Dab Radio Advice

[layton1985 5]

Hi I have bought a new Kenwood headunit, it has a built in parrot hands free via bluetooth, ipod ready the lot awesome unit, it's DAB though and someone mentioned I might need a different arial to recieve the DAB stations? Is this true and if so is there an arial similar to the original 205 arial that I can buy?

 

Thanks Lee

[P_Monty 2]

I think DAB signals are slightly higher frequency than FM, so if you want absolute perfection, the aerial will need ton slightly shorter. However, that's to achieve perfection - if you're in a decent reception area, the standard one should work .

[kyepan 291]

Hi I have bought a new Kenwood headunit, it has a built in parrot hands free via bluetooth, ipod ready the lot awesome unit, it's DAB though and someone mentioned I might need a different arial to recieve the DAB stations? Is this true and if so is there an arial similar to the original 205 arial that I can buy?

 

Thanks Lee

 

which one did you get out of interest?

as i've been looking at a few!

[layton1985 5]

I haven't got one yet and a friend says you have to change the ariel as fm is radio waves and DAB are digital waves totally different??????????????

[P_Monty 2]

Your friend is talking s***t. They are both radio waves, the only difference being FM is frequency modulated with an analogue signal, DAB is digitally modulated. If you live in a decent reception area the standard ariel will be fine - with one exception - if you've got an external head amplifier, that might not work due to be DAB being at a slightly different frequency.

 

Edit - I ought to say that if the DAB heads use a different aerial input you'll need to swap the plug over .

Edited February 15, 2012 by P_Monty