Dab Upgrade

[Habu]

Hi again. Firstly, is the DAB upgrade a dealer fit item and, secondly, has anyone done the upgrade and thought "wow"?

I spend quite a lot of time in my car and whilst the Iphone will be BT streaming most of my music I do like the radio from time to time. My current gen 3 Prius has dreadful FM reception and struggles to hang onto stations but it is a known issue.

Cheers again for any info.

Just over a week to go...:)

Edit: just tested the Tunein Internet app on my phone and it streams perfectly over BT into the car and you still get all the radio station data displayed too.

[Sleepypete (FB)]

Could be worth a read :

CT DAB upgrade (CT200hforum)

That's the only promising link Google is showing me though ... Think it's a factory or dockside fit option.

One disappointment I had was the lack of LW radio in the non-DAB car. I'm a cricket nut, so LW is a Must Have for listening to Test Match Special. All hope is not lost though ... I downloaded an Android app called Tune In Radio, which will let me stream the cricket from the internet to the phone and to the radio via Bluetooth. Sorted :)

Although the reception on internet radio depends on how good a 3g signal you can get. The Tune In app buffers a little but it might still be trading FM radio drop out for 3g signal drop out.

If you ask the dealers about the chances of getting a DAB module, let us know what they tell you - I'd much prefer a permanent solution over the internet radio kludge

PS If we were buying Xmas presents this year, I'd probably have got one of these for my dad : DAB FM retransmitter. Gets around the problem a different way, although I don't know the impact on the TMC nav traffic info.

[alanes]

I have the DAB upgrade fitted. I pointed out on previous post that I purchased Finance Manager's car in May, so I suspect that the fitting was done either as factory fit or dockside. I would thoroughly recommend DAB, but of course it all depends on what they charge you. My spec also includes multi-disc CD player with sub-woofer at the back; keyless entry; auto dimming rear-view mirror; parking sensors and camera and satnav. I suspect that this was a factory fit spec to an early delivery.

[Habu]

I emailed my nearest Centre yesterday, explaining I was picking up a new CT next Thursday and was quoted £526 fitted! Suffice to say I won't be going for it. With hindsight maybe I should have negotiated a deal at the time of sale.

Breakdown was £365 for the DAB module plus VAT plus 1.6 hours labour. Shame as I'd have paid up to £400 for one.