DAB signal quality poor since retune - anyone else?

Discussion in 'General Discussion' started by rickyrooo1, Mar 8, 2016.

  1. opps i meant @CollyP he has put some pictures up. I don't see any scratched paint. @Lardy also used the stick on ones. Hopefully they will pop up and say how they did it (hopefully without paint scratching).
     
  2. @paulcalf - I didn`t do it - two big boys did it and ran away ... :thumbsup:

    :hattip:
     
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  3. Zed

    Zed Gradually getting grumpier

    It wouldn't earth through the paint...
     
  4. yeah i've lost my marbles!
     
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  5. Where there is no paint then. I assume they have earthed it somewhere or it wouldn't work
     
  6. Zed

    Zed Gradually getting grumpier

    Under the earth sticker bit? I'm loathe to do in case it's rubbish anyway. I'd regret scraping the paint then.
     
  7. we
    Well as you know i haven't got a clue about anything technical like this.
    I can see why you don't want to scratch any paint, nor did I.
    Can't you just run a hidden wire from the earth sticker/black square thing, down a hole to an existing earth point?

    I bought a Kinetic DAA-7002£74.99 GBP, it connects to my normal external aerial and is no better than a stick on aerial!
    I couldn't find an external dab aerial that would work with my existing van holes
     
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  8. Pudelwagen

    Pudelwagen Supporter

    Can't get dab, can't get fm, can't get mobile where we live. It's great living in the 21st century. Medium wave mono radio and a phone plugged into the wall.
     
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  9. Tuesday wildchild

    Tuesday wildchild I'm a circle!

    Mines down the middle of screen, signal can be bad if driving away from transmitter.
     
  10. mikedjames

    mikedjames Supporter

    DAB as used in the UK is so bad that Scandinavia changed to DAB2. Which costs more to transmit but it works a lot better (more error correction).Just remember we are now a year into the official switchoff of analogue HiFi FM.... and has it happened yet ? No. I wonder why.
     
  11. Baysearcher

    Baysearcher [secret moderator]

    The factory DAB in my car is sh1te.
     
  12. Done the retune, so that's Planet Rock and Team Rock off the DAB. To think I shunned internet radio units thinking they'd be a fad.

    The radio is so f****g complicated. FM is dead, DAB is dead, the radio needs a bluetooth receiver to accept internet radio on the phone or through the computer - it only last a few hours and then needs to be charged all day before I can listen to the radio again. At least 6 music is worth keeping the radio for.
     
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  13. rickyrooo1

    rickyrooo1 Hanging round like a bad smell

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  14. The original 'planet rock'
     
  15. CollyP

    CollyP Moderator

    Evening all, I posted about my DAB Kenwood many moons ago. I think the linked to thread was in response to someone else. I did not scrape any paint. In the linked thread I point out that the black rectangle is the earth. It works well, I drove from London to Cornwall listening to it.
    I haven't used the van recently so can't talk about the re-tune.
    Also, I haven't re-tuned my car DAB and that is still working well. I remember a previous DAB thread where @Baysearcher said his car DAB was crap. I have only had good experiences with both of mine.
     
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  16. Zed

    Zed Gradually getting grumpier

    Sooooooo, what is the black rectangle earthed to?
     
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  17. CollyP

    CollyP Moderator

    Nuffink. Just attached to the pillar. Destructions said it would be OK. Practice says it was ok. Earth smearth.
     
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  18. Hey, I haven't used mine since last year so wouldn't know unfortunately, sorry guys.
    Also taken battery off as halfords batteries obviously only work for a year then you have to replace it?!
     
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  19. For zed, I just wanted to find out how your window mounted dab aerial earthed.

    Colly P has since replied that it works by magic!, so hopefully zed will be giving his window mounted aerial a try

    Sorry to hear about your halfords battery, even if it only has a 1 year guarantee take it back and tell them it isn't fit for purpose.
     

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