A wee warning, never unplug or plug in the aerial while the unit is switched on, it isnt mentioned in the manual but this can damage the tuner.

The large auto-dimming display and easy-to-read backlit buttons, make operating Highway a pleasurable experience and ensure your attention is fully focused on the road. It will be harder (and less safe) to change the station or while driving with a pocket DAB radio, but it could be a good option if you only want to listen to one station anyway.But some relatively young cars still didn’t have DAB fitted at the factory, and changing the entire stereo for an aftermarket system is expensive and could lose functionality from a built-in infotainment system. There are two ways to connect to the wireless controller: either using the aux-in socket – which is the recommended way – or via the FM radio. Does the supplied ribbon aerial stuck to the inside of passenger side of the windscreen actually work reliably?

Other than that, before I did what the earlier poster did with the aerial lead I was well impressed with the Highway and will replace it if this one is unfixable. For some more affordable adapters to consider, check out our roundup of the best plug-and-play DAB car radio adapters.There are the usual DAB dead zones in rural Devon, but the Highway 400 seems to drop out earlier and reconnect later than the other systems. Hearst UK is the trading name of the National Magazine Company Ltd, 30 Panton Street, Leicester Square, London, SW1Y 4AJ. I had a good look at my dash last night and I can't really see any alternative but to stick it to the window.

This allows you to scan through stations and select them using the car’s infotainment system, even via the steering wheel remote controls if fitted. To install the Pure Highway 400 in your car, you will need a safe and secure place to attach the receiver and antenna, as well as a 12V power source or a USB power point. And the tree thing is pure cr*p, DAB signals (and most other EM signals) are not affected by a few tree branches. My Laptop shut down midway through and now the unit won't reset or do much more than flash it's screen. The Pure Highway 200 is a great way to bring DAB radio to car stereos that don’t have it as standard.

This resulted in a station playing a loop of birdsong and ambient sounds, entitled D1 Temp which broadcast for almost two years. The technical storage or access is strictly necessary for the legitimate purpose of enabling the use of a specific service explicitly requested by the subscriber or user, or for the sole purpose of carrying out the transmission of a communication over an electronic communications network. Had my pure highway for about a year and has been great(love planet rock),but now it's stopped working.