Directed Electronics, Inc. designs and markets home theater loudspeakers, consumer branded vehicle security and remote start systems, mobile audio systems, and mobile video systems in the United States and internationally. It offers security products to deter theft of vehicles and vehicle contents; remote start products; do-it-yourself remote start systems; hybrid products that include security, remote start, and various convenience capabilities; global positioning system tracking products; and digital vehicle interface products. The company’s home audio products include home theater speaker systems; powered subwoofers; tower speakers; on-wall and stand-alone extruded aluminum speakers; and in-wall, in-ceiling, and outdoor speakers. It provides mobile audio products, including power amplifiers, aftermarket speakers, and subwoofers, as well as accessories, such as power capacitors, distribution blocks, audio interconnects, and amplifier wiring kits; and satellite radio accessories, including portable, boomboxes, desktop, sound system, and installation kits to support SIRIUS receivers. The company also markets various mobile video systems and accessories, including flip-down video displays; aftermarket headrests; liquid crystal display screens; and DVD players, as well as wireless headphones, control modules, trim rings, and antennas. Directed Electronics, through its strategic partnership with SIRIUS, offers portable receivers, docking stations, satellite radio reception units, down link processors, and various accessories, such as signal combiners, distribution systems, antennas, and related items. It sells its products through specialty retailers, retail electronics chains, mass merchants, automotive parts retailers, and car dealers, as well as international distributors. The company, formerly known as DEI Holdings, Inc., was founded in 1982 and changed its name to Directed Electronics, Inc. in 2005. Directed Electronics is headquartered in Vista, California.