EMPEG Car

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EMPEG Car
EMPEG mk. 2 & logo.jpg
Alt-Name Rio Car
Developer EMPEG Company
Type In-Car Computer
Release date 1999
Discontinued 2001
Introductory price US$1100 (equivalent to $2011.82 in 2024) (4GB Version)
US$2400 (equivalent to $4389.43 in 2024) (28GB Version)
Emulated

Released by the EMPEG Company in 1999, The EMPEG Car is one of if not the first In-Car Computer that could play MP3 files. Only 350 of the original version (Mk.1) were made and shipped to customers.

EMPEG Car Mk.2

The Mk.2 was an updated of the original version, improving almost everything from hardware to firmware to the design of the device itself.[1]

Hardware

Software Embedded Linux
(Debian-based)[2]
CPU StrongARM S-1100
Ram 8MB (Mk.1)
12MB (Mk.2 & Rio Car)
DSP SAA7705H
Audio CS4231A-KQ
Internet LAN91C96

Emulators

THERE ARE CURRENTLY NO EMULATORS FOR THIS DEVICE. ANY YOUTUBE VIDEOS CLAIMING TO OFFER THEM ARE SCAMS!

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