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Sony Digital Radio - can only get RTE on DAB

  • 18-05-2012 2:20pm
    #1
    rtunes
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 43 ✭


    Hi - Should it be possible to get BBC stations too? Apart from RTE Gold the digital is pointless. I've scanned several times but I might be missing something out - ehm like a UK TV license perhaps? I'm in the North East.

    Sony XDR-S16DBP DAB Radio - Silver to be precise

    Thanks all,

    Rtunes


Comments

  • #2
    decies
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,472 ✭✭✭decies


    No bbc on dab , it's a dead duck in this country , Internet radio way to go , tune in radio app on a smartphone as well.


  • #3
    rtunes
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 43 ✭rtunes


    Thanks for the reply - on the animal theme looks like that radio is a bit of a white elephant.


  • #4
    Fuzzy Clam
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,293 ✭✭✭Fuzzy Clam


    rtunes wrote: »
    Hi - Should it be possible to get BBC stations too? Apart from RTE Gold the digital is pointless. I've scanned several times but I might be missing something out - ehm like a UK TV license perhaps? I'm in the North East.

    Sony XDR-S16DBP DAB Radio - Silver to be precise

    Thanks all,

    Rtunes

    If you're in the NE there's a possibility of receiving BBC (and a lot more) from NI although an external roof aerial may be required. Does that Sony have an external aerial socket?


  • #5
    cnocbui
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20,104 ✭✭✭✭cnocbui


    You can get all the BBC radio channels via a satellite receiver, as well as the TV channels of course.


  • #6
    crosstownk
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,863 ✭✭✭✭crosstownk


    rtunes wrote: »
    Hi - Should it be possible to get BBC stations too?

    No. Unless you live close enough to Northern Ireland.

    DAB is a terrestrial broadcast just like FM or AM. The 'Digital' bit refers to the broadcast format - it's broadcast in a digital format rather than an analogue format. The broadcast distance range is similar. Think of it like CD vs LP - the origin source is a different format but that's about it.

    DAB is not a 'radio network'. Internet radio is what fits that bill.
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