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I have just picked up the new car (see reader's cars section) and it has the in-built dab radio (non-i drive model). I am having a lot of trouble as the DAB unit seems to only seek the BBC radio stations and none of the others. i have tried following the guide in the manual and it still seems to only pick these few stations up. How do i fix it?
if its any help they are all listed as part of a bbc drop down menu with no others being displayed and in the corner of the screen it says DAB BBC
has anybody encountered this before?
if its any help they are all listed as part of a bbc drop down menu with no others being displayed and in the corner of the screen it says DAB BBC
has anybody encountered this before?
Mine works fine, but it's not very user friendly.
I always do an Auto tune and then you can select the various multiplexes from there and save them on the presets. Once listening to a channel you can use the steering wheel buttons to listen to different channels on the same multiplex.
One issue I have is when listening to Radio 2, when the news comes on I sometimes loose signal exactly when it switches to news. There is loads of signal and only happens on radio 2.
Any ideas on my issue?
Thanks
Andrew
I always do an Auto tune and then you can select the various multiplexes from there and save them on the presets. Once listening to a channel you can use the steering wheel buttons to listen to different channels on the same multiplex.
One issue I have is when listening to Radio 2, when the news comes on I sometimes loose signal exactly when it switches to news. There is loads of signal and only happens on radio 2.
Any ideas on my issue?
Thanks
Andrew
I have just picked up a new BMW with DAB and have exactly the opposite problem! I can only get Regional Ensembles and not National ones (i.e. BBC stations). I have tried driving about to areas I know that you can get signal, and turning the bands on and off but still no result. I had an '07 BMW with DAB before so I know where you get signal and where you don't, but this new one, with the new Ensemble configuration of 12 stations is just not working. I live in Reading and can get London 1 and Berks only. I have taken it back to BMW but they knew as much as me. It is going back next week... My guess is that the National band simply does not work in mine, and the local band does not work in yours...?
I think it's highly location dependent.
With my E90 I had to go to different places in Aberdeen to pick them all up but once stored I oculd listen to them anywhere.
My only problem was that the steering wheel buttons would only chnage to the next station it could find rather than the next one stored (worked fine for normal radio). BMW couldn't work it out and said that must be how it works with DAB.
Couldn't be bothered with the hassle in my E92.
With my E90 I had to go to different places in Aberdeen to pick them all up but once stored I oculd listen to them anywhere.
My only problem was that the steering wheel buttons would only chnage to the next station it could find rather than the next one stored (worked fine for normal radio). BMW couldn't work it out and said that must be how it works with DAB.
Couldn't be bothered with the hassle in my E92.
jhndfihfgoioi said:
I have just picked up a new BMW with DAB and have exactly the opposite problem! I can only get Regional Ensembles and not National ones (i.e. BBC stations). I have tried driving about to areas I know that you can get signal, and turning the bands on and off but still no result. I had an '07 BMW with DAB before so I know where you get signal and where you don't, but this new one, with the new Ensemble configuration of 12 stations is just not working. I live in Reading and can get London 1 and Berks only. I have taken it back to BMW but they knew as much as me. It is going back next week... My guess is that the National band simply does not work in mine, and the local band does not work in yours...?
It turned out that in a time of boredom whilst waiting around i managed to get everything unlocked and my favorites saved to the pre-sets. I have the full variety now, but i'm still not sure how i did it, sorry!M888SXY said:
I think it's highly location dependent.
My only problem was that the steering wheel buttons would only chnage to the next station it could find rather than the next one stored (worked fine for normal radio). BMW couldn't work it out and said that must be how it works with DAB.
This is the same with mineMy only problem was that the steering wheel buttons would only chnage to the next station it could find rather than the next one stored (worked fine for normal radio). BMW couldn't work it out and said that must be how it works with DAB.
OK, after a little thought I solved the issue, and it was PICNIC. I had not let the Autostore function work for long enough. I presumed that Autostore meant it stored the stations already found in each ensemble. This is not what it does however, it actually auto-'discovers' ensembles the DAB can receive. In the handbook it says hit Autostore and then wait a few seconds. The reality is wait for up to a minute and all the ensembles you can receive in that signal area will be available. I can only presume that when BMW originally set the car up they did not know this (the BMW tech I saw at my dealer also did not know this...).
Same for the FM band, too. My brother was visiting from Ireland in his E60 and was hugely frustrated that his stereo was still displaying 2FM and RTE and he couldn't get it to retune to stations over here. After a bit of fiddling I hit the autostore button and nothing happened. Cue lots of swearing and shouting at it before we gave up. Just as he was about to pull the key out lo and behold all the local and national stations appear! It takes a couple of minutes, not seconds as the handbook would have you believe.
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