Thread: Digital in car audio

Originally Posted by land864

Ron

Have you misplaced your anti grouch pills again

Nah, I avoid them. I don't want anyone thinking I'm a nice guy.

I had a look at the DBA website and there's a possibility I might find something worth listening to on digital radio. Do like the silence of no radio at all (which is why I don't use a radio at home) and I can't abide talkback.

Looking at the coverage (at the moment) I guess it's going to be not a great advantage for anyone expecting to use it outside the capital cities.

If anything, I want a head unit that can control my iPod. I only listen to music in the car - almost never at home.

I recall the moment that ruined radio for me. Was about 199X, just left Oodnadatta and the tape/cd packed up and couldn't get anything but ABC, and it's davis cup season. Ever listened to tennis on the radio. I was pleading for my eyes to start bleeding so I'd have an excuse to stoop and get out of the car.

Ron - " Nah, I avoid them. I don't want anyone thinking I'm a nice guy"

No chance of that Ron


So what you're saying though is that a better option for those of us that listen to the radio during country/remote travel is an AM/FM/DAB Radio with a good DX ( Long distance?)function and possibly a signal amplifier on the antennae?
( can you buy such an amplifier thingy?)

For super remote travel the HF with AM/FM function?

The iPod input would be a given I'd have thought.

Then again what about the new fangled Bluetooth connection to read/play music off your iPad!!!

cluba

iPods for amateurs, how about a sat phone making a wifi connection live streaming your media collection directly from home. Far less tedious than all that mucking around with cables. Come on guys it's not the 00's any more.

I noticed Phillips had a DAB replacement radio when I was in Autobahn the other day. I listen to the radio all day, in the car and at work when I can. I work by myself. JJJ is good. Not commercial, have sensible comentators, even if they are probably 25-30 years youger than me and the music is modern and interesting.

Ian

Shouldn't your username be nod031

Pete[/QUOTE]

Pete, Yes probably, My miniature texsperts set it up in a blinding flash when I revealed I didn't quite know what I was doing.

Here's some thing else.

Bluestate DAB+ in Car Digital Radio – Tested!|Your Tech Life
Note: it doesn't have a 3.5mm aux in
Don.

Leave our Ronnie Alone

Exactly how many digital stations are there on the east coast - Canberra, Syd and what type of music do they have.

Will it die out like stereo AM did quite a few years back

Garry

G'day Pete,
Yes I have been looking for one too. The AM radio in my Defender is crap.
I prefer to listen to AM (ABC, SEN etc), most radios now are more aimed at the music listenener.

I read a review on a digital car radio last week. (I'll see if I can find it.) They seem to be in the $300 range. The reviewer said it worked well under the tram tracks (a notoriously bad spot for AM). Like you, I would like to hear from someone who has one.