dab radio tuning?

[volvo for ever]

hi chap's when using dab radio works perfect around town etc ,when im travelling going from south to north different areas my dab doesnt self tune no signal any one else had similar problems or curs

its 17my v60

[NigelDay]

Not something I have noticed. I have presets and some of them do not work if you go 'out of area', but the nationals - BBC - always seem to retune OK. I travel from the north east to the south west quite frequently.

[volvo for ever]

hi nigelday,if i ave it on radio2 its ok,but other channels i loose it weird

[noodle1066]

It really annoys me that DAB is so pants around Membury Services on the M4. I know the radio tower is there, but there must be a way of improving how the signal is handled along a major road.

[simonjedrake]

Originally Posted by noodle1066

It really annoys me that DAB is so pants around Membury Services on the M4. I know the radio tower is there, but there must be a way of improving how the signal is handled along a major road.

It’s the same on the M54 going past the Wrekin that is a large hill stuffed full of transmitters for Mid-Shropshire, as you drive past the strength of the signals appear to disappear into a “black hole”.

[NigelDay]

This may provide a few clues as to why national BBC is less prone to drop-outs.
http://www.astra2sat.com/radio/dab-radio/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digita...United_Kingdom

[ellis128]

Originally Posted by volvo for ever

hi chap's when using dab radio works perfect around town etc ,when im travelling going from south to north different areas my dab doesnt self tune no signal any one else had similar problems or curs

its 17my v60

I have a 2016 XC60 and my DAB radio also doesn't seem to retune on some channels - e.g. smooth radio
It starts of on east midlands, and we have ot manually change to whatever region we are passing though

[NigelDay]

Originally Posted by ellis128

I have a 2016 XC60 and my DAB radio also doesn't seem to retune on some channels - e.g. smooth radio
It starts of on east midlands, and we have ot manually change to whatever region we are passing though

And this I think is the point which is (not particularly clear) in the links in post #4. I also find this with 'Smooth', 'Smooth NE', Smooth Extra etc. They don't seem to have the joined-up tuning which the national BBC channels have.