DAB as Standard

[G14RRV]

http://www.whatcar.com/car-news/bmws-and-minis-to-get-dab-as-standard/264561?utm_source=Silverpop&utm_medium=EMAIL&utm_campaign=WCAR%20ENews%20Bulletin%20(16.11.2012)&utm_content=article2b_headline

 

[Anonymous]

BMW are twats.

when they replaced my Z4 cos of it leaking, I asked (and pushed quite hard) to add DAB radio. They wouldn't do it, and I was gonna pay for it, so it didn't need to affect the finance etc.

They said its not allowed to make changes to a replacement vehicle, even if the customer pays for it.

they told me BMW are releasing a fully integrated retrofit kit, so its not a problem. That kept me quiet, but it turns out the "fully integrated" kit is not fully integrated! It has a seperate remote!

Is it possible to retrofit the proper DAB radio so it can be controlled via idrive etc?

 

[G14RRV]

i've not heard of one

i did look into it a while back, think autodab do a kit, but you need a remote and antenna stuck to windscreen :thumbsdown: :thumbsdown:

 

[Wondermike]

Interesting article, quite a few cars with DAB as standard now.

Reception is still rubbish though, depending on where you live and drive you may not be missing anything.

 

[Stark]

DAB is crap....always losing signal

 

[DR-Z]

You will never get the richness of FM radio with DAB. 'They' would have us believe that DAB is a superior broad cast medium, but this is actually a ploy to cut their costs.

 

[Zed Five]

UK dab roll out has now been pushed back by two years. Not losing sleep over this, I'll be one more car down the line by then...

 

[srhutch]

BMW are twats.

when they replaced my Z4 cos of it leaking, I asked (and pushed quite hard) to add DAB radio. They wouldn't do it, and I was gonna pay for it, so it didn't need to affect the finance etc.

They said its not allowed to make changes to a replacement vehicle, even if the customer pays for it.

they told me BMW are releasing a fully integrated retrofit kit, so its not a problem. That kept me quiet, but it turns out the "fully integrated" kit is not fully integrated! It has a seperate remote!

Is it possible to retrofit the proper DAB radio so it can be controlled via idrive etc?

Have you not seen the thread on babybmw? There is a kit from halfords which is cheaper than BMW's which is fully integrated. Only downside is doesn't appear to store stations against buttons so you have to use scroll up/down through head unit or MFSW.