Help / DAB

Coverage and Signal

It is important to check your DAB coverage before purchasing a radio to ensure that you are in a reception area, and to find out which stations are available to you. The following questions and links help explain all about DAB coverage and reception and try to address any problems you may be having.

Your retailer should ask if you have checked your DAB coverage prior to making a purchase to ensure that you live in a DAB coverage area.

• How can I check my DAB coverage?
• Why doesn’t my new DAB portable radio work? The postcode checker says I should get reception
  
• Why is there a time difference between my analogue and DAB radios?
  
• Where can I find out more about a problem I am having receiving DAB digital radio?
  
• What bit rates does the BBC use for national radio stations on DAB?
  
• When will analogue radio be switched off?
  
• Will my DAB digital radio work if I take it with me oversees?
• Can I listen to BBC digital radio services outside the UK?
  
• Can I listen to my local BBC radio station anywhere in the UK on a DAB set?
  

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