Time Checks

[Joke]

When listening to the radio I have found that there is a time lapse between digital and am/fm radio. So could somebody tell me which one is giving the correct time time checks as there is approximately a minutes difference between them? Thanks.

[Upforit]

Most likely the am/fm time signal. This is because digital radio, as digital tv has to send its signal to a satellite then down to the receiver, resulting in the time lag.

[Loosehead]

yes the analogue signal is the more accurate one.

[vehelpfulguy]

A minute ?

I could understand maybe 10 seconds (or less) for the digital radio to unscramble the digital signal.

But a minute ?

[Panic Button]

The first one you hear must be the most accurate one.
After all one can suffer a delay, but neither can get ahead of time.

[rojash]

The delay has nothing to do with sending to a satellite. It is simply to do with the time it takes to convert the program and compress it at the transmitting end, and to decompress and convert to analogue at the receiving end

[mibn2cweus]

Select "England / London *" here for the "exact" time.

[Irishlad74]

Good Question......

there is an approximate 5 sec delay between my FM and my DAB radio.

Same thing applies to Digital TV and analogue.