Pure Highway 400 In-Car DAB+/DAB Digital Radio FM Adapter with Bluetooth for Music Playback – DAB Car Radio Adapter/Transmitter and Bluetooth FM Transmitter, Black

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View our DAB and DAB+ Radios! FAQ’s DAB and DAB+ Radio: What does DAB mean in connection with radios? Pure's flagship family of digital music systems. Models range from medium to high-end and include multi-functional music systems which offer listening via internet radio, Spotify, Bluetooth and CD. Since Digital Audio Broadcasting covers a much more extended frequency range than FM, it offers a bigger variety of stations. This variety is amplified even further thanks to the fact that each frequency in the digital realm can be assigned more than once, resulting in one channel being able to offer several radio programmes. The consequence: Radios with FM reception are hardly available these days. Obviously, this has its benefits too, as digital radio offers additional services, perfect sound quality and a myriad of programmes. DAB+ reception and sound quality If you’re looking for a more discreet way to listen to DAB, then the AutoDAB USB is virtually invisible once installed. Rather than using a separate screen, a small box connects to your car via its USB port. This allows you to scan through stations and select them using the car’s infotainment system, even via the steering wheel remote controls if fitted.

DAB/DAB+ radio is the broadcasting and reception technology of the future. The quality of the signal and, as a consequence, of the music received, is significantly better than that of FM radios. Even though DAB/DAB+ radios work without long antennae, their signal is much more stable and easier to receive. This can be a good way to try out digital radio if you’re unsure before committing to a dedicated option. Buying a digital radio Pure’s DAB+ radio with CD player is a device that can receive the digital DAB+ format and is also able to play CDs. It looks like a normal CD player but has the added functionality of a DAB+ radio. Sonus-1XT was launched by Pure and became the world's first digital radio for the blind and visually impaired. [3]The Elan range represents Pure's entry-level radios and is the world's best-selling digital radio range. Models include: the Elan One, Elan DAB+ and Elan Connect and Elan Connect+. Designed for portability, they can be powered with AA batteries or an optional rechargeable ChargePAK. [10] Sound quality: You can expect a clearer and fuller sonic image than with FM. The quality increases along with the transmission frequency (k/Bit). Pure thinks it has the answer with the Highway, an in-car DAB digital radio with FM transmitter, but has it? We hit the road to find out. Its superiority also shows on another level: While FM only allows for one station per frequency, digital radio enables the consolidation of several radio programmes in a single channel. However, that being said, DAB is not necessarily worth it for small regional stations that only serve limited areas that are mostly not covered by DAB. What’s the difference between DAB and internet radio?

Along with the near-identical Kenwood (top), the Pure 400 is the easiest and neatest adaptor to fit, with just two wires to connect: power and aux out. The display and control unit is wireless and battery-operated, so it can be placed anywhere on the dash without needing cables. This is generally not possible with more modern cars, as dashboards now vary greatly in design. But if you have a car considerably more than 10 years old, it could be relatively easy to take out your existing radio and replace it with a new one, with a wide range available from brands such as Alpine, JVC, Kenwood, Panasonic, Pioneer and Sony. As already mentioned, the biggest difference is in the mode of transmission. While FM radios are analogue, using radio waves, DAB radios receive content digitally. Thanks to DAB radio, which is digital-terrestrial, radio programmes can be received without the static noise caused by radio waves.Pure International Ltd. is a British consumer electronics company, based in Kings Langley, Hertfordshire, founded in 2002. [1] They are best known for designing and manufacturing digital audio broadcasting (DAB) and DAB+ radios. In recent years the company has moved away from being a digital radio company to becoming a more broader audio player with products in the radio, bluetooth and wireless speaker market. The main difference over the Pure Highway 400 also tested here (below) is the addition of a separate microphone and phone connection option, allowing high-quality Bluetooth calls. Yet despite having this extra, the Kenwood is almost half the cost of the Pure. That makes it a bit of a bargain. Furthermore, digital radios no longer require tuning – or in other words, the manual selection of stations, and preferred stations don’t have to be saved in the station memory, as digital radios come with an automatic channel search function. It is thus just a question of time before DAB radio will replace FM radio altogether – simply based on the fact that it is better than retro FM radio.