Digital Radio

Cars

Toyota Camry Getting DAB+ As Standard

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9:30AM December 14, 2011 | Nick Broughall

Digital radio is great and all, but its take up has been hindered by a lack of options of in-car devices. Toyota has announced the’re about to change all that, installing a DAB+ radio as standard in its Camry Atara SL model. More »


Gadgets

Digital Radio Jumps To 7.6% Of Australian Radio Listening

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3:00PM August 15, 2011 | Danny Allen

Digital radio finally launched in Australia back in August 2009, and two years on, 7.6 per cent doesn’t seem like much. Until you note that two per cent of that growth came in the last six months alone. New industry data suggests that almost a million people now listen to digital radio in the five state capitals — are you one of them? More »


Cars

BMW Offering DAB+ As Optional Extra

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11:41AM April 4, 2011 | Nick Broughall

One of the biggest things holding back digital radio has been the lack of car manufacturers including it in the car. According to CNet, BMW has become the first company to offer the digital radio technology as an optional extra in its 5 Series and 7 series cars next month. More »


Entertainment

Digital Radio Now Accounts For Five Per Cent Of Australia Radio Listening

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5:00PM March 21, 2011 | Nick Broughall

It’s been almost two years since digital radio was officially launched in Australia, which means it’s probably a good time to check in and see how the technology has been coming along. Fortunately, a new report into the Digital Radio industry has plenty of information on how the tech’s progressing, including some very interesting stats. More »


Entertainment

You Can Now Finally Get A DAB+ Integrated Car Radio In Australia

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3:41PM February 7, 2011 | Nick Broughall

DAB+ has been around for about 18 months now in Australia, but to date there has been precious few ways to listen to that crystal clear digital broadcast in your car, and the options that have been available have all been external units, not a cleanly installed DIN solution. Crystal Digital Audio have finally broken the integrated DAB+ in-car drought, with their EDB410BT head unit. More »


Is This An STB With DAB+ Built In, Or A DAB+ Radio With Added STB?

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11:00AM September 15, 2010 | Alex Kidman

Either way, you’ll struggle in store trying to pronounce the DFTA52DAB’s title. More »


Sony Joins The Digital Radio Revolution

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11:16AM July 28, 2010 | Nick Broughall

It’s surprising that consumer electronics giant Sony took almost a full year to launch a DAB+ radio here in Australia. But their first product looks kind of cute. More »


Grundig’s Roam Is DAB+ On The Go

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3:38PM July 27, 2010 | Nick Broughall

Digital radio is almost a year old, and it’s starting to gain a bit of momentum, thanks to units that aren’t just big and bulky. Grundig’s latest DAB+ player is even designed to be taken with you. More »


Gadgets

Digital Radio Could Push Podcasts To You Over Broadcast Band

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12:47PM May 26, 2010 | Nick Broughall

Podcasts are awesome. But you know what’s not so awesome? Having to download them over the net and then copy them over to your device of choice. It’d be much better if things just magically appeared on your radio without sucking up your monthly data allowance. Well, turns out that could be coming to digital radio soon. More »


Revo Ikon Digital Radio Review

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5:00PM February 24, 2010 | Nick Broughall

I don’t listen to a lot of radio, but the Revo Ikon seemed to offer enough features that weren’t just digital radio to raise me from my lethargic stupor. It wasn’t everything I hoped for though. More »