Civinfo - View Single Post - Radio Cheap DAB solution

bikeeandy · 3rd March 2008, 05:37

I did a run yesterday from Dunfermline to Strathaven (East Central to West Central Scotland, about 50 - 60 miles apart). My first proper drive since I got my Pure (a couple of weeks ago). I haven't yet worked out where I'm going to permanently have mine, so at the moment, so I just have a temporary set up. Have the ariel attached to the passenger side pillar next to the front windscreen with a bit of black tape, with the cable just running into the glove box. If I wanted to, there's sufficient of a lead to stretch to the cubby near the handbrake. But, as I'm not that bothered about seeing the display, inside the glove box works for me. Every now and then, it would be useful to know what track's being played, but I'd rather just be able to listen to the station in the first place.

During the journey, I only lost the DAB signal on one occasion, but in the same place where the DAB radio in my previous car always lost it. Where I did have a problem sometimes, was with the strength of the FM signal. However, given how crap the RDS is in my car, that's hardly surprising (due for it's first service end of the month, so will get whatever radio fixes are available). We're driving down to Hull this coming week-end, so that should be a better test of the device. But, so far, I've been very pleased with it. I accept that the clarity of sound is not as some would have hoped for, but to me, always having had after market units, I consider the radio in the Civic to be pretty awful. What's transmitted is no worse than any other FM station - and better than most.

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bikeeandy Valve Cap Join Date: 11th March 2007 Posts: 7 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts iTrader: (0)	I did a run yesterday from Dunfermline to Strathaven (East Central to West Central Scotland, about 50 - 60 miles apart). My first proper drive since I got my Pure (a couple of weeks ago). I haven't yet worked out where I'm going to permanently have mine, so at the moment, so I just have a temporary set up. Have the ariel attached to the passenger side pillar next to the front windscreen with a bit of black tape, with the cable just running into the glove box. If I wanted to, there's sufficient of a lead to stretch to the cubby near the handbrake. But, as I'm not that bothered about seeing the display, inside the glove box works for me. Every now and then, it would be useful to know what track's being played, but I'd rather just be able to listen to the station in the first place. During the journey, I only lost the DAB signal on one occasion, but in the same place where the DAB radio in my previous car always lost it. Where I did have a problem sometimes, was with the strength of the FM signal. However, given how crap the RDS is in my car, that's hardly surprising (due for it's first service end of the month, so will get whatever radio fixes are available). We're driving down to Hull this coming week-end, so that should be a better test of the device. But, so far, I've been very pleased with it. I accept that the clarity of sound is not as some would have hoped for, but to me, always having had after market units, I consider the radio in the Civic to be pretty awful. What's transmitted is no worse than any other FM station - and better than most.