Becker Traffic Pro 7945 with Bluetooth® wireless technology.
// 2005	Becker Cascade 7944 – with CF card navigation. Becker Traffic Assist 7914 – the first mobile navigation system made by Becker. Becker TriVision 7970 – with digital/analogue TV reception.
// 2006	Becker Indianapolis Pro 7950 – with Bluetooth® wireless technology and Speedpulse (optional). Becker Cascade Pro 7941 – with SIM Access Profile for making phone calls through the car radio. Becker Grand Prix 7990 – with iPod® connection and Bluetooth® wireless technology. Becker Traffic Assist Highspeed 7934 and Becker Traffic Assist Pro 7916 – new standards in mobile navigation. Becker Mexico 7948 – retro design on the outside, high-tech on the inside. Becker Traffic Assist HS II 7988 – steer clear of any traffic jam with TMC. Becker Traffic Assist Pro Ferrari 7929 – High-Tech on Ferrari-Look.
// 2007	Becker Vision Pro 7985 – portable DVD player with touchscreen. Becker Traffic Assist 7926 and 7927 – portable navigation with TMC (7927) and video player. Becker Traffic Assist 7928 – portable navigation and video player, with icon sensors and 4.8-inch display. Becker Traffic Assist 7827 – portable navigation with video player and 4.3-inch display
// 2008	Becker Traffic Assist 7977 – portable navigation with Bluetooth®, video player and 4.3-inch display Becker Traffic Assist Z 200 – portable navigation with 4.3-inch display, Bluetooth®, Split-Screen, Turn-by-Turn navigation and anti-theft device.