Retuning DAB

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Retuning DAB

Post by Brooner » Wed Apr 27, 2016 3:02 pm

Can anyone help i quite like listening to Absolute 80s i know i know sad but its the decade of my youth
any way it now requires a retune
but i have played with the buttons checked the menus and even read the manual
and nothing tell me how to retune a station in DAB
can anyone help
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Re: Retuning DAB

Post by ARSEY4 » Wed Apr 27, 2016 4:35 pm

I need to know too. Planet Rock has changed.

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Retuning DAB

Post by RS_Four » Wed Apr 27, 2016 6:17 pm

Radio > Function > Scan.

Then select

DAB > scroll down to D1 National > Absolute 80's (may show as Absolute 80's New)

FYI - Absolute 90's is pretty good too
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Re: Retuning DAB

Post by N13LXC » Wed Apr 27, 2016 7:10 pm

RS_Four wrote:
FYI - Absolute 90's is pretty good too Image
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Re: Retuning DAB

Post by Brooner » Thu Apr 28, 2016 7:21 am

tried the above but doesn't seem the change i still have Absolute 80s old????
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Re: Retuning DAB

Post by Brooner » Thu Apr 28, 2016 10:51 am

Found this probably why i don't pick up the new station

I'M LOSING ABSOLUTE 80s / PLANET ROCK ON DAB. WHY?
updated 19/04/2016
The new multiplex enables some radio stations to opt for lower, cheaper national coverage. As such, some stations such as Planet Rock, Absolute 80s and Premier Christian Radio won't be available to as many DAB listeners. For example, if you listen to any of the stations listed here, but are not in the coverage area of the new Sound Digital multiplex, you won't be able to listen on DAB when the transition is complete. See the next questions and answers for more on this subject.

WILL EVERYONE BE ABLE TO RECEIVE THE NEW MULTIPLEX?
No. UK coverage is expected to be around 75%, broadcasting from just 45 transmitters across the country. Some listeners will not be able to hear the service.

WHY WON'T THE MULTIPLEX BE AVAILABLE TO EVERYONE?
The multiplex is a commercial service, and the operator has opted to create a service that just reaches the main urban areas and some surrounding towns and villages, in order to keep transmission costs down, thus providing niche radio stations a chance to join DAB with less cost compared to the existing national multiplex.

HOW DO I FIND OUT IF I'M IN THE COVERAGE AREA?
Go to http://www.getdigitalradio.com/whats-on ... r-address/ and check station availability - if you see stations such as Virgin Radio listed, you're in the official coverage area.
But remember! If you use a rooftop aerial to receive DAB, you may be able to receive it out of the normal coverage area. Also local factors, such as trees and tall buildings may create blackspots that the coverage checker can't see.

I AM IN ABERDEEN AND AM BEING TOLD I'LL GET SOME SOUND DIGITAL STATIONS AND NOT OTHERS. WHY?
Virgin Radio, TalkSPORT2 and Talk RADIO will be broadcast on the Aberdeen local DAB multiplex as Sound Digital's signal doesn't reach all the way up to Aberdeen. Incidentally, the operator of the local DAB multiplex for Aberdeen is owned by the company running these three stations.

I'M IN THE COVERAGE AREA, BUT CAN'T RECEIVE THE NEW MULTIPLEX. WHY?
The coverage checker can't factor in local obstructions that affect the signal, such as trees and thick walls
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Re: Retuning DAB

Post by RS_Four » Thu Apr 28, 2016 10:54 am

Sorry - as above but select SDL National > Absolute 80s New
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Re: Retuning DAB

Post by chandler99 » Thu Apr 28, 2016 11:33 am

Had a similar experience with mine, but when i was in a good signal area, rescanned and then stored the stations i wanted. .

now i have the stations i wanted no matter where i am.

(it said i can't get the likes of Radio X and Absolute 80's where i live, but i now do)

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Re: Retuning DAB

Post by RS_Four » Thu Apr 28, 2016 11:46 am

Yes I had similar issue with Absolute 90s
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Re: Retuning DAB

Post by geoffdunk » Wed May 04, 2016 2:31 pm

The MUX has changed and some areas are now without the full list they had before, Norfolk being the worse hit. Nothing can be done until they expand the MUX's to cover the areas missed.
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Re: Retuning DAB

Post by chandler99 » Sat May 07, 2016 1:36 pm

Is anyone else DAB cutting out all the time? Doesn't matter if i'm in a city, or in the countryside, it drops all stations for a few seconds and then its back every now and again.

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Re: Retuning DAB

Post by Madelvic » Sun Aug 19, 2018 3:29 pm

My DAB cuts out all the time - makes it unusable. When it goes, all the dab stations go, that is they all have a speaker sign with a strikethrough

It's been into Audi twice - 'no fault sir'

Doesn't matter that much for short journeys but I've just done well over 1000 miles and it was on and off all the time.

FM works fine

Any ideas?
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Re: Retuning DAB

Post by Surrey Sam » Sun Aug 19, 2018 5:20 pm

I would say its faulty.

As when mine was in having a new gearbox, a B8 diesel loan car they gave me did this and it was really annoying. As I knew on the work journeys I do, that DAB reception was fine in my own car.
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