Does anyone know when/if the Leon will have option of DAB radio

[DigglerB]

Hi all - I currently have a DAB radio and this is great when listening to TalkSport and Virgin over AM.

Does anyone know when or even if the spec will be updated to have either an option or standard fit DAB radio in the FR?

I know SEAT did provide a DAB radio in a special edition Ibiza a while ago - so they must be able to make one for the Leon surely?

 

[Igor23]

I enquired about DAB when ordering the Cupra, was told that the only way to fit DAB was one of these things,
http://www.revo.co.uk/store/in-car.php
A plug in unit, and that there were no plans for a DAB option for the foreseeable future....

 

[Fun Bobby]

http://www.autoexpress.co.uk/news/autoexpressnews/210075/digital_radio.html

Interestingly in the article it names SEAT as one of the companies that does offer DAB.
I heard from some radio expert recently that DAB is dead and there is a new technology coming - using AM but offering full stereo.
The benefit over DAB is easy bandwidth and distribution.

 

[DanGB]

Yeah, i'd say dab is a bit of a waste of time, thats why its still very rare in cars.

 

[Igor23]

My only question is this, what happens when the analogue transmitters get switched off, as atm the BBC Dab signal in Nottingham is a disgrace, the indie stations have much better reception because they've invested in more transmitters, the Beeb however has to broadcast analogue alongside digital, making Dab reception in certain parts of the city nonexistent, so I think that Dab has a future, just not in it's current format/codec....
The Beeb is shutting down analogue tv transmitters to free up bandwidth for digital tv, so what's to say that the same thing won't happen to radio???

 

[Fun Bobby]

Check this out: http://www.drm.org/

This is the Digital AM stuff I mentioned in an earlier post.

 

[Jace]

My only question is this, what happens when the analogue transmitters get switched off, as atm the BBC Dab signal in Nottingham is a disgrace,

Tell me about it, all I get when traveling down the A453 is crackle FM

 

[DanGB]

They won't switch off the analogue unless there is a digital alternative, and dab isnt really an alternative at the moment.

 

[Fun Bobby]

They won't switch off the analogue unless there is a digital alternative, and dab isnt really an alternative at the moment.

I agree, don't forget a good chuck of your TV license pays for BBC radio.

 

[DigglerB]

Cheers all for your posts - Igor23's DAB solution might be the way forward

 

[Igor23]

Just a word of caution regarding the revo dab, make sure to use an external aerial, as the supplied internal stick-on is useless....

 

[Fun Bobby]

Just a word of caution regarding the revo dab, make sure to use an external aerial, as the supplied internal stick-on is useless....

Can you not just piggy-back off the standard car aerial?

 

[Igor23]

Can you not just piggy-back off the standard car aerial?

No can do, requires a dedicated dab aerial, and definitely not the supplied one, any kind of external screen coating renders it useless...