DAB radio

[Ardennes92]

As an alternative to fm here in nth Shropshire dab reception is dire even in the house with a decent external aerial, fitters just shake their head when asked for dab. We now rely on internet radio in the house

[dave_s13]

gizlaroc said:

dave_s13 said:

What model year car?

There are dab modules on eBay but I'm worried about blowing cash on one that's not compatible.

Also, do you have a link to the cable?

And where in the car did you fit it?

Thanks in advance.

Mine is a late 2011, I needed the black dab module for mine, comand 4, later 2012 cars use the silver version I believe for NTG4.5 and higher (sd card slot instead of pcmia).

This is the retrofit cable....

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Mercedes-DAB-electrical-...


This is the aerial you need.....

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/JVC-HAL-1-FAKRA-DAB-ANTE...



You then need to go into the engineer menu on comand and turn dab on.


Oh, and the unit goes in the space under the passenger footwell mat, so all really easy to install.

Thanks for that.

[Craikeybaby]

gizlaroc said:

niva441 said:

I think that's the Alpine branded version of the Pure Highway. Don't know if there are any internal differences to give better quality output.

If you are not using the aux input and want to tune it into via FM the Pure Highway has a physical fm cable rather than just sending an FM signal, this is useful as it will over ride weak FM stations as you drive around, where as they can ruin your dab is you use it wirelessly.

They are the same. I have a couple of the Alpine ones, the previous model in my wife's car (FM no longer works) and the new version in my daily. The new version is really easy to fit. I've rarely had DAB dropout on either system with the standard screen mount aerial.

[gizlaroc]

Craikeybaby said:

They are the same. I have a couple of the Alpine ones, the previous model in my wife's car (FM no longer works) and the new version in my daily. The new version is really easy to fit. I've rarely had DAB dropout on either system with the standard screen mount aerial.

Looking at the manuals the Alpine is aux input or wireless FM, where as the Pure Highway has and FM cable loop through so you can hardwire it and remove your cars FM aerial altogether.

Are you saying the Alpine is the same?

[Craikeybaby]

I can't remember tbh, I'm just using mine through the AUX input.