Hi all,

Anyone retro fitted a DAB tuner?

Somebody on here ages ago saying he had to fit a DAB radio to the fl2 as it was missed on a order

when I said no it wasn't possible he PM me saying it was and for a price £400 IIRC he could do it, Told him I wasn't interested as it's too expensive and if he wanted to make commercial post then speak to martin

Said he would get the parts required and post them on the forum to help others

I have spoken with others on this and they still gave the it can't be done answer Former Mod/Member, with the most post & Chicken George Arch nemesis

Doc,

I thought HSE spec has DAB?

Me too

It does from the MY2010 models like mine

TBH not worth paying for unless you like 1xtra not in Leeds anyway as most seems to have no reception Former Mod/Member, with the most post & Chicken George Arch nemesis

Cool and thank you!

You need DAB For 5 live for football as AM is crap

npinks wrote:

It does from the MY2010 models like mine

TBH not worth paying for unless you like 1xtra not in Leeds anyway as most seems to have no reception

I had a HSE as a courtesy car with the DAB radio in. I was really impressed with it, especially listening to 5 live for the tennis and Grand Prix (had the car in July!). I also thought that in North Staffs the reception of Radio 1 and Radio 2 was better than on FM as well.

It also took me a while to work out how to tune it, the auto tune didn't seem to work very well, I ended up manually searching and saving them.

However, not that much better that I would pay £400 to get it retro fitted

I can get the BBC channels on DAB, the standard ones like Radio1, etc aswell as 1Xtra, PlanetRock, Kids Radio

What i was saying, when scrolling through the channels it finds, or when manually searching it comes up with names of stations, then no reception is displayed.

This is the same as in london as I did the same search whilst down there in the car, but found more channels working.

I am out of Leeds City Center, and i do live in a area were they 'say' digital freeview TV are availible, but due to houses and hills, I cant have them, (thats if the DAB singal is along the same lines)

I also agree, switch from DAB Radio1 to Normal Radio1 you do notice a big difference in quality.

I only really listen to Radio1 on DAB or occassionally 1Xtra, not listen to normal radio since having DAB though as there doesn't appear to be a Aire FM DAB station, nor Galaxy that can be picked up out of London

I really can't see the point in listening to 5 Radio cricket or grandprix, or any sport to be honest on the radio, sport is to be watched and not listen to, and i can't be bothered even watching sport nowadays its all

When in the car by myself i listen to the iPhone and the music/audiobooks it holds Former Mod/Member, with the most post & Chicken George Arch nemesis

npinks wrote:

I also agree, switch from DAB Radio1 to Normal Radio1 you do notice a big difference in quality.

npinks wrote:

when I said no it wasn't possible he PM me saying it was and for a price £400

Frobius - how does the Pure Highway perform? Have you bought an extra aerial for it? I read somewhere that cars with heated front screens give these units problems.

I find it great. Good quality reception and a million miles better than the standard FM radio in the car. I don't have the heated screen on my FL2 but the antenna that comes with it is a sort of stick on filament thing with a wire that goes to the unit. I stuck mine on the left hand side of the windscreen which might just be outside of the wires of the heated screen. I then ran the wire behind the A pillar trim where the airbag is and in through the glove box to the unit itself. You can buy spare antennas too for other cars for about £20. 09MY FL2 Td4 XS, Style Pack, Privacy Glass, Martinique Blue.. oh so very blue..

Cheers for that. I suspect that Father Christmas will be delivering one to our house this year!