Car Radio useless.?

[modeller]

In view of the potential abolition of FM why are car manufacturers still supplying cars with FM radio. There are 40 million vehicles in this country , most with radios , and they will all be useless.

[Buenchico]

Car manufacturers are probably waiting until radio manufacturers make radios which are capable of receiving both DAB and DAB+ (at a reasonable price).

The UK is one of only two countries in Europe that have adopted the 'DAB' standard for digital radio. The rest of Europe waited until the better (and non-compatible) 'DAB+' had been fully developed. Fitting DAB radios into British cars would mean that they couldn't be used abroad. What car manufacturers want, from the radio manufacturers, are radios that can switch automatically between DAB and DAB+ (while still being able to receive FM and AM signals).

See my post here for more on this subject:
http://www.theanswerb...8.html#answer-4124051

Chris

[Buenchico]

PS:
Existing car radios can be used to receive DAB stations by using a suitable receiver/transmitter:
http://www.amazon.co....qid=1312073501&sr=8-1