DAB & Aerial

[Anonymous]

Hiya,

I am sat at home listening to XFM on cable and decided I miss it now I don't live anywhere near London.  So, since it is available on DAB, thought I might get that put in the car.  Looked at Acoustic Solutions ICS 100 ( m http://www.dabincar.co.uk/ m ) but £100 just for an adapter seems a little stupid...might as well replace the whole head unit.  Anyway, my question is, if I replace the H/U, do I need to add one of those ugly stick on aerials?  If i go with the adapter, should I be able to ditch the stick on and just connect it to the MR2s FM/AM aerial?

Anyone else installed DAB and live around warwickshire / w.Midlands?  Whats the reception like?

[red_leicester]

Firsty, I recommend you have a look this thread which has some info on the Sony 6650 DAB radio that I fitted.

I live in Leicester, and the reception is pretty good (except I can't get Kerrang! very well   s:cry: :cry: s:cry:  ).  I think the nearer you get to Birmingham the better the reception gets, so it might be a bit better for you.

Sound quality is marginally better than the stock head unit.  I think the weak link is the speakers (stock) and the position of the speakers.

I don't have it mega-loud but the DAB stations I listen to (BBC 6, Planet Rock   s:oops: :oops: s:oops:  , 5 Live, Radio 1, and 1 Xtra) sound pretty good to me.

[Anonymous]

OK, thanks for the info.....I might wait and see if I can get one cheap in the January sales from somewhere.  Was it easy enough to fit (slide the old double din out and slide the new single and blanker in)?

[red_leicester]

Pretty easy.  I had to drill some new holes in the two metal plates on either side of the stereo.  Just a matter of lining up the mounting holes, marking, and drilling.  Not too tricky really.

If you follow the radio installation guide on here you shouldn't go far wrong.