https://www.google.com/url?q=http://...BYl34-7qjAW62Q

Here page 3..... You need to get into the hidden menu and enable it...

Dab aerial
 

For a good external dab aerial, try www.dabonwheels.co.uk and get the 8" mag mount and a stick number plate pad (mag mounts don't stick to aluminum bodywork. Put aerial on roof behind existing Orem one and run cable down gap between rear glass and bodywork. Cable is then fed into boot and down to dab box, plug and play and excellent reception. £20 delivered.

Regards

Richardracer

I got a factory fitted dab aerial by searching the part number on allegro iirc and it gave me a advert and I went through their own website to buy the aerial and got it a very good price, if I'm listening to 1xtra or radio 1 on DAB then it's usually flawless for me, didn't take long to run the cable round neither, probably had the aerial done in less than an hour +++

Hi Ian, Thanks I will try and borrow the car of Gwen tomorrow and have a lok in the hidden menu.

Hi richardracer, I might have to go that way eventually. I don't really want to go the external aerial route.

Hi Burnzey, If I manage to locate an oem aerial that would be the ideal answer.

The OEM route is very easy on these cars.

All the D3 aerials come off the rear screen. Same screen whether TV/DAB/FM etc.

There is an aerial module under the trim at the top of the rear window. There are different modules supporting different aerial configs.

Just swap the aerial module for one that also has a DAB output, then run a Fakra cable from that down the D pillar to the boot area....

Not guaranteeing this is a direct fit for you (check first) but heres an example one:

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Audi-A8-D3...item2c94eb5b27

I found one on Allegro at £42 + postage.
A8 parts was £160 odd but with IT's link it was down to £82 postage free so I have gone for that one.
Shouldn't be too difficult to pull the new fakra cable through, I left enough slack on the attached cable to the sticky DAB aerial so I will be able to use that as a fish wire.
I'll update when I fit the OEM aerial amplifier.
Thanks everyone.

Management came home from work full of joy. The DAB radio had worked for her. The one really bad reception area it swapped automatically to FM and then switched back to DAB. Result!!!!!

Update.
Prestige had the aerial amp to me the next day.
The fakra cable has taken a while but it finally arrived today.
Fitted the amplifier and replaced the aerial cable with the new one from Poland. Went extremely quickly, this time I knew what I was doing and only removed/loosened what was absolutely needed.
One problem, the fakra connector cover at the radio end was the wrong one for the DAB radio. I have taken this cover off and just "shoved" the connector on, hope that it does not fall off :D

Big thing is that outside ours where I park I am receiving DAB at level 5 and it works. Before I was not receiving anything on DAB.

Now where can I locate the correct fakra cover? :love:

Loads on eBay. ;) Search "Fakra shell".

Wow!!!!
that was bloomin' quick +++

Did not manage a slurp of my cuppa.
I'll have a look on fleabay :love:

Just happened to see it and I've been researching all sorts of connectors not long ago.
There are many types of Fakra, you need to decide exactly which you need. I think Wikipedia would be useful to explain the differences, mostly to do with the keys/lugs.