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[Field Marshal Dr. Opti]

I have it in my car........only rarely though. Most of the time I can't get a signal.

Any experience with DAB chaps?

[Andy H]

I fitted a DAB radio in my car a few years ago. I made sure to fit a decent aerial and the only place I lose signal is in tunnels and multistorey car parks.

[Viral_Jim]

I have it in my car........only rarely though. Most of the time I can't get a signal.

Any experience with DAB chaps?

Have it in the Bimmer, I like it because I can pick up stations that aren't on FM (Kerrang & Planet Rock mostly). My commute is Kidderminster, to the M42, then down the M6 & A14 to Rushden, so a fair swathe of the midlands. Throughout that, I don't lose signal at any point, even though around home FM signal is a bit patchy.

Not sure where you're based, but if you're not picking up signal most of the time, I suspect there may be an issue somewhere  . FM and DAB use different aerials in most cars (although can be contained in the same unit) so a DAB problem wouldn't necessarily affect FM.

[flyer 0712]

Have it in my new car and its all ok   

[tunnie]

Have it in the VW, brilliant 

[amba]

Wouldn't be without as never listen to anything else other than Planet Rock 

[Andy H]

Wouldn't be without as never listen to anything else other than Planet Rock 

I used to listen to nothing else until they stopped transmitting nationally

I don't know how big their coverage is now - I think it is just anywhere within 50 miles of London or Birmingham

[amba]

My work radius and majority time spent in car is S/East,Kent,so your assumption may be correct,although have had good reception when outside of those areas also

[Field Marshal Dr. Opti]

It seems the problem was the dashcam plugged into the power point.

Unplugged it and and all the DAB channels have returned.

[Migv6 le Frog Fan]

That's interesting. I fitted a DAB radio in my 190 last year. Signal was mostly good, if slightly patchy in some small areas.
The signal has been pretty awful recently, which may well have coincided with me using a dashcam.
I wonder if hardwiring the dashcam rather than using the cig lighter socket would make any difference ? Probably not is my uneducated guess.

[Viral_Jim]

I had a similar experience with a Bluetooth FM modulator I bought some years ago (hateful thing, but less hateful than re-wiring the entire car's stereo system to get mo3 playback).

I found that swapping to a shielded power supply worked wonders, so that may also help your issues. Alternatively, plugging into a different 12v socket to move the interference away may also help 

[Andy H]

That reminds me. .. I bought a new phone and wireless charger a couple of years ago. It was only after I had pulled the head unit to try and fix it that I realised that the wireless charger was the cause

[tigers_gonads]

Just put a Alpine DAB unit in the omega.
Around city's, you have a great choice and pretty good quality but out in the sticks of inbred land, the choice and signal strength is limited at the moment 

As for a ariel, get a powered one which are mush better 
Also you have to set the head unit up to send power to that ariel or they don't work properly 

I've got one on the top corner of the windscreen (passenger side) and it works a treat 

[EMD]

Wouldn't be without as never listen to anything else other than Planet Rock 

Ive found that on the tv channel , have it on all the time 

[Mister Rog]

The whole issue of DAB really pisses me off. All the time we are being told to get DAB blah blah blah.

Not where I live, various BBC channels and that's about it. Used to listen to Planet Rock, till they changed channels. I complained. "Listen online" they said. FFS, I listen to radio mostly in the car and in the bog. And, if I can't get decent DAB at home, I ain't going to get it in the car

I need to stop, I can feel a real rant coming on, a big one . . . . . where's my medication. Quick  . . .