Optimize Your Listening Experience.. Go DIGITAL. |
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Radio is a great source of information and entertainment and in these days of subscription channels and pay per view, it is pleasing to know that some of the best things in life are still free. It’s a pity that many people choose to access this exciting world through a few dollars transistor radio speaker, putting up with mediocre results during the many hours they spend listening to the radio. You will be amazed by how much more enjoyment you will have if you’re listening radio program using DAB radio. Digital Radio (DAB) offers you optimum listening experience with an utterly silent background, an end to confusing frequencies and a choice of digital only stations.
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DAB In Singapore... |
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DT 91 |
ARCAM DT91
Retailing at S$1,350, the latest generation DT91 DAB/FM tuner uses key Arcam technologies to deliver the very best of radio from DAB or FM broadcasts. With 16 presets for storing favourite stations, the DT91 receives DAB programmes on both Band 3 and L-Band.
More info at http://www.arcam.co.uk/prod_diva_DT91_intro.cfm or you may contact Victor Yap of Monsoon Home Theater Entertainment at 6238 3688 or victor_yap@enzer.com.sg. |
Did You Know That…
You can receive Singapore Civil Defence Force's (SCDF) Public Warning System (PWS) warning messages on Digital Radio?
During SCDF's monthly testing of the PWS warning siren, a text message is also transmitted simultaneously on Digital Radio's Dynamic Segment Label (DLS) service and broadcast island-wide. DLS service enables SCDF to disseminate PWS related and other messages to all DAB radios when the need arises.
DLS, one of Digital Radio data services, is a scrolling text message that appears across the LCD screen that is available on all DAB radios. Besides transmitting SCDF's PWS messages, it also carries many useful info like synchronized song titles & artist name, traffic situations, weather conditions, ads & promo, etc. Because of its free-to-air broadcast nature, messages can be reliably delivered as it is not subjected to any network bottleneck's condition.
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| Meanwhile In The UK…. |
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New DAB Receivers
Bug TOO |
Bug TOO
Following on the success of the Bug DAB radio, PURE Digital has created the Bug TOO. It features all of the specifications of the Bug, plus newer DAB digital radio technology, including the electronic programme guide (EPG) and textSCAN, as well as new MPR3 hi-fi options for folder navigation and MP3-playing alarm clock function. The Bug TOO costs about £100 and is available in a titanium silver finish. More info at http://www.pure-digital.com. |
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PocketDAB 1500 |
PocketDAB 1500
Building on the success of the PocketDAB 1000, Pure Digital has added FM with RDS, textSCAN, and an impressive rechargeable battery pack that holds enough juice for 24 hours of radio play time. Retailing at £90, the PocketDAB 1500 automatically remembers the user’s ten most listened to stations, as well as storing 20 presents, ten for DAB and ten for FM. More info at http://www.pure-digital.com. |
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UK - First market for digital radio downloads
UBC Media is testing the first music download service for DAB radio in Birmingham. Listeners can buy songs instantly as they listen to them on digital radio, having purchased credit in advance, with each track costing about £1.25.
UBC revealed that digital-radio-enabled mobiles will be rolled out later in the year from handset-makers like LG and Samsung, who expect to be part of the 500,000 such phones sold in the UK over the next one and half year. UBC also predicts that within the next 6 years, 25% of mobiles will be DAB-enabled, which offers a huge market for digital radio downloads. More info at http://pocket-lint.co.uk/news.php?newsId=3770
Best Ever Digital Audience
The percentage of people living in a DAB (Digital Audio Broadcasting) household has grown from 11.1% at the end of 2005 to 13.6% in Quarter 1, 2006, according to the latest RAJAR figures released today (May 11).
The popularity of DAB digital radio continues to grow, and the DRDB (Digital Radio Development Bureau) recently announced cumulative sales of over three million sets. More info at http://www.digitalradionow.com/news.php?article=6e879001f4b17f171ba9cefe3c6770bc.
Can’t wait to get your hands on a DAB radio? Check out http://www.DigitalRadio.sg/getdab.htm
For more information on DAB receivers available worldwide, visit the WorldDAB Forum website at http://www.worlddab.org/
We would like to hear from you. Please visit http://www.Digital Radio.sg/contactus.htm if you have any comments or would like to share your views with us about our Digital Radio service.
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32nd Digital Radio SMS Quiz |
Send us your answers to the following questions via SMS and the winner with the best entry will walk away with a
Pure Digital Evoke-1 DAB radio worth $299 sponsored by Robert Bosch (SEA) Pte Ltd plus Digital Radio T-Shirt & Car Decal.
Here's this week's question:
True or False?
Pure Digital is the best selling DAB radio in UK?
Also tell us in less than 10 words why you like the Evoke-1?
Evoke-1
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Send us your answer now:
Type SR followed by <T or F>plus <your answer in less than 20 words> and SMS to 72346
Each SMS costs 30 cents
Closing Date: Monday, 31st July 2006
The decision of the judges is final and the winner will be notified via their mobile phone. The name and correct answer will be posted via our Digital Radio DLS service which can be seen as scrolling text display on DAB radio and on our Digital Radio at http://www.DigitalRadio.sg.
Find out if you are the winner of the previous quiz at http://www.DigitalRadio.sg |
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| ARE YOU A Digital Radio MEMBER YET? |
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Join us as a member now! Subscribe to our Digital Radio eNewsLetter and you stand a chance to win a Digital Radio T-Shirt worth $28 from our lucky draw. For full details on how to subscribe, simply logon to our Digital Radio website at http://www.DigitalRadio.sg.
Only subscribers residing in Singapore are eligible to take part in this lucky draw. The name of our next winner will be announced in the August 2006 issue issue of the Digital Radio eNewsLetter.
Congratulations to Mr. Lee Wooi Ping - Our lucky subscriber for July 2006! |
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