Thanks for the review Phil, I was considering getting one as a second unit
in my car, as I do like JazzFM , did you try the correct aerial adaptor on
the VW? it requires a 12v feed you see, that is prolly why the Goodmans
would not work with the OE.
I did see the GCE7007 at the ICC but ended up walking away with a Perstel
Bluenote, which works great in the car, just gotta get a cheap aux input
lead for a Kenwood, certainley glad you mentioned the activity when the unit
'loses' a multiplex, I would have hoped it would have searched for another,
but since it does not, I am am nearly as well off with my Bluenote, does the
stations suffer from dropouts or bubbling mud when on the move?
I sometimes take the bus to work and the Bluenote worked great for most of
the journey I ondered how the GCE7007 would perform on the move.
after that point I want to move from Radio 4 to Classic FM, I should
be able to press the "up" button to get there. What in fact happens
is that the receiver:

(a) tries to get BRMB and fails;
(b) reports "no sig"
(c) tries to get the other local Birmingham stations on the same
multiplex and fails (well, it would!)
(d) concludes that there is no DAB service (even though it is only the
one multiplex that has disappeared);
(e) retunes the set to the last FM or AM station I was listening to.
(f) if you then force it back to DAB, it will try to get BRMB. You
can force it onto a preset station, but that only works if you've got
an appropriate preset set up.

There seems to be no way of skipping past the "dud" BRMB listing. You
*can* clean up the list to eliminate unreceivable stations by pressing
a couple of buttons, but this seems a clumsy way of getting around the
problem.

The set does not have the capacity to recognise the corresponding FM
signal (as the Blaupunkt Woodstock does).

DAB sound quality is intrinsically not brilliant, but I found it quite
acceptable for incar listening.

Conclusion
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Is it worth buying?

DAB really doesn't sound better than FM. It's not available
everywhere (the BBC national network covers 65% of the population,
which translates to considerably less than 50% of the road network).
So if all you want to listen to is CD's, or the stations you've
already got on FM, don't bother with DAB, and don't bother with this
unit. Get something half the price.

But...there are some rather good things on DAB. For starters, if you
are a Virgin Radio, BBC 5 Live or TalkSport fan, the DAB transmission
does sound better than AM. So does Test Match Special. If you (like
me) are a World Service junkie, it's a godsend. I've also become very
attached to BBC7 and Oneword.

And that's the point. There is genuinely a lot more choice on DAB,
and some of the stations - particularly the BBC ones - are very good.
If you really want that extra choice, then the Goodmans is worthwhile.
Better sets will doubtless come along, but with the nearest rival
currently costing twice the price of the Goodmans, there's not a lot
of competition.

But could they please sort the damn station selection interface out!

Phil Striplin