DAB Radio

[V8 Animal]

Does this sound any good?
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Aston-Martin-DAB-Radio-F...

I use DAB radio all the time in my daily would like it in the Aston

[V8V Pete]

I'd want them to put the switches back better than that however good it sounds

[F1 NDW]

If that's an example of their work, I would not let them anywhere near my car!

[V8 Animal]

Agreed its not there best picture but what are they to show?
I assume they need to remove that part to fit the DAB receiver.

[sukh_m]

Not entirely sure about this solution (and the picture!).

I'm actually looking at having some form of DAB adaptor installed, something in the glovebox or armrest (if possible). Exploring a few avenues at the moment, possibly the Alpine Ezi-DAB or something alike.

[AMDBSNick]

James @ Paralight is yer man

[V12woollie]

sukh_m said:

Not entirely sure about this solution (and the picture!).

I'm actually looking at having some form of DAB adaptor installed, something in the glovebox or armrest (if possible). Exploring a few avenues at the moment, possibly the Alpine Ezi-DAB or something alike.

You want to listen to the radio in the new beast? Open the window a crack and keep it above 5,000 RPM. No radio needed

[sukh_m]

V12woollie said:

sukh_m said:

Not entirely sure about this solution (and the picture!).

I'm actually looking at having some form of DAB adaptor installed, something in the glovebox or armrest (if possible). Exploring a few avenues at the moment, possibly the Alpine Ezi-DAB or something alike.

You want to listen to the radio in the new beast? Open the window a crack and keep it above 5,000 RPM. No radio needed

Surely I can't apply this rule down the M1 for a 100 mile drive

[Tony V12V]

sukh_m said:

Surely I can't apply this rule down the M1 for a 100 mile drive

Why?

edited to add MTFU

[sukh_m]

Tony V12V said:

sukh_m said:

Surely I can't apply this rule down the M1 for a 100 mile drive

Why?

edited to add MTFU

Coming to think of it, it maybe possible with "girly tyres"

[V12woollie]

sukh_m said:

Surely I can't apply this rule down the M1 for a 100 mile drive

Well you could if you stay in third gear, but that may be counter-productive

[8Tech]

That looks just like the simple £60 DAB solution from PURE. It transmits DAB radio in FM for your FM tuner to receive, usually through a splice in the FM antenna cable, and that may explain why in the pics, there are 2 different stations, both on preset 10.

If it is as I believe, you cannot use the original radio to change DAB stations, you have to retune the remote unit and pick up its transmissions on your FM preset channel.

Edited by 8Tech on Tuesday 18th February 19:18

[dmm1983]

James at Paralight installed a DAB radio on my V12V when fitting front and back cameras and works fine. Discreet switch on the left of the steering column flips between nav control and DAB control, and the steering wheel nav buttons are used to control it. Sound is good, but reception is binary. You either have it or you don't, but glad I had it fitted.

[waremark]

These seem to be the people selling on eBay. Have not investigated further:
http://www.caraudiokent.co.uk/services/DAB-car-rad...

[TrackaPhone]

Here's my twopenny worth.

There is not yet a MOST based DAB tuner. MOST (Media Orientated System Transport) is the name of the fibre optic based audio system used in Gaydon built Aston Martins. It links all of the audio components together in a long loop. To add anything in requires another node. The Gateway 500 from Dension does this to pretty good effect, giving Ipod and USB connectivity, acting as a CD emulator. Dension have recently built a DAB processor to add on to the Gateway 500, although it works I wasn't wildly impressed by the user interface. There are a number of other DAB tuners on the market Ezi-dab, DAB Motion, Media DAB etc etc. All of these use an FM modulator route. ie, it takes the DAB channels received by the DAB tuner box and converts it to a FM frequency, normally 87.7 or suchlike. It also uses the Radio Data System (RDS) to allow display of the DAB information on the cars normal radio display.

Certain DAB Tuners will simply broadcast an FM frequency and the car radio picks it up, others 'break into' the car's antenna cable to give, potentially, a cleaner signal.

The picture shown does worry me slightly, there is no need to remove the top cover for any of the installations listed on the age of car shown. The radio is in the o/s/r wheel arch area, which is where the antennas would run. On cars such as AMDBSNick the Media pack, as was then called after 2008, is then in the front with antenna's built in the front screen.

This week I succumbed to a sales pitch and fitted a different, from my normal installation, DAB tuner. It is one that simply broadcasts the DAB info on FM rather than the 'hard wired' option. It was also cheaper, so I expected little from it, however I was pleasantly surprised. The only downside is, that it requires a separate remote control rather than using the steering wheel controls that I have utilised before. It is wuite neat and would fit in the ashtray or drivers door pocket. Tuning was easy and quality good. I did use a 'whip' antenna on the rear screen for optimum performance (the area the Gentleman lived was not great for DAB). However there is always the option of using the front screen antennas on later cars.

I hope that makes some sense..... otherwise

Perhaps I should advertise on fleabay (other auction sites are available)

All the best,

James @ TrackaPhone