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What is DAB Radio?

Less Noise - Ease of Use - More Information

DAB stands for Digital Audio Broadcasting, this is a way of broadcasting radio digitally via a network of transmitters. It provides listeners with a wider station choice, better sound quality and more information. With digital radio you’ll discover a broader range of music, debate and ideas, all in crystal clear digital sound.

Less Noise
DAB digital radio delivers improved sound quality. The technology allows the receiver to lock on to the strongest signal it can find and ignore everything else. This eliminates the hiss, crackle and fade so familiar on analogue radio.

Ease of Use
A DAB digital radio will tune to a station at the touch of a button. No more fine tuning a station to get the best reception. A DAB set allows the listener to scroll through a list of available stations by name - then tune in by pressing the 'select' button.

More Information
Have you ever heard a song on the radio and wanted to know who it is by or what it's called? Or tuned into speech radio and wanted to know what the programme is about or who is speaking? Digital Radios have a screen which can show text information transmitted by the radio station. Some stations send information about latest news, sports scores, what's on now and next, website address and phone numbers. Some radios offer an option to view the Electronic Programme Guide (EPG) which shows listings information for some stations. It is also possible to Pause rewind and record live radio.

Internet radio

Internet Radio is broadcast using the Internet as the connection to the radio With your radio connecting to the internet, it becomes possible to listen to stations from all around the world, as well as those from broadcasters nearer home The basic requirement to use Internet Radio is that you have a broadband Internet connection to your home (or wherever you use the radio). You may well have a PC, but it does not need to be switched on in order to listen to radio stations via the Internet.

Internet radio uses the same Wi-Fi technology as portable computers to connect to the internet wirelessly. Through this connection internet radios allow you to access thousands of radio stations from across the world, use listen again to catch up with your favourite programmes whenever it suits you, enjoy a huge variety of podcasts, allow you to browse and play music stored on a Wi-Fi-enabled computer, and some will send as well as receive, enabling you to run and update internet applications like Twitter and Facebook.

We have available a wide range of DAB radios from Roberts & Pure, including hand held DAB radios, car DAB radios, DAB clock radios & Solar powered DAB radios, a new portable CD player with DAB radio along with a new range of DAB hifi systems from Panasonic. The traditional Roberts Revival radio is now also done in a huge variety of new colours – all leather bound!

DAB postcode checker

Follow this link, http://www.ukdigitalradio.com/coverage/search/postcode-freemag.asp enter your postcode & see if you can receive DAB radio ….NOW!

Link your i-Pod to the radio!

Many DAB radios have an input to allow an external source such as an mp3 player or an  i-Pod to be played through them, & Pure have available an i-pod docking station perfect to add to any such radio or hifi system.

Analogue radio
There are still wide ranges of FM, MW, LW radios available from Roberts & Panasonic. Options including personal stereo radios, hand held radios, clock radios, traditional style radios & shortwave radios.
If we don’t have readily available the radio you require simply ask & it can be ordered for you!