Harman Kardon Drive + Play

By Marc Perton

So, your bro already has an iPod. What do you get him now? After a case to keep the thing from scratching, you may want to pick up a Harman Kardon Drive + Play. Of all the ways to add iPod functionality to a car, the $200 Drive + Play may well be the most elegant — short of a dealer-installed full-on integration, of course. Once installed (by a pro,
unless bro's a hot-rodder), the Drive + Play provides an eye-level display that mimics the iPod's own (for monochrome,
text-based info, at least), along with a joystick-like controller — no more trying to read the iPod's display or fiddle with its wheel while your hands should be on the other one. And since the Drive + Play is integrated into your car's stereo system, you can actually listen to all of your iPod's tunes without having to deal with a balky FM
transmitter or some cheap cassette adapter.

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