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DAB Signal Dropping ' No Signal '

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DAB Signal Dropping ' No Signal '

Post by 55NF » Mon Feb 27, 2012 7:21 pm

DAB Signal keeps Dropping ' No Signal '... any others getting this?
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Re: DAB Signal Dropping ' No Signal '

Post by snipez999 » Mon Feb 27, 2012 7:25 pm

See my latest posts on X6 problems. Had my rear screen replaced due to FM interference issues also had DAB dropping. Possibly this? It's not as flash a system as you would expect anyway.
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Re: DAB Signal Dropping ' No Signal '

Post by 55NF » Mon Feb 27, 2012 8:15 pm

[quote=""snipez999""]See my latest posts on X6 problems. Had my rear screen replaced due to FM interference issues also had DAB dropping. Possibly this? It's not as flash a system as you would expect anyway.[/quote]

I'll take a look. I do have window tints, wonder if that's the cause !
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Re: DAB Signal Dropping ' No Signal '

Post by X5Sport » Mon Feb 27, 2012 8:43 pm

It will also depend very much on whereabouts you live. If you are more 'remote' or in hilly country then your coverage may not be so good. :tumbleweed:

I found on a recent trip to the 'valleys' of Wales near Merthyr (the car was locked!!) that the system was mainly running on VHF FM rather than DAB, but I do have the auto switch-over selected on the iDrive. Of course that does depend upon an equivalent VHF FM station being available - which there isn't for Planet Rock!

Was stuck with Radio 1 or 2 some of the time. :headbang:
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Re: DAB Signal Dropping ' No Signal '

Post by snipez999 » Mon Feb 27, 2012 8:46 pm

Yeah I always lose it going over the tops (M62 highest motorway in UK)
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DAB Signal Dropping ' No Signal '

Post by dirtymonkey29 » Mon Feb 27, 2012 9:39 pm

[quote=""snipez999""]Yeah I always lose it going over the tops (M62 highest motorway in UK)[/quote]

You don't get a very good standard radio reception cutting through the moors either.

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Re: DAB Signal Dropping ' No Signal '

Post by IvanG » Tue Feb 28, 2012 7:45 am

It happens to me a lot around my home, where it's hilly, but not when I'm in and around work where it's flatter!

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