Getting DAB Radio

[WELSHYORKIE]

Seeing as the Government is switching off the analogue signal in a few years time - allegedly - how difficult/easy will it be to convert my current radio to receive DAB signal? I reckon there wuill be millions of cars that will effectively be silent if it expensive to do.

[murraymints]

don't think that will be possible..not like the telly....

[HannaJayne52]

To be honest DAB radio's are coming down in price so even if it was possible it would not be economic.
When we need a new radio I am buying DAB now.
I notice my car has an analogue CD / Radio but I only tend to keep my car for about 4 years.
When I go on a journey I am generally listening to the sat nav.

Hanna

[ChuckFickens]

There are no set dates to switch of analogue radio at the moment.

(cue people posting 4 year old articles incorrectly stating 2015)

[WELSHYORKIE]

I had read that, Chuck, and whilst my company car will, no doubt, be changed by then anyway and come with DAB, the family private cars won't. Are there any products out in the market place that will 'adapt' the signal?

[Old_Geezer]

Generally speaking you wouldn't convert but sling and buy anew. (But in any case there is quite some controversy as to whether DAB is the system we ought to be taking up at all.) The only radio conversion I know of is the "Highway" system for cars. http://www.pure.com/p....asp?Product=VL-60905

[Hopkirk]

Apparently someone made a bad decision a while ago, leaving us with an unsuitable system.

I have a DAB radio, and struggle to get a signal downstairs. I don't think they will ever switch off analogue radio as they don't have a workable replacement.

[pdq1]

The government deliberately turned down the DAB signal strength and music is not as pure as you would think digital can be. There was an unknown reason for this and I haven't heard anything to raise the signal strength again.

[DaisyNonna]

So lucky that I am not employed by a company, therefore do not have a company car. Come to think of it, do not have a car. How expensive are car radios? Managed to buy a DAB radio on my pension.

[MantaRay]

You won't be able to convert a FM radio...but my guess is that FM will be running for many years yet so don't worry about it. DAB seems a bit dodgy anyway, some stations work, others don't, and despite what is said about the lack of audible interference you get equally annoying break up or distortion on the weaker channels...i.e. most of them!

[chas2008]

my understanding is as mantaray says FM radio will continue for years, i am led to believe there are no current plans to switch FM off.