an input selector 51 is also provided to allow a user to swap between various inputs input to both the microphone and the auxiliary connector is converted from analog to digital by a converter 27 before being passed to the processor although not shown numerous of the vehicle components and auxiliary components in communication with the vcs may use a vehicle network such as but not limited to a can bus to pass data to and from the vcs or components thereof outputs to the system can include but are not limited to a visual display 4 and a speaker 13 or stereo system output the speaker is connected to an amplifier 11 and receives its signal from the processor 3 through a digital to analog converter 9 output can also be made to a remote bluetooth device such as pnd 54 or a usb device such as vehicle navigation device 60 along the bi directional data streams shown at 19 and 21 respectively in one illustrative embodiment the system 1 uses the bluetooth transceiver 15 to communicate 17 with a user 39 s nomadic device 53 e g cell phone smart phone pda or any other device having wireless remote network connectivity the nomadic device can then be used to communicate 59 with a network 61 outside the vehicle 31 through for example communication 55 with a cellular tower 57 in some embodiments tower 57 may be a wifi access point exemplary communication between the nomadic device and the bluetooth transceiver is represented by.