Posted by Miss UK
Ive just purchased a DAB TUNER and wanna have a rant about how good it is being able to pickup most of Londons stations like Kiss FM, 1 X-TRA, CAPITAL & JAZZ FM! lol how kewl is that! Anyone have 1 ;-)
Posted by sn3ipen
I dont have one but since this is in the garbage i think i will post anyway.
Posted by *Jojo*
@missuk - what does DAB stands for? Digital Audio Booster?
Posted by ShawO
Digital Audio Broadcasting... or in layman's tems... digital radio
http://www.digitalradionow.com/
http://www.videologic.com/Support/DABFAQ.asp
http://www.bbc.co.uk/digitalradio/
http://www.firebox.com/index.[....]firebox&action=product&pid=763
Posted by *Jojo*
Thanks for explaining it to me fully @shawo - Those were very nice websites, thanks again for sparing some time locating those! About that 'DAB', I just made a wild guess about what I knew of it's meaning. The very first thing that entered my mind, was the brand of white soap! So, I refreshed my mind a bit, and asked myself, what will the soap do with radio transmitting ? ? ? Until you gave the full-explanation. Viva @shawo(rsky) !
Posted by Miss UK
lol @ JoJo .. @ All. I suppose im the only person with DAB then :-D although many of u might have FREEVIEW and can pick up the channels via that :-)
Posted by Miss UK
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Posted by Miss UK
I must be the first DAB ESATO'N then ;-)
Posted by *Jojo*
@missuk - Maybe you're right . . . no one seems to be reponding.
Posted by masseur
I'd get a DAB unit but I hardly listen to radio and when I do its usually via the net because I'm rarely in the same country as the radio stations I listen to!
btw, is it like normal radio where you can use the same unit anywhere in the world?
just for interest, how much info do you get on the display apart from the song title and artist?
Posted by Miss UK
Masseur. Im sure it can be used in other countrys! The actual info via txt u get is various eg. Website address, phone number, what song is playing and stuff about the dj! I only bought the DAB to pick up Kiss FM (London) and im gettin a alot more other stations to which cannot be picked up here in Birmingham! Its a great thing to have worth every penny!!! ;-)
Posted by rencomp
@miss uk
You're lucky to live in the uk! Free DAB and Freeview(was ITV digital) here in the netherlands they just started a DAB test with only 3channels:-( but i can also recieve DAB from belgium and that sounds good(a bit to much compression.thats a shame) DAB can be used anywhere outside the UK where available.its a international digital transmission standard for audio.i have SKY DIGITAL so i can also listen to the many radiostations available in the UK in hifi quality
Posted by switchbitch
I must agree. The DABs ive had in the past were all fantastic. The little red lolly is just so perfectly designed as to allow just enough sherbet to be removed from the bag and consumed at each dip. Sherbet fountains, part of the same family, are also quite nice, though i tend to throw away the yucky liquorice stick and use my fingers instead.
Posted by riflogic
I have got DAB radio.
Its koool. A lot of stations compared to the analogue radios and the sound is clear and crisp. As, for the favourite radio stations, I listen mostly to BBC channels as well as KISS, Smash Hits and some others. If you haven't go DAB yet, go grab one, u won't regret it.
Posted by Miss UK
Rencomp. For now 3 stations thats good for now cos eventually DAB will introduce alot more stations try and be calm lol ;-) @ all if u want a DAB TUNER I bought mine from www.richersounds.com mines the ACOUSTIC SOLUTIONS enn £79.95 total packing £86 go n grab enn cos its £ 100 or £130 elsewhere ;-) well worth da £££
Posted by Dj Boyi
I was just looking at the Ministry of Sound DAB radio earlier,i got Kiss,which is ok,and some other (shite) stations on Freeview,had it for a year now but i always end up putting on Winamp on me PC
Its a shame you cant listen to 'Ministry of Sound' radio thats on the net,then i would buy one,maybe the k700 will sort that out for me
Posted by Miss UK
Boyi in time might be able to pick that up ;-) I want Galaxy Manchester badly our birmingham enn is crap lol :-D
Posted by Dj Boyi
hehe,i get galaxy on normal fm radio.Btw,thx for that site you gave,some nice prices on there and a shop in stoke-on-trent which is up the road from me,cheers
Posted by Miss UK
I get Galaxy on normal fm too but its the birmingham enn its naff ratha have the manchester enn ;-) u outta go to them shops :-D join da DAB CLUB hehe
Posted by Jake Blues
dunno if its available on actual DAB but the HITS radio through freeview has the best talk show i have ever heard (sorry Nick Abbott, ex Real radio yorkshire.) James Stannage- you da man! if anyone wants a real laugh listen to the best of James Stannage weekdays midnight to five am freeview channel 81. the actual footage has been taken from a live nightly show on KEY103 out of Manchester.
Posted by Sammy_boy
I've got a DAB radio too! Got it for £50 off Ebay, an Acoustic Solutions one. Lots of intersting stations, but I agree, it's compressed too much, and sounds slightly worse than FM transmissions, but I still like it!
Posted by methylated_spirit
I've got it, its a shame most of the radio stations on it are shite though. Virgin Radio Classic Rock is the best radio station in the (well, your) universe though.
Posted by Krubach
Just for the record.
The US equivalent do DAB is called XM Radio and is "defined" as satellite radio
I don't think that DAB is transmitted through satellite, but then again, i might be wrong.
warning: XM and DAB are not compatible...
Posted by batesie
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1xtra is not a london station. its digital only (Web, Sky, DAB).
Anyway they are good...
Posted by Jake Blues
i been thinkin of gettin one 4 a while but can any1 confirm if KEY103 from Manchester is available on it? coz if it is i will get 1 4 sure!