Directed Electronics, Inc. Announces Date Change of Fourth Quarter 2005 Conference Call

VISTA, Calif., March 16 -- Directed Electronics, Inc. , the largest designer and marketer of consumer branded vehicle security and convenience systems in the United States based on sales and a major supplier of home audio, mobile audio and video, and satellite radio products, announced today that its quarterly conference call would be moved to March 30th from March 16, 2006. The postponement will allow the Company additional time to complete its year-end closing process, its first as a public company, and allow its independent auditors sufficient time to complete their work.

The Company's earnings conference call is now scheduled for 5:00 p.m. EST (2:00 p.m. PST) on March 30, 2006. It will be broadcast live over the Internet hosted in the Investor Relations section of the Company's website at www.directed.com and will be archived online within three hours after completion of the call. The conference call may include forward-looking statements.

About Directed Electronics

Directed Electronics is the largest designer and marketer of consumer branded vehicle security and convenience systems in the United States based on sales and a major supplier of home and car audio, mobile video, and satellite radio products. As the sales leader in the vehicle security and convenience category, Directed offers a broad range of products, including security, remote start, hybrid systems, GPS tracking, and accessories, which are sold under its Viper, Clifford, Python, and other brand names. Directed's car audio products include speakers, subwoofers, and amplifiers sold under its Orion, Precision Power, Directed Audio, a/d/s/, and Xtreme brand names. Directed also markets a variety of mobile video systems under the Directed Video, Directed Mobile Media and Automate brand names. In the home audio market, Directed designs and markets award-winning Definitive Technology and a/d/s/ premium loudspeakers. In August 2004, Directed began marketing and selling certain SIRIUS-branded satellite radio products, with exclusive distribution rights for such products to Directed's existing U.S. retailer customer base.