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FM, DAB, FM aerial and a splitter
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I currently have an FM tuner and FM aerial in the loft. Assuming that in
my location I can get a reasonable DAB signal I wonder what would be the
likely result of connecting both DAB and FM aerial connectors of the new
combined FM/DAB tuner via a passive splitter to this FM aerial? I realize
that there will be some mismatch but I wonder if it might be better than
using a separate DAB indoor aerial.
Divoch
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Depends. Try it and see. I have a combined FM/DAB tuner that only has one
aerial input, and I only have an FM aerial, so I just connected it up and it
works. FM is superb, and the only few DAB stations I might be interested in
give good reception, as indicated by the meter. DAB audio quality is
distinctly lacklustre, but that seems to be a system limitation rather than
signal strength. I don't doubt that with a properly matched DAB aerial I
might be able to pick up a few more stations, but the ones I can receive are
so disappointing I'm not inclined to bother.
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Not likely to be anywhere near perfect.
Why not put a DAB aerial up?
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Because it involves drilling the walls and messy looking cables somewhere. I
have now purchased Denon TU-1800DAB tuner and, fortunately, it works with no
problem on the supplied internal aerial.Just wonder if all combined FM-DAB
tuners are as inconsistent as this one in terms of a method of tuning FM or
DAB stations. Otherwise seems very dual tuner.
Roman
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You can get output plates with DAB, FM and TV outlets.
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I tried it and it provides some stations. I could not get main BBC
multiplex though (which I can get perfectly on my Evoke portable). It
does not seem to worsen FM so you might as well give it a try.
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