Replace analogue TV with DAB module

[limoncello]

if your going to do this, it might be benificial to have a look at the kufatec model, i picked this up on a thread on another site. The kufatec has DAB plus (and other stuff)which not only picks up more channels and is the more upkeeping with the latest tech it may well be better quality sound. this particular guy was in one of the nordic countries which doesnt have that many DAB channels and all new ones are on DAB plus.

if your going to do it you may as well have the latest

https://www.kufatec.co.uk/shop/en/fi...-mmi-3g-mmi-3g

you can get a 2nd hand audi oem for around £100 on ebay though if your lucky

[Burnzybubbles]

My DAB is faultless, I use it everywhere and only sometimes does it drop out of signal if in the middle of nowhere on the motorway, but pretty sure I can go from Birmingham to London without a single drop of reception.

I can't remember if DAB works properly on the TV ports on the antenna, I know I was using mine for a bit with the wrong aerial port but I'm pretty sure using the correct aerial the signal was much improved

[tc4332]

My DAB reception was very spotty but since I changed the aerial unit (Thanks to our sponsors) improved an awful lot. Now it used even more than the AMI, even by the grandkids.

[Artermis]

Cheers guys, I have an antenna unit and DAB module sat on my desk - just waiting for the correct fakra antenna cable to arrive before I do the job.

[Artermis]

Originally Posted by limoncello

if your going to do this, it might be benificial to have a look at the kufatec model, i picked this up on a thread on another site. The kufatec has DAB plus (and other stuff)which not only picks up more channels and is the more upkeeping with the latest tech it may well be better quality sound. this particular guy was in one of the nordic countries which doesnt have that many DAB channels and all new ones are on DAB plus.

if your going to do it you may as well have the latest

https://www.kufatec.co.uk/shop/en/fi...-mmi-3g-mmi-3g

you can get a 2nd hand audi oem for around £100 on ebay though if your lucky

Went shopping on a Polish site - got the DAB module and antenna array board for £75 delivered :-)

[limoncello]

that is good value

[irelandbuyer]

Originally Posted by limoncello

i did mine - changed the analogue to the hybrid unit, was lucky enough to get the unit half price from a8parts at one of the open days.

still it was something i thought i had to have, since then i must have used it a couple of dozen times, the kids watch their movies all the time, but rarely the tv, so in theory i could have just stayed with the analogue.

like so many of the retrofits the must have becomes a rarely used toy

HI there, may I ask a silly question, how do your kids watch their movies? (Is there a DVD slot i've missed somewhere?) Or, are you connecting another device into your system? (please, no slagging...i'm only getting to grips with all this : )

[limoncello]

we dont do slagging here

The hybrid unit was put in with all three cables AV1, AV2, and AVOUT

i connected a DVD/SC/USB player in the boot with a remote eye

Connected the output of the dvd to AV1

connected the OUT of TV to the In of DVD

This means that the rear headrests can watch DVD sdcard etc or The TV

and most importantly when they are little, everything can be controlled from the front seat with a remote.