Does anyone know much about this? Is anyone kicking up a stink yet? If they
ever get round to it, I'll have umpteen useless radios (two or three in
various sheds, one in every car, two attached to the hifis etc.), which is
rather worse than a couple of tellys requiring adaptor boxes. I really can't
see people being pleased at having to fork out for new car radios at £100 a
pop. Or the pretty much sure to happen increase of desirable to DAB radios
to car theives...

On Thu, 24 Jan 2008 15:49:35 -0000, "Doki" wrote:

Does anyone know much about this? Is anyone kicking up a stink yet? If they
ever get round to it, I'll have umpteen useless radios (two or three in
various sheds, one in every car, two attached to the hifis etc.), which is
rather worse than a couple of tellys requiring adaptor boxes. I really can't
see people being pleased at having to fork out for new car radios at £100 a
pop. Or the pretty much sure to happen increase of desirable to DAB radios
to car theives...

Has it even been scheduled? I didn't think there was a plan yet for FM
switchoff - unlike UHF TV, of course. Car radios are the problem -
they aren't as easily modded or replaced as TVs.

d

--
Pearce Consulting
http://www.pearce.uk.com

In article ,
Doki wrote:
Does anyone know much about this? Is anyone kicking up a stink yet? If
they ever get round to it, I'll have umpteen useless radios (two or
three in various sheds, one in every car, two attached to the hifis
etc.), which is rather worse than a couple of tellys requiring adaptor
boxes. I really can't see people being pleased at having to fork out
for new car radios at £100 a pop. Or the pretty much sure to happen
increase of desirable to DAB radios to car theives...

IIRC all that has happened is a firm date to start *talking* about if and
when it will be switched off. My guess is a long long way off - if at all.
You can 'sell' FreeView through widescreen and a much larger choice of
progs than analogue - and even better reception for most for say CH5. But
no similar arguments with DAB v FM.

--
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Dave Plowman London SW
To e-mail, change noise into sound.

"Don Pearce" wrote in message
...
On Thu, 24 Jan 2008 15:49:35 -0000, "Doki" wrote:

Does anyone know much about this? Is anyone kicking up a stink yet? If
they
ever get round to it, I'll have umpteen useless radios (two or three in
various sheds, one in every car, two attached to the hifis etc.), which is
rather worse than a couple of tellys requiring adaptor boxes. I really
can't
see people being pleased at having to fork out for new car radios at £100
a
pop. Or the pretty much sure to happen increase of desirable to DAB radios
to car theives...

Has it even been scheduled? I didn't think there was a plan yet for FM
switchoff - unlike UHF TV, of course. Car radios are the problem -
they aren't as easily modded or replaced as TVs.

d

--
Pearce Consulting
http://www.pearce.uk.com

I certainly haven't heard of any plans to switch off FM. I can't see the
commercial stations accepting this until it can be proved that the digital
audience is far bigger than the analogue FM audience. I would guess the
analogue listener hours would have to be below 10% of the digital listener
hours before they would even consider it. They wouldn't tolerate even a
temporary drop in listener figures.

S.


--
http://audiopages.googlepages.com

Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
In article ,
Doki wrote:
Does anyone know much about this? Is anyone kicking up a stink yet? If
they ever get round to it, I'll have umpteen useless radios (two or
three in various sheds, one in every car, two attached to the hifis
etc.), which is rather worse than a couple of tellys requiring adaptor
boxes. I really can't see people being pleased at having to fork out
for new car radios at £100 a pop. Or the pretty much sure to happen
increase of desirable to DAB radios to car theives...

IIRC all that has happened is a firm date to start *talking* about if and
when it will be switched off. My guess is a long long way off - if at all.
You can 'sell' FreeView through widescreen and a much larger choice of
progs than analogue - and even better reception for most for say CH5. But
no similar arguments with DAB v FM.


I think that's about right. Also, I've been looking at buying a second
hand car recently, and all of them made in the last 5 years have a
custom/modular FM radio - several million cars in the UK? Mind you, if
someone could figure out how to adapt these radios easily and cheaply
there's a good few quid to be made at some point.

Rob

"Rob" wrote in message
...
Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
In article ,
Doki wrote:
Does anyone know much about this? Is anyone kicking up a stink yet?
If
they ever get round to it, I'll have umpteen useless radios (two or
three in various sheds, one in every car, two attached to the hifis
etc.), which is rather worse than a couple of tellys requiring
adaptor
boxes. I really can't see people being pleased at having to fork out
for new car radios at £100 a pop. Or the pretty much sure to happen
increase of desirable to DAB radios to car theives...

IIRC all that has happened is a firm date to start *talking* about if
and
when it will be switched off. My guess is a long long way off - if at
all.
You can 'sell' FreeView through widescreen and a much larger choice
of
progs than analogue - and even better reception for most for say CH5.
But
no similar arguments with DAB v FM.


I think that's about right. Also, I've been looking at buying a second
hand car recently, and all of them made in the last 5 years have a
custom/modular FM radio - several million cars in the UK? Mind you, if
someone could figure out how to adapt these radios easily and cheaply
there's a good few quid to be made at some point.

Rob



Already there. There is a housing replacement for most custom-fit car
radios to convert them to standard DIN size, and usually the interface
cabling as well.

Go have a browse in Halfords some time and you'll see what I mean.


--
Woody

harrogate three at ntlworld dot com

On Thu, 24 Jan 2008 20:19:34 GMT, "Woody" wrote:

"Rob" wrote in message
...
Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
In article ,
Doki wrote:
Does anyone know much about this? Is anyone kicking up a stink yet?
If
they ever get round to it, I'll have umpteen useless radios (two or
three in various sheds, one in every car, two attached to the hifis
etc.), which is rather worse than a couple of tellys requiring
adaptor
boxes. I really can't see people being pleased at having to fork out
for new car radios at £100 a pop. Or the pretty much sure to happen
increase of desirable to DAB radios to car theives...

IIRC all that has happened is a firm date to start *talking* about if
and
when it will be switched off. My guess is a long long way off - if at
all.
You can 'sell' FreeView through widescreen and a much larger choice
of
progs than analogue - and even better reception for most for say CH5.
But
no similar arguments with DAB v FM.


I think that's about right. Also, I've been looking at buying a second
hand car recently, and all of them made in the last 5 years have a
custom/modular FM radio - several million cars in the UK? Mind you, if
someone could figure out how to adapt these radios easily and cheaply
there's a good few quid to be made at some point.

Rob



Already there. There is a housing replacement for most custom-fit car
radios to convert them to standard DIN size, and usually the interface
cabling as well.

Go have a browse in Halfords some time and you'll see what I mean.

You need two separate items, the facia adaptor and the wiring harness
adaptor.

d

--
Pearce Consulting
http://www.pearce.uk.com

In article , Doki
scribeth thus
Does anyone know much about this? Is anyone kicking up a stink yet? If they
ever get round to it, I'll have umpteen useless radios (two or three in
various sheds, one in every car, two attached to the hifis etc.), which is
rather worse than a couple of tellys requiring adaptor boxes. I really can't
see people being pleased at having to fork out for new car radios at £100 a
pop. Or the pretty much sure to happen increase of desirable to DAB radios
to car theives...


Shouldn't worry about it, with the way digital broadcasting isn't going
in the UK..

Medium and Long wave are still here with us long after FM was
invented!...

The real reason is that theres sod all spectrum to be auctioned off,
for that read backdoor tax, by the guvverement;!...
--
Tony Sayer

In article , Serge Auckland
scribeth thus
"Don Pearce" wrote in message
...
On Thu, 24 Jan 2008 15:49:35 -0000, "Doki" wrote:

Does anyone know much about this? Is anyone kicking up a stink yet? If
they
ever get round to it, I'll have umpteen useless radios (two or three in
various sheds, one in every car, two attached to the hifis etc.), which is
rather worse than a couple of tellys requiring adaptor boxes. I really
can't
see people being pleased at having to fork out for new car radios at £100
a
pop. Or the pretty much sure to happen increase of desirable to DAB radios
to car theives...

Has it even been scheduled? I didn't think there was a plan yet for FM
switchoff - unlike UHF TV, of course. Car radios are the problem -
they aren't as easily modded or replaced as TVs.

d

--
Pearce Consulting
http://www.pearce.uk.com

I certainly haven't heard of any plans to switch off FM. I can't see the
commercial stations accepting this until it can be proved that the digital
audience is far bigger than the analogue FM audience. I would guess the
analogue listener hours would have to be below 10% of the digital listener
hours before they would even consider it. They wouldn't tolerate even a
temporary drop in listener figures.

S.



And hardly any new cars are being fitted with DAB radios!...
--
Tony Sayer

"Don Pearce" wrote in message
...
On Thu, 24 Jan 2008 20:19:34 GMT, "Woody" wrote:

"Rob" wrote in message
...
Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
In article ,
Doki wrote:
Does anyone know much about this? Is anyone kicking up a stink
yet?
If
they ever get round to it, I'll have umpteen useless radios (two
or
three in various sheds, one in every car, two attached to the
hifis
etc.), which is rather worse than a couple of tellys requiring
adaptor
boxes. I really can't see people being pleased at having to fork
out
for new car radios at £100 a pop. Or the pretty much sure to
happen
increase of desirable to DAB radios to car theives...

IIRC all that has happened is a firm date to start *talking* about
if
and
when it will be switched off. My guess is a long long way off - if
at
all.
You can 'sell' FreeView through widescreen and a much larger choice
of
progs than analogue - and even better reception for most for say
CH5.
But
no similar arguments with DAB v FM.


I think that's about right. Also, I've been looking at buying a
second
hand car recently, and all of them made in the last 5 years have a
custom/modular FM radio - several million cars in the UK? Mind you,
if
someone could figure out how to adapt these radios easily and
cheaply
there's a good few quid to be made at some point.

Rob



Already there. There is a housing replacement for most custom-fit car
radios to convert them to standard DIN size, and usually the interface
cabling as well.

Go have a browse in Halfords some time and you'll see what I mean.

You need two separate items, the facia adaptor and the wiring harness
adaptor.

d


That's what I said - do you really need to duplicate it?

For the record you may need two, even three wiring harness adapters.


--
Woody

harrogate three at ntlworld dot com