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gareth71
Member Since: 10 Apr 2016
Location: North-east Wales
Posts: 597
  
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| Cheap & cheerful DAB solution |
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I've got one of the original Pure Highway units in my D3, feeding via FM mod into the audio system, but it's showing its age now and is on its last legs, I think (keeps rebooting). So I'm looking for a replacement... what cheap and cheerful DAB solutions do we all have in our D3s which we would recommend?! Don't want to replace the head unit (line input or FM modulator will be fine), don't want to spend a fortune. Any suggestions welcome!
(I've found DabOnWheels to be a good supplier of antennae and accessories in the past, and they offer this puppy - http://www.autodab.com/SmartDAB-FM.aspx - as a budget solution... anyone got any experience of this unit?)
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 25th Nov 2020 6:06 pm |
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Sea Raider
Member Since: 01 Nov 2016
Location: None
Posts: 4450
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Cheapest if you have a big data allowance on your phone would be to plug it in via the Aux socket or run a front aux socket via the connection under the nearside footwell cover behind the bonnet catch
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| 25th Nov 2020 7:00 pm |
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scarecrow
Member Since: 14 Dec 2019
Location: Gloucestershire
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I use one of these:
http://caraudiosecurity.com/ctdab-lr2-auto...-interface
Similar idea to the one you found, but it uses the existing head unit display and the steering wheel controls so you don’t risk getting 6 points for using your phone while driving. I also like that there are no aftermarket boxes or screens to screw onto the dash, everything looks original.
Only real limitation is that to select presets you have to scroll through your list of stored stations in alphabetical order using the seek buttons on the steering wheel, but I’ve only got half a dozen stations I bother to store so that’s not really a problem to me.
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| 26th Nov 2020 9:23 am |
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James W
Member Since: 27 Mar 2008
Location: Riyadh, KSA
Posts: 3079
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Sea Raider wrote:Cheapest if you have a big data allowance on your phone would be to plug it in via the Aux socket or run a front aux socket via the connection under the nearside footwell cover behind the bonnet catch
+1 With more stations moving to DAB+ which I can't get in the D4, this is what I did. data usage is minimal plus you can easily flip to Spotify or podcasts D4 XS, gone, much loved, never forgotten
2018 FFRR SDV8 Autobiography - Gone to someone with less sense and more time to enjoy it 
2016 Toyota Hilux Invincible - Liberating experience
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| 26th Nov 2020 9:56 am |
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Trailered Movements
Member Since: 16 Jan 2020
Location: East/West Sussex Coast Borders
Posts: 1200
 
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I use the Kinetic Digitizer from DAB on Wheels in my D4, the stick on antenna was pants, but after I fitted a sharkfin, no problems and well happy.
Dave 2011 Discovery 4 Commercial SDV6 (Gone)
2010 RRS TDV8 (Gone)
1980 OBLIC 4.0ltr Range Rover (went a long time ago)
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| 26th Nov 2020 10:37 am |
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