DAB radios.

Anybody know why my DAB radio is crystal clear on some stations but acts like an old fashioned ITT Pony (remember them?) on others?

I thought the whole point of DAB was supposed to be that you didn't get interference and signal strength dropouts because the signal was digitised and didn't rely on fluctuations in the analogue signal caused by the weather and shit, so it wouldn't suffer the same interruptions that used to plague AM, MW and FM?

My relaxing bath has just been ruined by Carly Simon sounding like she was singing "You're So Vain", whilst being rolled down a large hill in an oil drum filled with nuts and bolts.

And frankly, I expect better.

Breadman wrote:

My relaxing bath

Please don't post anything else that puts an image of you naked in my head.

I was just about to cook a packet of chipolata sausages but I'll give it a miss now.

I think that secretly, you want me.

PM me and we can sort something out.

Have a read of this Breaders. It'll grip your crap as what was meant to be the dogs bollocks is now the dogs butt. 

http://www.techradar.com/news/car-tech/why-dab-radio-in-the-uk-is-broken-and-how-to-fix-it-1217586

I bought one of these 6 years ago. Bloody superb.
Take it everywhere,and never had a problem with reception.

Bollotom2014 wrote:Have a read of this Breaders. It'll grip your crap as what was meant to be the dogs bollocks is now the dogs butt. 

http://www.techradar.com/news/car-tech/why-dab-radio-in-the-uk-is-broken-and-how-to-fix-it-1217586

Interesting and depressing reading.

boltonbonce wrote:I bought one of these 6 years ago. Bloody superb.
Take it everywhere,and never had a problem with reception.

i have a smiliar thing that i can plug into my Ipod called a Roberts Robi, it works really well most of the time but i do have issues like Breaders sometimes.

Bollotom2014 wrote:Have a read of this Breaders. It'll grip your crap as what was meant to be the dogs bollocks is now the dogs butt. 

http://www.techradar.com/news/car-tech/why-dab-radio-in-the-uk-is-broken-and-how-to-fix-it-1217586

Cheers for that, mate.

I understand now.


It all reminds me of when CD's came out and they told us we could drive our cars over them or attack them with Brillo pads and they'd still play ok and it all turned out to be a big lie.

boltonbonce wrote:I bought one of these 6 years ago. Bloody superb.
Take it everywhere,and never had a problem with reception.

I have one the same that I was given as a present 3 years ago. I like the radio but the battery pack failed after 11 months even though I only ever used it plugged in to the mains. It's annoying because you can't even use it through the mains if the battery pack's gone!

I took it back to the store and got the whole thing replaced. 13 months later and the battery pack on the new one failed. I've just gone and bought a different make DAB radio from Asda for less than the price of a new battery pack on the Pure one!

Numpty 28723 wrote:

boltonbonce wrote:I bought one of these 6 years ago. Bloody superb.
Take it everywhere,and never had a problem with reception.

I have one the same that I was given as a present 3 years ago. I like the radio but the battery pack failed after 11 months even though I only ever used it plugged in to the mains. It's annoying because you can't even use it through the mains if the battery pack's gone!

I took it back to the store and got the whole thing replaced. 13 months later and the battery pack on the new one failed. I've just gone and bought a different make DAB radio from Asda for less than the price of a new battery pack on the Pure one!

Bloody hell! My battery lasted 3 years,and the radio was on at least 5 hours a day. You must have been unlucky.

Batteries are just £7.25 + free P&P on good old ebay...

Cheers for that - I'll look on there & get it working again. 

Numpty 28723 wrote:Cheers for that - I'll look on there & get it working again. 

Lazy link here: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Battery-For-Pure-Digital-Pocket-DAB1500-TalkSport-LP37-/290699255762?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_3&hash=item43af069fd2

Should be very easy to fit.

Just make sure you have the same model!

I had the same about four or five years back and the battery went tits up so I binned it and bought a Roberts Sport.