Digital Switch Over

julesmby

Hope this is not a stupid question i am about to ask:o I understand about TV and have got DAB radio at home so do not think it will be a problemwhen we switch over, but what happens to the car radio ? and digital signal ?. was not sure if i should post here or motoring

HappyMJ

Nothing will happen. You will still hear all the radio stations as you do today. FM and AM stations are unaffected.

julesmby

Thank you so much for such a quick reply:)

johnnyreggae

But wasn't there a 2105 switch off of analogue radio which will affect cars - I think this may have been delayed however

http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2011/apr/05/digital-radio-switchover-target

TadleyBaggie

johnnyreggae wrote: »

But wasn't there a 2105 switch off of analogue radio which will affect cars

That's 96 years away, I don't suspect I'll be around then!

googler

We're in the process of a TV Digital Switch Over, which leaves AM nd FM radio unaffected.

However, the Govt wants to promote a digital Radio switchover too, and had this scheduled for 2016 or so - but latest I heard was that it has been postponed.

If they do switchover radio, then FM radio will go silent. Any device that has a radio as part of it will suddenly be carrying dead weight, and the public will be forced into disposing of a perfectly good, functional CD player, clock, mini HiFi - whatever, because the radio won't work anymore.