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Thread ID: 141966	2016-04-03 01:32:00	Our Clever Car Radio	Roscoe (6288)	PC World Chat

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1418539	2016-04-03 01:32:00	We have a clever car radio in our motorhome. It utilises a fairly new idea that is present in many new radios. We are listeners of the National Programme and while in Auckland we tuned the radio to, and set the Programme Identification to "National" (the FM identification) rather than saving the frequency. We travelled down to Wellington and had a clear FM signal wherever we went (except Te Kuiti) without having to alter the radio. Apparently the broadcaster sends the "National" identification with it's signal so that when the signal from the present transmitter weakens, the radio searches for a stronger signal and when found retunes to that frequency. The change from one transmitter to the next was not noticeable and we had a good strong signal all the way. I don't know the name of this type of radio but I am certain there will be someone out there who will know. What a very good idea. We used and enjoyed it for our two week holiday.	Roscoe (6288)
1418540	2016-04-03 01:38:00	I have the same system in my Ford Mondeo. Set it in Auckland to Coast and go to Tauranga and it stays on the same program. The only way you can tell that you are in a different area is the ads change from Auckland > Waikato > Tauranga.	paulw (1826)
1418541	2016-04-03 01:56:00	I could use a system like that for tuning into ZB talkback radio. Travelling between Invercargill and Dunedin is a pain when you have to retune when you go out of an area.	Bobh (5192)
1418542	2016-04-03 03:08:00	I could use a system like that for tuning into ZB talkback radio. Travelling between Invercargill and Dunedin is a pain when you have to retune when you go out of an area. If ZB talkback radio is on FM then you may be able to do that.	Roscoe (6288)
1418543	2016-04-03 05:19:00	It's called RDS (Radio Data System) 1.2 kbps data channel at 57 kHz which is 3x the pilot at 19 kHz. 2x the pilot is where the stereo difference sits. This baseband ~0kHz - 60kHz is modulated onto the FM carrier at 100 MHz or whatever The Europeans introduced it in the mid-1980s	BBCmicro (15761)
1418544	2016-04-03 07:39:00	It's called RDS (Radio Data System) 1.2 kbps data channel at 57 kHz which is 3x the pilot at 19 kHz. 2x the pilot is where the stereo difference sits. This baseband ~0kHz - 60kHz is modulated onto the FM carrier at 100 MHz or whatever The Europeans introduced it in the mid-1980s The original idea it was invented for is to interrupt the radio with traffic alerts for the area you are in	gary67 (56)
1418545	2016-04-03 22:36:00	We have that system in our 2010 model Ford Tragic campervan. It works brilliantly with both National Radio and Concert FM. Haven't tried it with any other station that has national coverage because I don't bother with them. We added a satellite dish and new TV to the van so we tend not to use the radio as much as before - we generally only used the radio to find weather reports for the area we were in/area we intended to go to, and now we get those reports from TV. It has saved us a few nasty gale experiences (eg on the Desert Road). Thus far we have been able to get satellite coverage almost everywhere, whereas radio coverage is hit and miss (unless we get it through the satellite TV).	John H (8)
1418546	2016-04-03 23:14:00	Now I want a new car stereo, I have to content myself to tuning a new preset for each area. Then Again I have a 32GB USB drive plugged into mine and tend to just leave my own collection on random rather than listen to the radio most of the time. Funny story, last year I realised there was some music on the flash drive I'd never heard and couldn't find using the navigation controls. Turns out my old stereo has a 256 folder limit including subdirectories. Must have been over a year of listening to the collection without realising.	dugimodo (138)
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