Krisbiker2

Whats the overall impression on this unit, also, does your TMC still work?

turbo_lew

overall good, yes it stops the tmc from working until you turn it off.
i have a new aerial to try out tomorrow as im still having a few probs with receiption in my area, if i drive out of town there is no problem. will update when fitted.

drsaleem

I emailed celsus regarding antennae for my 57 reg 520d and got this reply

'Good Morning
Thank you for your interest in Media Dab
I would recommend on this car to wait to the end of May as we have a new product coming out that will use the existing aerial on the vehicle, rather than attaching a glass mount or replacing the roof mount aerial.
I will have to wait to give you a quote on the fitting until Monday as I need to speak to our Technical Department on how long it will take to fit the new adaptor.

turbo_lew

Interesting, keep us updated please.

Krisbiker2

Thanks for the info- I now see connect2 have released a TMC add on module, so that would hopefully solve the loss of TMC which I find very useful. Time to ssave pennies methinks....

1Animal1

I might be being daft here , but what is the benefit of DAB.... I thought it was track names text and sound quality.

From watching the vids, you dont get track text, so is the sound quality worth £200?

sorry if i'm missing something

Krisbiker2

According to the HIFi purists, the present DAB is lower quality than FM due to the old technology in use- to me it sounds fine, so technically no gain for your money there. The new DAB+ is meant to solve this when it "rolls out", not certain when this will happen. The big gain as far as I'm concerned is the larger choice of stations and their wider availability without retuning constantly- ie I can travel from Cornwall to Carlisle to Boston to Dover listening to Absolute Radio with no tuning. Also, there are rumours that terrestrial transmissions will cease in 2015, dont know how true this is, as theyve screwed all the old tellies, it will probably happen.

The important thing is:

IF YOU DO GET DAB UNIT, ENSURE IT WILL DECODE DAB+, AS THIS WILL PROB BE THE NEW STANDARD (is in some countries already)

1Animal1

Ahh yes, thanks Kris.... multiple stations and full coverage is a scchool boy error miss on my part

I think given the functionality, it does look a tad more complex than it needs to be so far.... I'd be inclined to fit a small screen (Parrot style TFT) to the right of my steering column showing full track detail etc.

The functions whilst OEM remind me of the original Densions on the Audi - you kept OEM functionality but it was limited enough to make you consider other opportunities

Krisbiker2

As far as I can understand, you do get track info on the autodab and its displayed on the moniter screen,CAN SOMEONE WITH THE UNIT CONFIRM? The small scrolling displays are is not all theyre cracked up to be- at present I've got a acoustics dab unit with a small scrolling display, its hard to see easily when driving and you get lots of crap go past from the station until you eventually get the track info you want. Whilst this is happening, you're squinting at the display, not the road.....

Krisbiker2

Okay,just watched video