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.

IDEAS THAT MAKE 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. Becker Traffic Star – the first combination car radio/CD player/navigation system.
// 1999	Becker Traffic Pro – with unlimited navigation in Europe.
// 2000	Traffic Message Channel (TMC) hits the road: Becker Traffic Pro – equipped with TMC via software update.
// 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. 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, Becker Traffic Pro 7945 with Bluetooth® wireless technology.
// 2005	Becker Cascade 7944 – with CF card navigation. Becker Traffic Assist – the first mobile navigation system.
// 2006	Becker Traffic Assist Highspeed II and Becker Traffic Assist Pro steer clear of any traffic jam: the enhanced Traffic Assist series sets new standards. Becker Cascade Pro – with SIM Access Profile for making phone calls through the car radio. Becker Mexico 7948 – retro
// 2007	The next generation of portable navigation is on the spot: including Slim-Line design, video player and Bluetooth® wireless technology.
// 2008	The new dimension of mobile navigation systems convinces everybody. The Becker Z-series focuses the navigation: with detailed route list, 3D views and turn-by-turn navigation