DAB on board

[LiftyK]

I have DAB in my car and very much appreciate it. I installed a car radio with DAB on my fibreglass boat but it would not pick up any DAB stations. I am no aerial expert. Googling revealed the need for a ground plane, a plate of metal to act as ground/earth. On a car this is the roof. Part of the little DAB stick on aerial attaches to the roof after you scratch away the paint at one point. At a boat show I spoke with an aerial supplier who advised that a powered aerial of a certain type would help and avoid the need for a ground plane on a boat. I bought one and indeed it improves reception a little but it's still very patch even around the Solent. Not a success. I'd be interested to learn the experiences and advice of others not using aerial splitters.

 

[PaulRainbow]

Mr Rainbow,
What is Samsung part no or similar please, did quick google but too many possibilities.
Ta
Keith

Samsung HW-J250

I see Argos have a cheap B grade one here : http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Samsung-H...195081&hash=item4d5bfcb305:g:APsAAOSwrhBZMREk

 

[cagey]

Mr Rainbow,
Thankyou, have bought them thanks for looking them up and posting link.
Ta
Keith

 

[PaulRainbow]

Mr Rainbow,
Thankyou, have bought them thanks for looking them up and posting link.
Ta
Keith

My pleasure.

 

[agurney]

How do you cope with mono? Are you deaf in one ear? And what about the ridiculously restricted audio bandwidth? I guess you won't notice that if you're much older than 50. I assume you power it off mains, or the boat battery bank, because a set of D cells don't last five minutes.

I completely agree. It doesn't help that DAB isn't available in most the areas that I sail, and few DAB channels are available where I drive.

Digital by its nature is on or off .. you have a signal or you don't .. so in areas of poor reception you're stuffed.

DAB was a good idea, but reducing the bit rate to leverage more channels has ended up with appalling quality .. which is exacerbated when there's a poor signal.