S5 DAB Radio poor?

[Meemo]

Gonna ask one of these questions lol sorry in advance
THe DAB Radio in my 65 plate S5 is pretty poor if I am honest, all the stations no matter where I am cut in and out with a few second silence maybe every 30 seconds and constantly changes quality when it does this, is this typical of all the S5/A5s?

After sitting in a friends Peugeot this morning with dab on the same station and area, his was faultless and he never gets the crappy dropping in and out /quality in sound changes i described.
Curious before I go have a whine at the dealer about it

 

[Flowrider99]

DAB on my 2014 S5 is great. I do get the odd drop out but always in the same locations near where i live, other than that i get very few reception issues.

 

[Meemo]

ah man kinda hoped more would say they had it
I did a scan and got a radio communication error code, however i had also enabled some extra functions via carista and searching the code said this happens after enabling the battery level display in MMI, which I had done.

 

[Dippy]

My DAB used to cut out somewhat. It got worse after I fitted my dual dashcam, so I switched to FM.

 

[Meemo]

My DAB used to cut out somewhat. It got worse after I fitted my dual dashcam, so I switched to FM.

Oh I did install front and rear dash cams very next day after buying her! you might of cracked it here, I have also switched to FM, but if it's interference i can wrap the wiring to insulate it some more cheers!

 

[arad85]

DAB is better in my S5 than in my old 8V A3 and Ms arad's 2012 (now APR tuned) Touareg.

 

[Meemo]

Cheers arad85, dippy I think has cracked it!
When I installed dash cams on my old car, people on here replied asking if my dab was affected as it had caused interference in their own cars, i didn't have dab so didn't affect me, but dippys reply completely jogged my memory that this is a known thing!

 

[arad85]

I have a front dashcam and can't remember it affecting the DAB. Maybe it is a rear-only issue (where is the DAB aerial - I suspect that if it is affecting it, it will be the camera unit not the wiring).

 

[Meemo]

I have a front dashcam and can't remember it affecting the DAB. Maybe it is a rear-only issue (where is the DAB aerial - I suspect that if it is affecting it, it will be the camera unit not the wiring).

Yeah that is what the other suggested in the past thread. I might be able to insulate it a little more at the back I reckon, but until digital switch over, just gonna listen to FM and my spotify

 

[Flowrider99]

DAB interference with dashcams is normally due to the poor unshielded power supplies that you get with most camera's, i had issues on a Mercedes which went away when i purchased a good quality usb psu that plugged into the 12v socket in the car.

 

[Meemo]

DAB interference with dashcams is normally due to the poor unshielded power supplies that you get with most camera's, i had issues on a Mercedes which went away when i purchased a good quality usb psu that plugged into the 12v socket in the car.

Haya, it's hard wired into the fuse box, I will be insulating the rear camera and wires which should improve it, as it is mounted against the antena wires in the back window.

 

[Dippy]

Yes its the rear camera that does it, and I believe its worse on the SB. One of the reasons I went with the Thinkware instead of the BlackVue is that it seemed everyone with the latter was losing DAB. I think it was better with the Thinkware because DAB would work a lot of the time, but it would still occasionally drop out. I tried various methods of shielding and re-routing but never got to a state where there would be no drop-outs. Then I concluded that the benefits of DAB over FM are rather superficial so I decided to switch to FM permanently. Besides I listen to the media player most of the time anyway - I just switch to radio when my kids are in the car to stop them slagging off my taste in 80s music

 

[Meemo]

haha yep, radio only comes on for my passengers who do not wish to listen to heavy metal and 80/90s rock
when they remove FM from transmission will prob have to find a better solution, plug in a sticky arial to stick to another window perhaps away from the cam