The DENON D-M37DAB is a micro system with DAB/FM RDS radio, station presets, CD and MP3 playback, USB connectivity, subwoofer output and remote control. It is available in black, silver or premium silver colour. Retailing price for DENON D-M37DAB is $699.

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Retailing at $899, the ROBERTS SOUND 43 is a desktop DAB/FM RDS radio with iPod dock, MP3 and CD playback, station presets, adjustable sleep timer, snooze, alarms, aux in and remote control.

For more info, click here or contact Catherine Gasper of Orange Communications at 6481 6223 or catgasper@orangecom.com.sg.

Commercial radio stations in Sydney 2GB, 2CH, 2UE, 2DAY, TRIPLE M, 2KY, WSFM, MIX 106.5, 2SM, NOVA, VEGA Radar, Pink Radio, Koffee and NovaNation began broadcasting DAB+ digital radio services on 15 Jun 09, joining stations in Perth, Adelaide, Melbourne and Brisbane completing the five state metropolitan switch on and taking the total number of digital radio services on air in Australia to 44.

The commercial radio industry and the ABC and SBS will celebrate the metropolitan digital radio switch on with a five state capital simultaneous outside broadcast on 6 August 2009. All stations in each city will broadcast live from a central city location at the same time and invite listeners to attend. The five state metropolitan switch on completes the first step in bringing free to air digital radio to all Australians.

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The UK Government published its final Digital Britain report on 16 Jun 09 with a number of actions to secure DAB digital radio as the primary radio broadcast platform in the UK. It proposes all national and the majority of local radio stations will be transmitted on DAB-only within 6 years, signaling the end of national FM services in the UK. A five point plan for DAB to be in all new cars by 2013 is proposed.

The Digital Britain report sets out a five point plan to encourage the take-up of digital radios in cars: work with manufacturers so that vehicles sold with radio are digitally enabled by the end of 2013; support a common logo for digital radios and ensure that non-DAB radios, and their limitations, are clearly labeled; encourage the development of portable digital converters, such as the Pure Highway, and the integration of DAB into other vehicle devices such as sat-navs; promote the introduction of more sophisticated traffic information via DAB and comprehensive marketing by broadcasters; and work with the European partners, including the European Commission, to develop a common European approach to digital radio.

The Digital Britain Report makes specific reference to the WorldDMB Receiver Profiles and identifies the need for a common logo for digital radios, a process which has already started as part of the Receiver Profiles work.

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The Chorus 3 baseband processor is the latest generation of integrated system-on-chip, providing an optimized solution for WorldDMB profile 1 and profile 2 DAB, DAB+, DMB-A and FM-RDS broadcast receivers and Internet radio products.

Chorus 3 is an advanced programmable baseband receiver capable of receiving DAB/DAB+ and DMB-A broadcasts as well as being able to receive and decode internet radio streaming audio. It incorporates a number of mixed signal system components as well as advanced peripherals previously only available as discrete additional components, providing significant space, cost and power savings.

The CPU provides the processing power to receive digital radio, decode Internet media and operate the user interface in the system. It is powerful enough to be the master processor in any digital radio system. Coupled to the CPU are a host of interfaces that allow interfacing to displays, external memory storage and PCs, allowing Chorus 3-based receivers to connect to other devices with minimal additional components.

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