Dab radio

[Hyperkev]

I was listening to radio 1 today and noticed the song and artist scrolling along the bottom of screen , are the radios dab ?

[BeefMasta]

They're not DAB but I think they support RDS on some stations.

[Supershred]

My biggest disappointment about the DS3 is that even the highest specs do not have DAB radios. I love to listen to test match special on a long trip, all the time for that matter, and have to put up with a horrible scretchy broadcast on LW Radio 4. Good news is this week I found an alternative frequency broadcasting commentry on 1449 MHz. NOt as good as DAB but at least its clear enough to hear.
I was considering changing out the radio or using one of the other tricks discussed elsewhere on this forum Alternatively I was going to keep a portable DAB radio in the car. Now I certainly willnot change the radio, but will try the portable option.

[Bigfeet]

DAB radios are a watse of time where I live, the signal drops in and out so much it drives you crazy and you just ending up switching back over to FM. God knows what will happen when they switch off the analogue radio...

[Supershred]

Interesting - where are you in Scotland? I have never had any problems with DAB in other vehicles.

[Bigfeet]

Up on the North East Coast, I have DAB in my Cactus but before I have used it in a C4 as well as a DS5.

[Supershred]

Really! Possibly not so far me then.. I have it on a Mondeo (boring) and the only dropout I have experiences on some channels (5-Live for instance) is across Fyfe to Edinburgh. Guess it depends on what you tune into as well as the in-car set up?

[lfcrule1972]

I listen to Radio 5 a lot at the weekends and would like to have the DAB installed in my DS3, I missed out once on a good offer that is yet to be repeated at the dealers....

I've asked mine to give me a shout if they do offers on it again

[Bigfeet]

Well I'm over the other side of the mountain and I think the signal is bouncing off the top!

[geoff3]

DAB radios are a watse of time where I live, the signal drops in and out so much it drives you crazy and you just ending up switching back over to FM. God knows what will happen when they switch off the analogue radio...

I agree, I live in a strong signal area and can receive DAB with no problem, the issue is that is sounds awful..compressed and squawky compared to FM.
I have both DAB and FM inputs to my amplifier and when you switch between the two DAB sounds like a cheap transistor radio by comparison!
It will be a tragedy when they do switch off FM and we are forced to listen to DAB crap.