gazza-uk

Are they any good ?

Do you loose the station quite quickly when driving ?

warrenm2

depends on the area. If I just drive around locally, I get Planet Rock no problem (its on 11D). Going under bridges it drops out momentarily. Heart is on 12A I think and does come and go, it all depends on the coverage area.

Its a JVC unit BTW

TopBanana

I had one and it was great. I had a dedicated DAB antenna which probably helped,.

TelBoy

I do, yes. The aerial is a stick-on one in the windscreen, and reception is patchy. If i'm on a long journey i usually get fed up with it and put a CD on instead. I'd love to know what i could do to improve reception - are all winscreen-mounted aerials similar?

mannyo

I had a blaupunkt DAB-52 in a previous car and reception through a proper roof mounted aerial was really good. I tried the glass stick on ones, but had reception issues and these were solved by fitting the proper one. The glass mount ones are ok in good signal areas but not so good in outlying areas. I could drive from my home (herts) all the way to Devon and not need to retune whilst listening to a national station.

TelBoy

Can you get a dual roof aerial (ie replace the existing "normal" aerial with one that does both) or do i need a separate one?

Tarquin Po

Yes Tel you can. About £100

Blaupunkt DAB aerial

Like Manny (hi Manny!) I used to have a DAB52 and it was great, although I'd lose BBC7 near Membury services on the way down the M4.

Iain Young

I used to have one, and swore never to bother again. It's ok if you live in a strong signal area, but anywhere else in the country it's pretty useless (and that was with a DAB antenna as well)

TelBoy

Cheers Tarquers

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iTrader: (5)

I have a Pure Highway unit and although it is a simple to use unit the reception is average and I don't really know why I brought it. I'll either put a CD on or listen to R1, R2 or classic

TopBanana

Mine was also a DAB52. Actually I still have it in the cupboard somewhere if someone wants to make me an offer!

Nido

Or for better sound quality you could just listen to FM

what would scooby do

Very few know that a good FM signal kicks DAB's ****ty bit rate into touch..

TopBanana

It's not hard to tell.

mannyo

I must admit, thats why I didnt bother fitting a DAB into my current car. However you can get stations on DAB that simply are not available on FM. Most DAB radios can do both FM and DAB anyway, so use FM for national stations and DAB for those that are normally found on MW/LW or online.

boxst

Why arn't they more popular? I don't have one, but have bought a new radio recently (for BlueTooth and iPod connectivity) and hardly any come with DAB.

I would of thought that the DAB people (I can't remember their name) would be lobbying manufacturers to start putting them in cars?

Steve

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iTrader: (5)

I herd that they might cut the DAB radio thing altogether?