Friday, January 07, 2011 -- JVC Mobile Entertainment has announced that it will be bringing connectivity with Clear Channel Radio’s iheartradio mobile application to consumers. After being downloaded to an iPhone, the iheartradio application can be used via USB connection to JVC Mobile Entertainment’s two A/V navigation units, the KW-NT30HD and KW-NT50HDT. Once connected, users will be able to view song and artist information, high-resolution album artwork and control channel up or down functions from the navigation unit or the iPhone itself. JVC Mobile Entertainment’s navigation units will include a free lifetime subscription to the Total Traffic HD+ Network, giving consumers on-screen access to data services such as: traffic information, news, sports scores, and weather information.

With more than 11.5 million consumers using the mobile app, iheartradio will allow JVC Mobile Entertainment navigation unit customers to access more than 750 local radio stations, as well as unique celebrity-hosted channels, local traffic reports and other content.

JVC’s KW-NT50HDT will feature a built-in dual HD tuner system, which has the ability to feature audio content on one tuner and HD Total Traffic Network Data on the other, allowing the consumer to listen to radio programs and receive traffic information at the same time. The KW-NT50HDT will also feature Hybrid Total Traffic HD+ Network functionality (available June 2011), which enables consumers to get HD Total Traffic Network service in more areas. When connected to iPhone, using the iheartradio app, the KW-NT50HDT receives news, sports, weather and real-time traffic information over a cell phone network- even outside of HD radio coverage areas.

“JVC Mobile Entertainment is an innovator in the mobile electronics space, and being the first aftermarket manufacturer to incorporate iheartradio into our stereos is very exciting for us,” explains Chad Vogelsong, General Manager of Marketing, JVC Mobile Entertainment. “We believe our customers will enjoy yet another way to customize their driving experience.”