DAB radio woes

[Ross365]

I too have had problems with a Roberts DAB radio every few months it won’t tune and has to be put back to the factory reset position to restore it to use. Considering the cost of a supposed premium brand it’s very annoying.

Roberts may have been top notch in the past, but they have been in decline for some time - but their prices haven't!!! I've bought them in the past but doubt if I will again.

I listen to my Internet Radio a lot (it connects to my Router by wifi and hence to the internet). There are supposed to be 30,000 stations streaming in all kinds of niche areas; one plays Beatles 24/7. I listen a Florida-based station called "Soft Classic Rock" and pretend it's 1974 again .

DAB seems useful in the car, where it will search and find the strongest transmitter for whatever station you are listening to; cannot recall whether FM radios could do that or not?

 

[voipio]

At least some, if not most, car FM radios will tune to the strongest signal for a particular transmitter.

 

[brightspark]

i have a couple of dewalt dab radios . 99 percent of time run ok..sometimes in peoples houses it goes off and on depending where its put . .my pug van radio is 100 percent and never looses the stations

 

[Keith 66]

We have a Pure Dab radio in the kitchen last year it suddenly didnt work anymore, Turned out it needed an upgrade to Dab +, It took me at least an hour, you need to input the radios serial number into the makers website & download the software update, It wasnt easy but somehow i managed it.
I have several old Hackers, A Herald from 1966 & a recently acquired nice condition but dead Hacker Sovereign, Its gone to the repairers for overhaul & fix. The Hackers are superb build & sound quality. The Sovereign 2 has LW, MW & VHF (FM). As Radio Caroline is on 648mw happy days. The radio also has a gram input so you can plug a guitar into it & use as an amplificator! The Sovereign will live next to the Pure Dab.
As for sound quality i find the Hackers on Mw just as good if not better than the Dab which squeals horribly when the pressure is high.