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Part IV: Using a Wireless Network
Figure 14-1:
Linking your
car with
your
wireless
home
network is a
matter of
having your
car’s access
point or
wireless
client log on
to and sync
with the
wireless
home
network.
car reaches out and uses other devices to bring flexibility and connectivity to
the car’s audio and visual entertainment infrastructure. Ford has a year-long
exclusive on this Microsoft technology in the U.S. market, and then it will be
available to other manufacturers too.
Synching your car stereo with home
The major area where 802.11 is just beginning to show up is in third-party
add-ons to the car — a typical precursor to manufacturers directly bundling
these add-ons into the car (in-car VCRs started the same way). One example
is in the A/V arena. We show in Chapter 12 how simple it is to synchronize
your audio and video server across the house and over the Internet — why
not with your car, too? (See Figure 14-1.)
A confluence of approaches are available, each struggling to win. Until
recently, the ability to store content in the car (as opposed to on devices you
take to the car, such as the iPod) has been frowned on by the same people
who sue college students for downloading songs for frat parties. However, a
new trend towards digital rights management (DRM) free content is making it
popular again to think about having a massive hard drive in your car that
synchronizes with the home whenever it’s in range.
Auto-synchronization of audio files via wireless
Synchronization