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Can I add a DAB module without too much hassle? Is there an AUX socket in an RNSE?
Happy to go to a professional fitter to do this.

If you have software 650 loaded then you can enable the AUX inputs. These are on the 32 pin TV connector.

There is no factory option, but if you can find a decent in car DAB module you feed it into these inputs.

As craigyb says there's no OE DAB option for the RNS-E - you can only get a factory DAB module for the MMI system.

Remember that an external DAB tuner connected to the Aux in won't be contolled by the RNS-E, so you'll need either to use a remote or to mount the DAB where you can safely reach it.

Guys, apologies for dragging this chestnut up again.

I have a need to listen to BBC Radio 6! How?

Is there any newer tech to allow for DAB integration into RNS-E?

I'm considering plumbing an iPod Classic into the system. Is a Dension unit the best way forward sound quality being paramount!? Are there any other hdd-based alternatives controllable from the RNS-E menus?

Not sure I have a need for Bluetooth, but is the Dension BT kit reliable and effective?

Digger wrote:Is there any newer tech to allow for DAB integration into RNS-E?

There's no OE DAB tuner suitable for the RNS-E. One option would be to fit the Aux In to the RNS-E and connect a third party DAB tuner using that.

Digger wrote:I'm considering plumbing an iPod Classic into the system. Is a Dension unit the best way forward sound quality being paramount!? Are there any other hdd-based alternatives controllable from the RNS-E menus?

AFAIK the sound quality of all the iPod kits for the RNS-E is much the same.
Don't know of any HDD controllable from the RNS-E - AMI isn't an option since that only works with a 2010 RNS-E in an A3, TT or R8.

Digger wrote:Not sure I have a need for Bluetooth, but is the Dension BT kit reliable and effective?

Bluetooth is only for phones, so that's not relevant to your iPod Classic.

Doh! I'd forgotten that BBC Radio 6 is on terrestrial Freeview so does the oem hybrid/analogue Freeview TV widget also provide these same digital radio stations?