Norway to become first country to switch off FM radio

Re:Norway to become first country to switch off FM radio by gambiting on Friday January 06, 2017 @04:40AM (#13335016)

The worst thing about DAB for me is that any signal interruption causes complete lack of sound, and then my car takes at least 5 seconds to tune back in. It's extremely infuriating - I much prefer FM radio which gets noisy, but at least you can continue listening, even when driving through poor signal area.

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Re:Norway to become first country to switch off FM radio by Johnythree on Saturday January 07, 2017 @03:26AM (#13342994)

Only with cheap radios.

Any advanced receiver will be constantly hunting for the best backup channel so the change over is undetectable.

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Re:Norway to become first country to switch off FM radio by gambiting on Saturday January 07, 2017 @11:36AM (#13344932)

I have a top of the line, 2016 Mercedes-AMG - you'd think that would have the best DAB receiver you can have,no? I mean, obviously it doesn't because it does this, but as a consumer I have no control over the type of DAB receiver in my car. So saying that oh it's fine, because only cheap receivers do that does not help - especially since FM behaves consistently, no matter how expensive receiver you are using.

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