Dab radio

JohnNightmare

Hi, I got a dab radio for for Christmas, haven't a clue how you work it, I know where the frequency input for the internet is but I haven't a clue on any internet radio stations, can anybody tell me and good radio stations and the frequency please
All types of metal, heavy, death speed etc etc
Rock,
Dance,
Everything prity much,
Thanks for any help at all, as when I Google them all I can do is stream them from my phone there is no frequency to input them on the radio to save,
Thanks for any help ,
I used to b teck minded but I must of hit my head because I'm absolutely useless now 😂😂

dxhound2005

There might not be any DAB signals where you are.

https://www.2rn.ie/broadcast/digital-audio-broadcasting-dab/

2rn also operates a Digital Audio Broadcasting (DAB) multiplex covering the cities of Dublin, Cork and Limerick and areas of counties Kildare, Louth Monaghan and Meath.

JohnNightmare

dxhound2005 wrote: »

There might not be any DAB signals where you are.

https://www.2rn.ie/broadcast/digital-audio-broadcasting-dab/

2rn also operates a Digital Audio Broadcasting (DAB) multiplex covering the cities of Dublin, Cork and Limerick and areas of counties Kildare, Louth Monaghan and Meath.

Hi, thanks for the reply,
I have all them rte ones , I was under the ilusion there was loads of other dab station lol
Is that all there is?

dxhound2005

There are or were some pirates in Dublin and Cork.

lengon

JohnNightmare wrote: »

Hi, I got a dab radio for for Christmas, haven't a clue how you work it, I know where the frequency input for the internet is but I haven't a clue on any internet radio stations, can anybody tell me and good radio stations and the frequency please
All types of metal, heavy, death speed etc etc
Rock,
Dance,
Everything prity much,
Thanks for any help at all, as when I Google them all I can do is stream them from my phone there is no frequency to input them on the radio to save,
Thanks for any help ,
I used to b teck minded but I must of hit my head because I'm absolutely useless now ����

You don't say where you are but if you're not too far from the border and can fit an aerial you should be able to pick up loads from the north.

Lord Nelson

JohnNightmare wrote: »

Hi, thanks for the reply,
I have all them rte ones , I was under the ilusion there was loads of other dab station lol
Is that all there is?

Try enquiring from the BAI. They might refer you to whatever useless committee they've set up to "look into" it for the umpteenth time.

JDxtra

Hopefully the radio also has FM, because there's more to find there.

RTE are due to shutdown their DAB stations.

ITV2

any idea when?, I like RTE r1 extra personally.

JohnNightmare

JDxtra wrote: »

Hopefully the radio also has FM, because there's more to find there.

RTE are due to shutdown their DAB stations.

Yeah thankfully it's fm dab and bluetooth, I was under the impression the dab raidio could connect to the wifi and play internet radio ie from America etc but it's just digital raido and tbh it's pure ****e, so just fm and Bluetooth it is so

JDxtra

ITV2 wrote: »

any idea when?, I like RTE r1 extra personally.

It was meant to be last spring, but it has been allowed to continue. Will see how long they let it continue.

Tork

JohnNightmare wrote: »

Yeah thankfully it's fm dab and bluetooth, I was under the impression the dab raidio could connect to the wifi and play internet radio ie from America etc but it's just digital raido and tbh it's pure ****e, so just fm and Bluetooth it is so

I'd be bringing it back to the shop tbh. It's an Internet radio you needed here. Or a smart speaker.

Jank1

This thread is a good example of why rolling out dab to every parish in Ireland was always going to be a waste of time in this internet age, people would be buying dab radios expecting it to pick up the BBC and Z100 in Dingle

radioguru02

JohnNightmare wrote: »

Yeah thankfully it's fm dab and bluetooth, I was under the impression the dab raidio could connect to the wifi and play internet radio ie from America etc but it's just digital raido and tbh it's pure ****e, so just fm and Bluetooth it is so

If you have a smartphone or tablet you can use Bluetooth to connect to your radio and use an app like TuneIn, RadioGarden etc to access stations

JohnNightmare

radioguru02 wrote: »

If you have a smartphone or tablet you can use Bluetooth to connect to your radio and use an app like TuneIn, RadioGarden etc to access stations

Very good I completely forgot about TuneIn radio, I used that years ago, thank you, never heard of radio garden but will check it out, thanks

Declan A Walsh

JohnNightmare wrote: »

Very good I completely forgot about TuneIn radio, I used that years ago, thank you, never heard of radio garden but will check it out, thanks

It must have hundreds of stations from around the world on it, including quite a few Irish ones.

JohnNightmare

The garden radio one or tunein

Declan A Walsh

JohnNightmare wrote: »

The garden radio one or tunein

If that's a question in response to my post (hard to tell without a question mark or quote!), I meant Radio Garden - that's why I highlighted it in Bold!

radioguru02

100s? RadioGarden lists 82 in Dublin alone!
TuneIn is good but isn’t really taking new stations
Incidentally I don’t think Radiogarden has FM104 in its directory, not the conventional feed anyway

Declan A Walsh

radioguru02 wrote: »

100s? RadioGarden lists 82 in Dublin alone!
TuneIn is good but isn’t really taking new stations
Incidentally I don’t think Radiogarden has FM104 in its directory, not the conventional feed anyway

Okay - 1000s!

end of the road

Jank1 wrote: »

This thread is a good example of why rolling out dab to every parish in Ireland was always going to be a waste of time in this internet age, people would be buying dab radios expecting it to pick up the BBC and Z100 in Dingle

they would only expect to get such stations if nobody bothered to make it clear that it wouldn't be the case, which wouldn't happen.
internet radio is great, i have been an online only listener since 2006, but the technology is not scalable meaning higher listeners = higher costs and more server capacity, so that would have to be addressed before it could be in any way a serious contributer, especially one which would be able to get us out of modernising terestrial radio.

JohnNightmare

Declan A Walsh wrote: »

If that's a question in response to my post (hard to tell without a question mark or quote!), I meant Radio Garden - that's why I highlighted it in Bold!

when you use the word " or " that means one or the other , so yes it was a question,
Thanks your input,