I just fitted a Kinetic Digitizor (http://www.dabonwheels.co.uk/Kinetic_digitizor_DAB_DAB_plus_DMB-A_car_radio.html) to my P38 with the later Alpine Radio.
Works a treat and very simple. It has a radio credit-card remote (Not Infra Red) so the box can be hidden away out of sight.
I put the whole thing in the boot behind the RH side panel. Pinched power from the existing antenna amplifier (using a Lucar piggy back connector) so it switches on and off with the radio. DAB Antenna was a stick-on passive winsdcreen type which went in the rear window at the back adjacent the D pillar (this one AFAR-P - http://www.dabonwheels.co.uk/AFAR-P_internal_glass_mount_DAB_car_aerial_.html - which is available for £99 in a bundle - I have no conneection with any of these people BTW). It won't fit quite vertically but works fine at the same angle as the rearmost pillar.
I chose not to wire the FM in directly - it works fine broadcasting to the existing antenna in the rear glass window. It has various auto re-tune modes which works with the head unit AF function well-enough to find clear channels, but I just have it set fixed high up around 107MHz which works well for me.
Reception and sound quality is excellent. No problems around Hertfordshire or Cumbria and also works (better than FM) 2 floors down in an underground car-park!
It was so quick to fit I didn't take any installation pics - not much to see anyway. Can take one of the DAB antenna if needs be - but it is practically invisible. Remote lives in the central armrest and operates the DAB box in the back with no problems. Tune to an FM preset as normal and then choose DAB settings and stations with the remote. It remembers the last DAB station you were on between power-downs. RDS text on head unit does DAB menus and DAB channel names etc. CD, tape, FM/AM radio etc. all works as normal.
Oh yes, and it will take an AUX in - but I haven't used that.
Simples
Works a treat and very simple. It has a radio credit-card remote (Not Infra Red) so the box can be hidden away out of sight.
I put the whole thing in the boot behind the RH side panel. Pinched power from the existing antenna amplifier (using a Lucar piggy back connector) so it switches on and off with the radio. DAB Antenna was a stick-on passive winsdcreen type which went in the rear window at the back adjacent the D pillar (this one AFAR-P - http://www.dabonwheels.co.uk/AFAR-P_internal_glass_mount_DAB_car_aerial_.html - which is available for £99 in a bundle - I have no conneection with any of these people BTW). It won't fit quite vertically but works fine at the same angle as the rearmost pillar.
I chose not to wire the FM in directly - it works fine broadcasting to the existing antenna in the rear glass window. It has various auto re-tune modes which works with the head unit AF function well-enough to find clear channels, but I just have it set fixed high up around 107MHz which works well for me.
Reception and sound quality is excellent. No problems around Hertfordshire or Cumbria and also works (better than FM) 2 floors down in an underground car-park!
It was so quick to fit I didn't take any installation pics - not much to see anyway. Can take one of the DAB antenna if needs be - but it is practically invisible. Remote lives in the central armrest and operates the DAB box in the back with no problems. Tune to an FM preset as normal and then choose DAB settings and stations with the remote. It remembers the last DAB station you were on between power-downs. RDS text on head unit does DAB menus and DAB channel names etc. CD, tape, FM/AM radio etc. all works as normal.
Oh yes, and it will take an AUX in - but I haven't used that.
Simples
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