Help!

Jivesinger

agrinnall wrote: »

What car is it? Are you sure it doesn't have a CD player, most DAB radios still have one even if they do have a full complement of digital inputs.

I don't think it's just Vauxhalls, I think other makers are dropping CD players too. I guess it saves car makers few quid, and also means they're removing a spinning mechanical thing which could go wrong. And of course the numbers of CDs being sold have dropped substantially.

mardatha

We have only satellite tv and poor radio signal here, along the road there is nothing at all. I've spent all bloody morning trying to do this and am ready to pull my hair out. I watched vids on youtube but when I try to do what they show me it doesn't work. Good mind to go back to the garage and cancel the damn car lol

RumRat

You could ask them to change the model (I believe some variants still have the CD) or, they may be able to fit a CD player with FM radio prior to delivery.
Sign of the future I'm afraid.

mardatha

This is what's making me so ratty lol - if other people can do it, then I can do it..
I just canny DO IT lol :mad:

Norman_Castle

Exactly what can't you do?. Is there a user guide in the manual?. Radio model number?.

Norman_Castle

Big_Graeme wrote: »

If you have TV pictures then you'll have DAB.

Freeview has better coverage than DAB.

mardatha

Done it! By accident I think, got it sussed now, ty everybody who helped.
NC we haven't got the car yet so can't check the manual. But I did it - yaaay me :j:beer:

Big_Graeme

agrinnall wrote: »

But living "up a hill in Scotland" there could well be no TV either, there was nothing other than very poor AM reception where I used to live and all broadcast media had to come through a satellite dish. The DAB radio in my car stopped working about 8 miles from home.

I have in-car DAB, I drive all over Scotland and there has been only one place (on the coast just south of Arbroath) where I haven't had a good enough DAB signal on the multiplex the BBC uses, even then I had the local stations.

Jivesinger

mardatha wrote: »

NC we haven't got the car yet so can't check the manual. But I did it - yaaay me :j:beer:

Glad you got it sorted.
Incidentally you might be able to find the manual online if you wanted to look something up before you get the car.

agrinnall

Big_Graeme wrote: »

I have in-car DAB, I drive all over Scotland and there has been only one place (on the coast just south of Arbroath) where I haven't had a good enough DAB signal on the multiplex the BBC uses, even then I had the local stations.

Well clearly you haven't driven "all over Scotland" as there are plenty of places with no DAB signal. As one example, it disappears on the A9 just north of House of Bruar.